Photoshop, Illustrator CS2 crash-on-launch

[tclogin]

This problem is occuring on a G4, 1.12Gb RAM, OS 10.4.2.

Photoshop and Illustrator CS2 are crashing on launch when 'reading fonts' from the ./library/application support/adobe/fonts folder.
These fonts are installed by adobe cs installer (!), yet when these two app's start to read the fonts, they crash. I have reinstalled from original and from separate cd's
I have done a clean OS install on an external fw hd, then installed CS only and still this happens.
I have copied the same fonts folder from another Design Mac (which does not have this problem) and the crashing continues.
I have pulled all the DIMMS, one by one and the crashes still occur (at least it is consistent).
BTW - InDesign, Acrobat, Distiller -all launch and run fine -

When fonts folder is moved to desktop Illustrator and Photoshop both launch and operate as one would expect (but then InDesign won't launch 'cause it can't find the fonts folder) -
attached below is the crash log from one of the photoshop crashes (illustrator crash logs are similar) -sorry it is a bit long...

This is driving me nuts.

crash log:
Command: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Path: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe
Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2
Parent: WindowServer [304]

Version: 9.0 (9.0x196) (9.0)

PID: 4843
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at
0x00000006

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9072dd84
CFRetain + 60
1 com.apple.CoreText 0x90228b98
TFontCascade::InitParams() + 324
2 com.apple.CoreText 0x90228c3c
TFontCascade::CreateFallback(__CTFont const*,
__CFString const*, CFRange) const + 52
3 com.apple.CoreText 0x90224538
TGlyphEncoder::AppendUnmappedCharRun(TRun&, CFRange,
TGlyphList<TAATDeletedGlyphIndex>&, TFontCascade
const&) + 256
4 com.apple.CoreText 0x90224394
TGlyphEncoder::RunUnicodeEncoder(CTRun*, CFRange,
TGlyphList<TAATDeletedGlyphIndex>&, TFontCascade
const&) + 268
5 com.apple.CoreText 0x9020d70c
TGlyphEncoder::EncodeChars(CFRange, __CFDictionary
const*) + 356
6 com.apple.CoreText 0x9020d1b4
TTypesetterAttrString::TTypesetterAttrString[unified](__CFAttributedString
const*) + 252
7 com.apple.CoreText 0x9020d024
CTLineCreateWithAttributedString + 48
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931564c0
TCoreTextEngine::LayoutSingleLine(_HIThemeTextInfo*,
float) + 56
9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93156438
TCoreTextEngine::Layout(_HIThemeTextInfo*, float,
float, TextLayoutType) + 76
10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93156358
TCoreTextEngine::VerifyLayout(_HIThemeTextInfo*,
float, float, LayoutIntent) + 256
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9315a2dc
TCoreTextEngine:rawThemeTextBox(_HIThemeTextInfo*,
CGRect const&, unsigned long, CGContext*) + 208
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93159f3c
DataEngine:rawTextBox(__CFString const*, CGRect
const*, _HIThemeTextInfo*, CGContext*) + 168
13 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93159d9c
HIThemeDrawTextBox + 304
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9320cbe0
_DrawThemeTextBox + 568
15 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x0035030c
StripAmpersand(CString&) + 31636
16 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x003501c8
StripAmpersand(CString&) + 31312
17 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x006317cc
GlobalToViewPoint(TView*, CPoint const&, VPoint&) +
118536
18 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x006311ac
GlobalToViewPoint(TView*, CPoint const&, VPoint&) +
116968
19 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x0078edc0
RegisterStdType(CStr255 const&, unsigned long) + 880
20 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00074ba8
LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303436
21 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x000747f4
LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 302488
22 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00074428
LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 301516
23 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x003473fc
SetTextStyle(TextStyle&, short, short, short,
CRGBColor const&) + 61784
24 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001caba0
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 422012
25 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001caa7c
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 421720
26 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001caa2c
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 421640
27 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001cbb9c
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 426104
28 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001ca834
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 421136
29 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001c9d54
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 418352
30 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001c9308
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 415716
31 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001fb1cc
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 620200
32 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001fb18c
IsTargetInView(TView*) + 620136
33 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x010b3d04
XPEPLaunch::StartApp(unsigned short const*, unsigned
short const*, unsigned short const*, void**) + 5584024
34 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x010b3c48
XPEPLaunch::StartApp(unsigned short const*, unsigned
short const*, unsigned short const*, void**) + 5583836
35 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00aa6e28
PercentageWindowVisible(TWindow*) + 2559312
36 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00d901ac
XPEPLaunch::StartApp(unsigned short const*, unsigned
short const*, unsigned short const*, void**) + 2292032
37 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00dad23c
XPEPLaunch::StartApp(unsigned short const*, unsigned
short const*, unsigned short const*, void**) + 2410960
38 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x001074d0
LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 903796
39 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00af2918
PercentageWindowVisible(TWindow*) + 2869312
40 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00af1100
PercentageWindowVisible(TWindow*) + 2863144
41 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00003338
dyld_stub_binding_helper + 1096
42 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x000030d0
dyld_stub_binding_helper + 480
43 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00002e64
__code_start__ + 512
44 com.adobe.Photoshop 0x00002c94
__code_start__ + 48

 

[altisssimo]

Having same problem both at work and at home. Having many font related problems anyway and continuing to use Suitcase despite recommendations not to. Some days are worse than others, but better to put up with them than do without font managment.

CS2 Illustator and photoshop started working about a week after I installed them, was trying them each day at work when they suddenly worked! Didn't do anything different, so no answers unfortunately. Home mac still not working.

Obviously a problem shared by others. Answers from Adobe would be good

 

[MacCat]

I have a G5 with leopard and am using CS2. When I first installed leopard, illustrator would crash on launching. I repaired permissions and tossed the preferences. It has been working for weeks. Today it started crashing on launch again even though I tried the same fix that worked before. It crashed here: path="/System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libThaiConverter.dylib"/>
</binaryImageSet>
</crash>
Anyone know a work around. I'm going to check my fonts. I did reload some yesterday but they are ones I had before, which I had taken out. But they were in until yesterday.