Leopard started malfunctioning

garirry · Jul 29, 2013

iMac G4: 1.25GHZ - 1.5GB RAM - 10.5.8

Yesterday, when I booted up my G4, BitTorrent which was supposed to boot at launch. It tried to open, it bounced one time and it quit with a OS X Message saying it crashed. Tried relaunching. Still the same. Tried relaunching again. Still the same. So I decided to restart, same problem. My final thoughts were that the app was corrupted. So I found the DMG file that has this program, replaced the program, and guess what, it still gets that error message. Today, I launched Dashboard and while loading, I got a OS X Message saying "DashboardClient" has quit. And then the widgets couldn't load (at all).

Is this a problem with my Mac, this system, or a virus that make apps crash?

Nameci · Jul 29, 2013

garirry said:
iMac G4: 1.25GHZ - 1.5GB RAM - 10.5.8

Yesterday, when I booted up my G4, BitTorrent which was supposed to boot at launch. It tried to open, it bounced one time and it quit with a OS X Message saying it crashed. Tried relaunching. Still the same. Tried relaunching again. Still the same. So I decided to restart, same problem. My final thoughts were that the app was corrupted. So I found the DMG file that has this program, replaced the program, and guess what, it still gets that error message. Today, I launched Dashboard and while loading, I got a OS X Message saying "DashboardClient" has quit. And then the widgets couldn't load (at all).

Is this a problem with my Mac, this system, or a virus that make apps crash?

There is no virus, only bad hdd and bad permissions. Do permissions repair from diskutil or verify your hard drive.

garirry · Jul 29, 2013

Nameci said:
There is no virus, only bad hdd and bad permissions. Do permissions repair from diskutil or verify your hard drive.

Repaired the volume, verified the HD, it says that it appears to be OK. Nothing has changed, still crashes.

Nameci · Jul 29, 2013

There will be logs at the console. You can try to open up console and see what the logs has to say.

garirry · Jul 29, 2013

Nameci said:
There will be logs at the console. You can try to open up console and see what the logs has to say.

Here's what is written in the console:

29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] dyld: Library not loaded: /Syste
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] m/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.fram
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] ework/Versions/A/Frameworks/PLBl
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] ocks.framework/Versions/A/PLBloc
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] ks
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] Referenced from: /System/Li
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] brary/Frameworks/WebKit.framewor
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] k/Versions/A/WebKit
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] Reason: im
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM [0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382] age not found
29/07/13 11:15:24 AM com.apple.launchd[70] ([0x0-0x46046].com.bittorrent.BitTorrent[382]) Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap

Nameci · Jul 29, 2013

garirry said:
Here's what is written in the console:

your bit torrent app is looking for a file oh which it was not able to find. It might be a corrupted install of the torrent client.

Fully uninstall it, removing any traces of it, delete all the cache, temporary folders and what not that is associated with it before reinstalling it again.

garirry · Jul 29, 2013

Nameci said:
your bit torrent app is looking for a file oh which it was not able to find. It might be a corrupted install of the torrent client.

Fully uninstall it, removing any traces of it, delete all the cache, temporary folders and what not that is associated with it before reinstalling it again.

How do I fully delete all traces of it?

garirry · Jul 29, 2013

Nameci said:
your bit torrent app is looking for a file oh which it was not able to find. It might be a corrupted install of the torrent client.

Fully uninstall it, removing any traces of it, delete all the cache, temporary folders and what not that is associated with it before reinstalling it again.

NO!!! It's not the BitTorrent app, my iWork and iLife sets both doesn't work at all! Not even iTunes! Not other third-party apps such as MacTubes, iShow U and Paintbrush!

Now, what should I do:
-Replace my hard drive
-Reinstall Leopard
-Downgrade to Tiger
-Nothing, if the problem is my iMac itself

Intell · Jul 29, 2013

Reinstall Leopard. If that doesn't fix it, replace the hard drive.

garirry · Jul 29, 2013

Intell said:
Reinstall Leopard. If that doesn't fix it, replace the hard drive.

I'll reinstall once I get my hard drive enclosure.

grockk · Aug 1, 2013

Did you choose to install the experimental leopard-webkit (537.xx) as system default using the included scripts?

Similar symptom where many apps stop working.

garirry · Aug 1, 2013

grockk said:
Did you choose to install the experimental leopard-webkit (537.xx) as system default using the included scripts?

Similar symptom where many apps stop working.

Yes I did. That's the problem?

Intell · Aug 1, 2013

garirry said:
Yes I did. That's the problem?

Possibly, it can break a lot of things.

garirry · Aug 1, 2013

Intell said:
Possibly, it can break a lot of things.

Do I need to reinstall the whole system to fix it?

MisterKeeks · Aug 1, 2013

garirry said:
Yes I did. That's the problem?

Yes, the file that is called README clearly states:

INSTALLING LEOPARD WEBKIT AS THE SYSTEM DEFAULT IS PURELY EXPERIMENTAL AND YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT IF YOU DON'T KNOW OF A WAY HOW TO RECOVER YOUR SYSTEM!!!

garirry · Aug 1, 2013

MisterKeeks said:
Yes, the file that is called README clearly states:

I'll reinstall Leopard.

garirry · Aug 2, 2013

WAIT! I selected uninstall from the DevKit package, the next day everything worked fine (today). Dashboard launched, all apps work fine.

grockk · Aug 7, 2013

garirry said:
I'll reinstall Leopard.

Reinstall Safari 5.0.6.

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garirry said:
Yes I did. That's the problem?

I wonder if it would make sense to not include those scripts in the experimental build.

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