Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
My syncing with my P800 Sony Ericsson doesn't seem to work anymore after this update :-( Fortunately iSync 1.2 is just around the corner. Anyone who relies on syncing a lot might want to sit this one out or at least have backup copies of his syncing files. For a while anyway. Everything else seems OK. Brett Carboni Tsunami Swell Succinctly Synced Sushi
RE: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
Interestingly, since loading 10.2.8 yesterday by modem connection to BigPond has changed from 48000bps to 52000bps (I think bps is the correct term but you know what I mean) and the speed of Safari seems to have dramatically improved as well. Any other observations from anyone else? R.K. -Original Message- From: Brett Carboni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 2:27 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update My syncing with my P800 Sony Ericsson doesn't seem to work anymore after this update :-( Fortunately iSync 1.2 is just around the corner. Anyone who relies on syncing a lot might want to sit this one out or at least have backup copies of his syncing files. For a while anyway. Everything else seems OK. Brett Carboni Tsunami Swell Succinctly Synced Sushi -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
RE: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
From MacRumors a few minutes ago: For users who have not yet upgraded, the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update no longer appears in Software Update. While the majority of users who applied the update have done fine... there are multiple reports of problems -- including users' losing network connections (potential fix) and others are having boot problems on their iMacs/eMacs. Update: Standalone updaters have now been pulled too. R.K. -Original Message- From: Kay, Richard Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 7:10 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update Interestingly, since loading 10.2.8 yesterday by modem connection to BigPond has changed from 48000bps to 52000bps (I think bps is the correct term but you know what I mean) and the speed of Safari seems to have dramatically improved as well. Any other observations from anyone else? R.K. -Original Message- From: Brett Carboni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 2:27 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update My syncing with my P800 Sony Ericsson doesn't seem to work anymore after this update :-( Fortunately iSync 1.2 is just around the corner. Anyone who relies on syncing a lot might want to sit this one out or at least have backup copies of his syncing files. For a while anyway. Everything else seems OK. Brett Carboni Tsunami Swell Succinctly Synced Sushi -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 07:10 AM, Kay, Richard wrote: Interestingly, since loading 10.2.8 yesterday by modem connection to BigPond has changed from 48000bps to 52000bps (I think bps is the correct term but you know what I mean) and the speed of Safari seems to have dramatically improved as well. Any other observations from anyone else? A couple of things - Safari has now been updated to 1.0 (v85.5), which may account for some performance improvements, and the Keyboard and Mouse System Preference panels have been merged into one (à la Panther). -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
RE: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
panel to tell the system what application to use to open the doc, and then perform a Change All to fix all similar docs. Linksys Router needs new firmware It appears that Mac OS X 10.2.8 requires the the latest version of Linksys' router driver software for proper operation. Peter Hillman writes I updated my Linksys Router BEFSR41 with their latest firmware version, 1.45.7. (I had 1.45.6). The firmware version fixes the following: Supports multi-L2TP-pass-through Supports DHCP relay agent Fixed fragmented packets arriving out of order. After updating the router, I powered everything down. I powered up the router, did a reset by pushing the reset button until the red light came on. Then I powered up my cable modem and waited for a signal. After I had a signal, I reset the router again. Then I powered up my PowerBook and everything works again. I launched Explorer and my internet connection was alive again. Update: (12:15 PM PDT) Missing resolution Scott Rose reports a missing display resolution after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2.8: After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.8, my Apple Cinema Display's resolution defaulted to 1600x1024 (it was previously 1600x1200), and the choice of 1600x1200 is no longer available at all within the Displays System Preference. The 1600x1200 option is just completely gone. We previously noted a few workarounds for rescuing displays from incorrect resolution settings that can incapacitate any video throughput, which are also useful when a resolution is not accessible. One solution was to delete the file System/Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist, which contains resolution and other display settings. There are also a few applications that have been written that can change the screen resolution from the command line. CScreen for instance. Sometimes a resolution inaccessible from System Preferences can be used from the Terminal. Update: (12:45 PM PDT) Serious problems with Lombard PowerBooks Several Lombard (PowerBook G3) owners have now reported a serious problem when attempting to repair permissions with the Apple Disk Utility after updating to Mac OS X 10.2.8. One poster in the MacFixIt forums writes: I installed the Mac OS X 10.2.8 update -- no issues noted until about halfway through the post-update preventative run through repair permissions (run from the hard drive using Disk Utility). The screen went from normal display to pure noise [...] Computer was non-responsive to keyboard inputs - forced restart to single user mode, fsck with repairs, normal restart to OS 9, ran Disk Repair Utility (found and repaired issues), DiskWarrior 2.11 (found and repaired issues), Norton SpeedDisk 6.03 to optimize/defrag (minimal file fragmentation / major free space fragmentation repaired from largest contiguous free space being 300mb back to 2gb contiguous free space) -- restarted into 10.2.8 through single user / fsck (no issues), then ran verify permissions using terminal cli (sudo diskutil verifyPermissions /)..and got about one third of the way into it when we went back to the kaleidoscopic video noise on the display. Some readers have reported that removing one of their Lombard RAM modules made the problem temporarily disappear. If you are a Lombard owner who has updated to mac OS X 10.2.8, try removing one of the modules (leaving only one) and please send us your expereiences. Others report that simply repairing permissions will do the trick, Robert Engstrom writes I have a 400Mhz G3 Lombard and I also have problem with the screen turning black or screen turning into strange colours. The easiest way to get the problem is to use Disk Utility and repair permissions. After just a few minutes the screen turns into strange colours and the computer crashes. Removing one RAM module fixes the problem but makes