I Know how to fix question 4809...

[brandon_mol]

But I don't know how to post the solution.

Specifically:

http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q4809/Dictionary-In-Tiger-Not-Working.html


The solution is to reinstall the Asian Language Support Package. I had the EXACT same problem this guy had. Dictionary calls upon the LangAnalysis framework which requires the bundle LAServer.app to exist and doesn't because monolingual removed it.

I restored my com.apple.Dictionary.plist in ~/Library/Preferences first, from a backed up copy. I don't know if this was necessary or not, but it did get Dictionary.app to recognize the dictionary files again (though not allow it to actually use them).

If needed, the following is the contents on the file( which gets wiped after you opened Dictionary.app without the dictionary files available):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>WebIconDatabaseDirectoryDefaultsKey</key>
	<string>~/Library/Icons</string>
	<key>last available dictionaries</key>
	<array>
		<string>/Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dict</string>
		<string>/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford American Writers Thesaurus.dict</string>
	</array>
	<key>pronunciation</key>
	<integer>2</integer>
	<key>standard text size</key>
	<integer>16</integer>
	<key>version</key>
	<integer>2</integer>
	<key>windows</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>active tab</key>
			<string>0</string>
			<key>find method</key>
			<string>bgwt</string>
			<key>image window frame</key>
			<string>{{0, 0}, {0, 0}}</string>
			<key>image window parent frame</key>
			<string>{{0, 0}, {0, 0}}</string>
			<key>tabs</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>contents size</key>
					<string>550.000000 374.000000</string>
					<key>dictionaries</key>
					<array>
						<dict>
							<key>disclosure opened</key>
							<true/>
							<key>path</key>
							<string>/Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dict</string>
						</dict>
						<dict>
							<key>disclosure opened</key>
							<true/>
							<key>path</key>
							<string>/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford American Writers Thesaurus.dict</string>
						</dict>
					</array>
					<key>full search list height</key>
					<string>375.000000</string>
					<key>title</key>
					<string>Dictionary and Thesaurus</string>
					<key>word list width</key>
					<string>0.000000</string>
				</dict>
			</array>
			<key>window frame</key>
			<string>478 170 550 394 0 0 1280 1002 </string>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>

I used Pacifist to reinstall the asian support package, but again, I don't know if that is necessary (as opposed to the Tiger DVD installer)

- Brandon