Enabled root user briefly and now applications won't work

[caoimhinoc]

I have a Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion. I was playing around trying to get a few old printers to work so I tried to install CUPS. I enabled the root user, logged in, ran the >make install< command, looked up a guide in chrome, logged out, disabled the root user. That's it. Now several applications, including Chrome, Skype, Pages don't work anymore.

I've tried the standard log out log in, restart, reinstall Chrome, but I keep getting the same error message:

"Google Chrome cannot be opened because of a problem."

CUPS could be to blame too. (I'm not sure if it even works.) How do I proceed?

 

[Dark Dragoon]

What exactly did you try and install?
Also what instructions did you follow?

Mountain Lion comes with CUPS which OSX uses for printing.
You can run "sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes" then access the web interface from "http://localhost:631" if needed.

If you open up the Console.app (in the Applications/Utilities) folder, look at All Messages. Then try running one of the programs which has broken, does it give any more information as to the problem?

 

[caoimhinoc]

Ugh I had no idea 10.8 came with CUPS. Somehow I missed that. I was trying to get my old printers to work with my new MacBook (October 2013) and was looking for drivers and I saw that this thing called CUPS had them, so I tried to install it.

What exactly did you try and install?
Also what instructions did you follow?

It's CUPSv1.7.0 downloaded from cups.org and I followed the instructions that came with the bundle (install.txt; like here) That is:

./configure;
make;
make check;
make install;

Mountain Lion comes with CUPS which OSX uses for printing.
You can run "sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes" then access the web interface from "http://localhost:631" if needed.

Anyway, now it seems I have two versions. (Or will the new one have replaced the old one? Sorry, I'm a bit of a newb.) The interface at least seems to work, but since I can only add printers in root user I'll have to clear up this issue first I think.

If you open up the Console.app (in the Applications/Utilities) folder, look at All Messages. Then try running one of the programs which has broken, does it give any more information as to the problem?

When I start Chrome, the Console gives me this:

20/01/2014 21:14:35.832 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[161]: ([0x0-0xf90f9].com.google.Chrome[2238]) Job appears to have crashed: Trace/BPT trap: 5

Skype:

20/01/2014 21:20:37.602 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[161]: ([0x0-0xfc0fc].com.skype.skype[2298]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10

Gimp, iPhoto, Plot, and others give essentially the same message. (iTunes, Firefox, and Safari are fine.)

Apart from that, since I enabled/disabled the root user I only got lots of these:

20/01/2014 17:07:02.070 ReportCrash[975]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Users/oldmac/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.qtkitserver_2014-01-20-170337_Kevin-Kellys-MacBook.crash

Don't know what they are. Any idea what would be worthwhile trying?

 

[LPZ]

It's CUPSv1.7.0 downloaded from cups.org and I followed the instructions that came with the bundle (install.txt; like here) That is:

./configure;
make;
make check;
make install;

Anyway, now it seems I have two versions. (Or will the new one have replaced the old one? Sorry, I'm a bit of a newb.)

Well, the install.txt says

CONFIGURATION

CUPS uses GNU autoconf, so you should find the usual
"configure" script in the main CUPS source directory. To
configure CUPS for your system, type:

./configure

The default installation will put the CUPS software in the
"/etc", "/usr", and "/var" directories on your system, which
will overwrite any existing printing commands on your system.
Use the "--prefix" option to install the CUPS software in
another location:

./configure --prefix=/some/directory

What CUPS version is displayed when you visit http://localhost:631 ? If it's 1.7, I assume you replaced the Apple-supplied CUPS with the one you installed. Don't know if this is causing the problems you've reported.

 

[caoimhinoc]

What CUPS version is displayed when you visit http://localhost:631 ? If it's 1.7, I assume you replaced the Apple-supplied CUPS with the one you installed. Don't know if this is causing the problems you've reported.

Yep, cups-related files in /etc, /usr/, and /var have been modified, and http://localhost:631 says I have v1.7.0, the one I installed.

That in itself shouldn't have caused problems though...

 

[LPZ]

Yep, cups-related files in /etc, /usr/, and /var have been modified, and http://localhost:631 says I have v1.7.0, the one I installed.