the system slow. -Original Message- From: Kay, Richard Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 7:18 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update From MacRumors a few minutes ago: For users who have not yet upgraded, the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update no longer appears in Software Update. While the majority of users who applied the update have done fine... there are multiple reports of problems -- including users' losing network connections (potential fix) and others are having boot problems on their iMacs/eMacs. Update: Standalone updaters have now been pulled too. R.K. -Original Message- From: Kay, Richard Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 7:10 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update Interestingly, since loading 10.2.8 yesterday by modem connection to BigPond has changed from 48000bps to 52000bps (I think bps is the correct term but you know what I mean) and the speed of Safari seems to have dramatically improved as well. Any other observations from anyone else? R.K. -Original Message- From: Brett Carboni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent
Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
seems to fix most of the broken icons, while others can be manually restored via Mitch Wayne's method: I had to use the Get Info panel to tell the system what application to use to open the doc, and then perform a Change All to fix all similar docs. Linksys Router needs new firmware It appears that Mac OS X 10.2.8 requires the the latest version of Linksys' router driver software for proper operation. Peter Hillman writes I updated my Linksys Router BEFSR41 with their latest firmware version, 1.45.7. (I had 1.45.6). The firmware version fixes the following: Supports multi-L2TP-pass-through Supports DHCP relay agent Fixed fragmented packets arriving out of order. After updating the router, I powered everything down. I powered up the router, did a reset by pushing the reset button until the red light came on. Then I powered up my cable modem and waited for a signal. After I had a signal, I reset the router again. Then I powered up my PowerBook and everything works again. I launched Explorer and my internet connection was alive again. Update: (12:15 PM PDT) Missing resolution Scott Rose reports a missing display resolution after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2.8: After updating to Mac OS X 10.2.8, my Apple Cinema Display's resolution defaulted to 1600x1024 (it was previously 1600x1200), and the choice of 1600x1200 is no longer available at all within the Displays System Preference. The 1600x1200 option is just completely gone. We previously noted a few workarounds for rescuing displays from incorrect resolution settings that can incapacitate any video throughput, which are also useful when a resolution is not accessible. One solution was to delete the file System/Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist, which contains resolution and other display settings. There are also a few applications that have been written that can change the screen resolution from the command line. CScreen for instance. Sometimes a resolution inaccessible from System Preferences can be used from the Terminal. Update: (12:45 PM PDT) Serious problems with Lombard PowerBooks Several Lombard (PowerBook G3) owners have now reported a serious problem when attempting to repair permissions with the Apple Disk Utility after updating to Mac OS X 10.2.8. One poster in the MacFixIt forums writes: I installed the Mac OS X 10.2.8 update -- no issues noted until about halfway through the post-update preventative run through repair permissions (run from the hard drive using Disk Utility). The screen went from normal display to pure noise [...] Computer was non-responsive to keyboard inputs - forced restart to single user mode, fsck with repairs, normal restart to OS 9, ran Disk Repair Utility (found and repaired issues), DiskWarrior 2.11 (found and repaired issues), Norton SpeedDisk 6.03 to optimize/defrag (minimal file fragmentation / major free space fragmentation repaired from largest contiguous free space being 300mb back to 2gb contiguous free space) -- restarted into 10.2.8 through single user / fsck (no issues), then ran verify permissions using terminal cli (sudo diskutil verifyPermissions /)..and got about one third of the way into it when we went back to the kaleidoscopic video noise on the display. Some readers have reported that removing one of their Lombard RAM modules made the problem temporarily disappear. If you are a Lombard owner who has updated to mac OS X 10.2.8, try removing one of the modules (leaving only one) and please send us your expereiences. Others report that simply repairing permissions will do the trick, Robert Engstrom writes I have a 400Mhz G3 Lombard and I also have problem with the screen turning black or screen turning into strange colours. The easiest way to get the problem is to use Disk Utility and repair permissions. After just a few minutes the screen turns into strange colours and the computer crashes. Removing one RAM module fixes the problem but makes the system slow. -Original Message- From: Kay, Richard Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 7:18 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update From MacRumors a few minutes ago: For users who have not yet upgraded, the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update no longer appears in Software Update. While the majority of users who applied the update have done fine... there are multiple reports of problems -- including users' losing network connections (potential fix) and others are having boot problems on their iMacs/eMacs. Update: Standalone updaters have now been pulled too. R.K. -Original Message- From: Kay, Richard Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 7:10 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update Interestingly, since loading 10.2.8 yesterday by modem connection to BigPond has changed from 48000bps to 52000bps (I think bps is the correct term but you know what I mean) and the speed of Safari seems to have dramatically improved
Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
On 23/09/2003, at 10:13 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All! The Mac OS X 10.2.8 update is out today. You can grab it from Software Update, VerstionTracker or off the good 'ol WAMUG mirror site (which will be faster). It's about 38MB. http://mirrors.wamug.org.au/apple The files are uploaded and available. http://mirrors.wamug.org.au/apple/macosx Yay, I rock! - Matt -- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0 Matt Healey[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac OS 10.2.8 Update
The files are uploaded and available. http://mirrors.wamug.org.au/apple/macosx Yay, I rock! You da man! actually hopefully this will fix the USB 2 issue I posted last week as it said it enables USB 2 support even on systems not supplied with USB 2.. can't run patch as I have a stack of DVD's a mile high to burn (honest gov'na they're all Kosher (literally)) before I dare run a systems patch. -- ~ Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph#9380 1855 (ECEL) ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ present day present time
