Apple System Profiler

Eckslusive · Jan 12, 2003, 12:03 PM

After updating to OS 10.2.3, my Apple Profiler won't work! It just gathers and then does an error and then it quits.
Maybe its not 10.2.3, ..would it be the USB hubs i have on the computer? i dont know.
i think it is 10.2.3.
I've tried taking the USB hubs out. and it still doesn't work.
I haven't installed any new hardware...

does anyone have this problem or know what to do about it??

rainman::|:| · Jan 12, 2003, 12:28 PM

Similar problem here - since i installed safari, profiler won't start at all. No error, it appears in the dock, bounces once, then disappears. rather frustrating, but not deadly or anything. Have you also installed safari? i know for a fact profiler worked for me since i upgraded to 10.2.3, so at least in my case that's not it...

pnw

edit: hell, look at that... since the latest safari version, profiler works perfectly again. guess i should have checked. sorry!

alset · Jan 12, 2003, 04:01 PM

Do you get an error number? What message (if any) is displayed?

Dan

Eckslusive · Jan 12, 2003, 08:55 PM

The application Apple System Profiler has unexpectedly quit.
The system and other applications have not been affected

thats the msg...no error number...

btw...when you get an error with an error number..where can you go to check what that means?

mc68k · Jan 13, 2003, 10:53 AM

In this case, you could try to trash some preference files. Other than that, it's really hard to troubleshoot applications not launching (maybe something was installed improperly).

Try backing up your /Library/Preferences and ~/Preferences and just deleting the whole folders. Restart and see if that does anything. If not, just replace the folders with the backed-up ones.

In regards to the question about looking up the error codes, Mac OS X doesn't really have debugging information anymore. When something is malfunctioning, you always get the same dialog box. The program Black & Bleu has records of what some X long error codes mean (presumably the kernel dump or console log errors).

Jan 12, 2003, 12:03 PM	#1
Eckslusive Guest Join Date: Dec 2002	Apple System Profiler After updating to OS 10.2.3, my Apple Profiler won't work! It just gathers and then does an error and then it quits. Maybe its not 10.2.3, ..would it be the USB hubs i have on the computer? i dont know. i think it is 10.2.3. I've tried taking the USB hubs out. and it still doesn't work. I haven't installed any new hardware... does anyone have this problem or know what to do about it??

Jan 12, 2003, 04:01 PM	#3
alset macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: East Bay, CA	Do you get an error number? What message (if any) is displayed? Dan __________________ alsetmusic.com standing on the shoulders of giants....

Jan 12, 2003, 08:55 PM	#4
Eckslusive Thread Starter Guest Join Date: Dec 2002	Message The application Apple System Profiler has unexpectedly quit. The system and other applications have not been affected thats the msg...no error number... btw...when you get an error with an error number..where can you go to check what that means?

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Jan 12, 2003, 12:28 PM	#2
rainman::\|:\| macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: iowa	Similar problem here - since i installed safari, profiler won't start at all. No error, it appears in the dock, bounces once, then disappears. rather frustrating, but not deadly or anything. Have you also installed safari? i know for a fact profiler worked for me since i upgraded to 10.2.3, so at least in my case that's not it... pnw edit: hell, look at that... since the latest safari version, profiler works perfectly again. guess i should have checked. sorry!

Jan 13, 2003, 10:53 AM	#5
mc68k macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego, Calif.	In this case, you could try to trash some preference files. Other than that, it's really hard to troubleshoot applications not launching (maybe something was installed improperly). Try backing up your /Library/Preferences and ~/Preferences and just deleting the whole folders. Restart and see if that does anything. If not, just replace the folders with the backed-up ones. In regards to the question about looking up the error codes, Mac OS X doesn't really have debugging information anymore. When something is malfunctioning, you always get the same dialog box. The program Black & Bleu has records of what some X long error codes mean (presumably the kernel dump or console log errors).