That in itself shouldn't have caused problems though...

Can you find and post a crash report for Chrome (or any of the apps that now crashes)? Maybe look in /Users/oldmac/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

 

[caoimhinoc]

Can you find and post a crash report for Chrome (or any of the apps that now crashes)? Maybe look in /Users/oldmac/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

Ok here is a chrome crash report:

Process:         Google Chrome [13445]
Path:            /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
Identifier:      com.google.Chrome
Version:         32.0.1700.77 (1700.77)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [154]
User ID:         502

Date/Time:       2014-01-20 16:31:54.222 +0100
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)
Report Version:  10

Crashed Thread:  0

Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
  Referenced from: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/32.0.1700.77/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Google Chrome Framework
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
	/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
	/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture

Binary Images:
   0x7c000 -    0x7cff3 +com.google.Chrome (32.0.1700.77 - 1700.77) <B093EB25-8A8F-39B9-A82C-5B2B6EAA105A> /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
   0x81000 -  0x483cf27 +com.google.Chrome.framework (32.0.1700.77 - 1700.77) <6D04D3A0-C9ED-3947-8229-D0A6A5C46DFB> /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/32.0.1700.77/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Google Chrome Framework
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You could be on to something here. There is something about cups in there:

Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
	/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture

What now though? Why would all these applications even need to refer to cups?

 

[LPZ]

Ok here is a chrome crash report:

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/32.0.1700.77/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Google Chrome Framework
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture

That's your problem. What do you get when you enter the following in Terminal:

file /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib

I'm running 10.7, but what I get is

/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures:
[x86_64: Mach-O 64-bit x86_64 dynamically linked shared library] [i386]

I suspect your libcups is x86_64 only, so it can't be used with any 32-bit app like Chrome.

 

[caoimhinoc]

What do you get when you enter the following in Terminal:

file /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib

I get:

/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64

I skipped this final step in install.txt because I didn't know what it meant: CREATING BINARY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH EPM. Is that something or is it unrelated?

If not, how do I get cups to support 32-bit applications?

Thanks for you help so far! It's comforting to know that my computer woes are not caused by dark magic.

 

[LPZ]

I get:

/usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib: Mach-O 64-bit dynamically linked shared library x86_64

I skipped this final step in install.txt because I didn't know what it meant: CREATING BINARY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH EPM. Is that something or is it unrelated?

If not, how do I get cups to support 32-bit applications?

Thanks for you help so far! It's comforting to know that my computer woes are not caused by dark magic.

OK, the problem is that the new CUPS you built and installed is 64-bit only. The one you replaced was universal, i.e., 32-bit and 64-bit together.

The EPM seems unrelated.

You might try re-doing your building and installing of CUPS 1.7, with a minor variation. For simplicity, delete the cups folder you downloaded before, and start with a fresh one. Then, instead of

./configure

try

./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" CXXFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"

followed by make, then make check and then

sudo make install

(You'll be asked for your password, but by using sudo you don't need to enable and become root.)

If these steps all succeed, you should have a universal CUPS system and 32-bit apps like Chrome should be happy again.

 

[caoimhinoc]

try

./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" CXXFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"

followed by make, then make check and then

Right, so I did that, but make check gives me this:

ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[1]: *** [ippfind] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 1

I'm guessing that's bad, although I'm not sure what it means.

 

[LPZ]

Right, so I did that, but make check gives me this:

ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[1]: *** [ippfind] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 1

I'm guessing that's bad, although I'm not sure what it means.

Make check gave this, not make?

Yes, bad. It means that some library that needs to be linked into the CUPS binary is only available in 64-bit. So you were able to build 1.7 as a 64-bit binary (as you did originally) but you cannot currently build it as a 32-bit (or as a universal binary).

Can you post more of the output leading up to the error? Would be worth knowing what symbol(s) were unavailable.

 

[BrianBaughn]

The OP will probably be better off, headache and time-wise, with a re-installation of the system.

 

[LPZ]

The OP will probably be better off, headache and time-wise, with a re-installation of the system.

