All a bit scary. I've had no problems so far with 10.2.8.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Kay, Richard wrote:
From MacFixit:
Tuesday, September 23 2003 @ 08:00 AM PDT
Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.2.8: Update pulled; Ethernet connections;
Dual Display configuration; more
Mac OS X 10.2.8 apparently pulled Mac OS X 10.2.8 has disappeared from
Apple's Web Servers, and is no longer available via the automatic
Software Update function.
We are awaiting further word from Apple on the subject.
UPDATE: Apple has now restored the Knowledge Base articles for Mac OS
X 10.2.8 with the message "This update is temporarily unavailable.
Please check back later."
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Ethernet connections Perhaps the most widely reported problem reported
after updating to Mac OS X 10.2.8 is loss of network access. It
appears that in most cases, the failure is happening because DHCP
self-assigns an IP address.
In some cases, 100 Mbps Ethernet continues to work, but the 10 Mbps
mode is disabled. George Warner writes "The Mac OS X 10.2.8 update
installed fine but I lost networking including ability to talk to my
Apple Airport Extreme. After some experimenting, I was able to
determine that my Mac (Dual-500 G4) was not able to talk to my 10
Base-T network. 10 Base-T is the least common denominator on my LAN. I
require it for some other devices. Apparently, my updated Mac is stuck
at 100 Base-T. A hub which provides a 10 to 100 bridge was able to
band-aid my problem."
The solution is to revert the AppleGMACEthernet.kext from the new
version (1.3.0) to the 10.2.6 version (1.2.4) and reboot. This file is
located in System/Library/Extensions. You can pull this file from an
older Mac OS X system that has not yet been updated, then replace it
by booting into Mac OS 9 and overwriting the old file (which you
should back up, just in case).
Alternatively, a poster on Apple's Discussion boards has uploaded the
old .kext file to his Web server.
Of course, the main problem is that many readers who need this fix are
not able to access the Internet after performing the Mac OS X 10.2.8
update. If you know some fellow Mac users who might be experiencing
the issue, you may want to bring them the old AppleGMACEthernet.kext
file on a CD.
You can also use the program Pacifist to view the package contents of
the Mac OS X 10.2.6 updater, and extract the AppleGMACEthernet.kext.
Also, it is not yet known what other problems might be caused by using
the old .kext file with the new version of Mac OS X.
System modifications/haxies Several readers report problems with
haxies and other system modifications. The shareware utility
Transparent Dock, in particular, no longer works for some readers.
FireWalk X2 also apparently seems to be losing functionality for some
readers after the update.
UPDATE: Pliris Software, creator of FireWalk X2, told us "Apple
removed a function from the kernel that we used to detect the current
processor capabilities which is why our KEXT doesn't load on Mac OS X
10.2.7 or later. Yesterday we released Firewalk X 2 2.2.8 which
corrects this problem, among others."
Dual Display configuration MacFixIt reader Graham Jones, along with a
handful of other readers report that they had to reset their monitor
preferences after installing Mac OS X 10.2.8. "My Dual G4/1.25 with
Mac OS X 10.2.8 forgets screen sizes and reverses the arrangement of
the two monitors."
Permissions problems One MacFixIt reader writes "After updating to Mac
OS X 10.2.8, I am unable to use Disk Utility to repair permissions.
About a minute after starting repair permissions, the screen goes
black and the system is completely locked up. I've been
troubleshooting this for about four hours with no luck."
Several other readers have since corroborated this issue.
The solution is to boot from the Mac OS X 10.2 CD (or another,
sans-Mac OS X 10.2.8 volume) and then run repair permissions.
I can repair permissions by booting from the Jaguar CD.
Keyboard/mouse problems MacFixIt reader Ben Rosenthal writes:
"Keyboard and Mouse preference panes have been combined in Mac OS X
10.2.8, as in Panther. And, I seem to have lost trackpad support on my
Lombard 400. I ran the update late last night, but only noticed the
loss this morning, as my occasion to use the trackpad is minimized by
my Apple Pro Mouse. However, I have occasion, e.g., to option click a
link in Safari to download, and I use the trackpad button for this
action."
UPDATE: Rosenthal now writes "I restarted into single user mode to run
fsck (Ed.- hold down the Command-S keys at startup and type /sbin/fsck
-y ). Repaired a handful of orphaned indirect nodes, in addition to
two or three other problems. Restarted once more to login and the
trackpad worked.
Updates: (9:30 AM PDT)
Icons not appearing Several readers have reported problems with icons
not appearing properly. Repairing disk permissions with Apple's Disk
Utility 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 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"
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