Yes, that was going to be the gist of my next message. Have been searching for a way to simply reinstall the CUPS package that he clobbered, but fifteen minutes of looking hasn't yielded any results. So your suggestion may be the way to go.

Of course, if the OP has a clone or Time Machine backup, perhaps he can restore the system to the state it was in before he damaged it.

 

[caoimhinoc]

Make check gave this, not make?

Oh you're right, 'make' actually gave the same output. Here is all of it:

ld: warning: ignoring file ../cups/libcups.dylib, file was built for x86_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386): ../cups/libcups.dylib
Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
  "__cupsLangPrintf", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
      _new_expr in ippfind.o
      _resolve_callback in ippfind.o
      _exec_program in ippfind.o
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "__cupsLangPuts", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
      _show_usage in ippfind.o
      _eval_expr in ippfind.o
      _exec_program in ippfind.o
  "__cupsSetLocale", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
  "__cups_strcasecmp", referenced from:
      _get_service in ippfind.o
  "_cupsAddOption", referenced from:
      _resolve_callback in ippfind.o
  "_cupsArrayAdd", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
      _get_service in ippfind.o
  "_cupsArrayCount", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
  "_cupsArrayFind", referenced from:
      _get_service in ippfind.o
  "_cupsArrayFirst", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
  "_cupsArrayNew", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
  "_cupsArrayNext", referenced from:
      _main in ippfind.o
      _get_service in ippfind.o
  "_cupsDoRequest", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_cupsFileFind", referenced from:
      _exec_program in ippfind.o
  "_cupsGetOption", referenced from:
      _resolve_callback in ippfind.o
      _eval_expr in ippfind.o
      _exec_program in ippfind.o
  "_cupsLastError", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_cupsUser", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpAddrConnect", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpAddrFreeList", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpAddrGetList", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpAssembleURI", referenced from:
      _resolve_callback in ippfind.o
  "_httpClose", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpConnect2", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpFlush", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpGet", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_httpUpdate", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippAddString", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippAddStrings", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippDelete", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippEnumString", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippFindAttribute", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippGetBoolean", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippGetCount", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippGetInteger", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippGetString", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippNewRequest", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
  "_ippSetVersion", referenced from:
      _list_service in ippfind.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[1]: *** [ippfind] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 1

Ok, so a few questions:

1) Should I try and install an older version? If so, which?

2) Or should I do

a re-installation of the system.

I have a time machine back-up. Would that revert the system to its old state?

3) Why does Apple publish this software and nowhere mention (as far as I can tell) that it makes 32-bit applications unusable? Or is it so obvious that it's not worth mentioning?

 

[LPZ]

Ok, so a few questions:

1) Should I try and install an older version? If so, which?

No.

2) Or should I do a re-installation of the system?

Possibly.

I have a time machine back-up. Would that revert the system to its old state?

Sure, assuming you have Time Machine back-up everything (which I think is the default). Based on the install.txt, it should be enough to restore just /etc, /usr, and /var.

3) Why does Apple publish this software and nowhere mention (as far as I can tell) that it makes 32-bit applications unusable? Or is it so obvious that it's not worth mentioning?

Because they don't expect newbies to try to build the CUPS package from source and clobber the package which is nicely provided with the OS?

In any case, good luck.

 

[Dark Dragoon]

1) Should I try and install an older version? If so, which?

No.

2) Or should I do
I have a time machine back-up. Would that revert the system to its old state?

You should be able to do an in place reinstall of OS X which would keep all your files and applications.
Time Machine would be useful incase it goes wrong and you needed to do a clean install and restore.

3) Why does Apple publish this software and nowhere mention (as far as I can tell) that it makes 32-bit applications unusable? Or is it so obvious that it's not worth mentioning?

I don't think they are expecting people who are running OS X to try and install CUPS as it's already installed.

CUPS is a project which Apple purchased in 2007, but as it's open source and used widely by other Unix-like OS's the code is available for people to compile to install or to make packages from.

 

[caoimhinoc]

I did a reinstall and I'm back to normal. Now I can see if I can get those printers working.