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GM2 Wishes... found any MAJOR bugs?
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I don't know if this is a bug but I would really love to know how to fix this is anyone knows
Installed Lion on 2 Comps Flawless on one
and 2nd one anytime you change anything on the desktop it informs you "finder wants to make changes please enter your password to allow this"
for all items even when i selected the entire desktop folder and set the user account with read and write permissions and applied it to everything under it.
Thanks in advance
Installed Lion on 2 Comps Flawless on one
and 2nd one anytime you change anything on the desktop it informs you "finder wants to make changes please enter your password to allow this"
for all items even when i selected the entire desktop folder and set the user account with read and write permissions and applied it to everything under it.
Thanks in advance
since this is a thread about bugs it'd be great if someone knows how to fix this issue I'm having for some reason ..
thanks in advance
Have you tried running repair permissions through disk utility or through the recovery partition?
only the desktop
upgrade
btw spotlight is still indexing though i don't think that could have much to do with it
dragging folders from desktop to documents causes it to copy instead of just dropping
repair permissions didn't help
Desktop has the following permission:
Owner is your username and group is staff, correct?
yes that is correct i already tried forcing all items within the desktop folder to that
If there would have been any MAJOR bugs (that Apple has deemed "major") then they wouldn't have released a GM. The whole point of a GM is to arrive at a version suitable for release. It doesn't have to be perfect - it won't be perfect, but it won't have any showstoppers.
Unless there's something catastrophic (which there wouldn't be), then the next update will be 10.7.1.
If you think you've found a "major" bug, then take a moment to reassess its effect, the frequency with which it might occur, and whether the majority of Apple's market will actually experience it. Chances are, it won't seem so major after all.
Lion is ready for release. The GM works fine under day to day conditions and is quite stable. This is the general consensus.
Let's stop all this "GM2" wishing and waiting. There is no such thing as a "GM2." A golden MASTER is a golden master. It's done. Lion is stable enough to render one pointless anyway. Otherwise Apple and the market could go on forever, waiting for every little bug to be addressed.
If you're a developer, report any bugs you find to Apple and wait for an update to the full release (which you already have.)
Unless there's something catastrophic (which there wouldn't be), then the next update will be 10.7.1.
If you think you've found a "major" bug, then take a moment to reassess its effect, the frequency with which it might occur, and whether the majority of Apple's market will actually experience it. Chances are, it won't seem so major after all.
Lion is ready for release. The GM works fine under day to day conditions and is quite stable. This is the general consensus.
Let's stop all this "GM2" wishing and waiting. There is no such thing as a "GM2." A golden MASTER is a golden master. It's done. Lion is stable enough to render one pointless anyway. Otherwise Apple and the market could go on forever, waiting for every little bug to be addressed.
If you're a developer, report any bugs you find to Apple and wait for an update to the full release (which you already have.)
I hate to repeat myself, but if they are going to release this build, the Apple Care staff and the Geniuses will have their hands full, and there's going to be a lot of bad press.
Complete system lockups on a brand new MBP are a big problem.
Even in the unlikely case that it's caused by some faulty/non-Lion-aware 3rd party app, lots of people will experience it.
And the fact that the same machine runs rock-solid without any problems under SL still makes me rule out hardware issues.
Snow Leopard: Zero crashes in 2 months (heavy use, with VMware etc. pp.)
Lion GM: Hourly freezes, with the power button being the only "solution".
Restored from backup, "Clean" reinstall, I've tried them all.
But ok, I give up. It's a minor tiny weeny little bug, and completely my own fault, I get it...
Complete system lockups on a brand new MBP are a big problem.
Even in the unlikely case that it's caused by some faulty/non-Lion-aware 3rd party app, lots of people will experience it.
And the fact that the same machine runs rock-solid without any problems under SL still makes me rule out hardware issues.
Snow Leopard: Zero crashes in 2 months (heavy use, with VMware etc. pp.)
Lion GM: Hourly freezes, with the power button being the only "solution".
Restored from backup, "Clean" reinstall, I've tried them all.
But ok, I give up. It's a minor tiny weeny little bug, and completely my own fault, I get it...
I hate to repeat myself, but if they are going to release this build, the Apple Care staff and the Geniuses will have their hands full, and there's going to be a lot of bad press.
Complete system lockups on a brand new MBP are a big problem.
Even in the unlikely case that it's caused by some faulty/non-Lion-aware 3rd party app, lots of people will experience it.
And the fact that the same machine runs rock-solid without any problems under SL still makes me rule out hardware issues.
Snow Leopard: Zero crashes in 2 months (heavy use, with VMware etc. pp.)
Lion GM: Hourly freezes, with the power button being the only "solution".
Restored from backup, "Clean" reinstall, I've tried them all.
But ok, I give up. It's a minor tiny weeny little bug, and completely my own fault, I get it...
Are others experiencing this en masse? Is this a widespread problem?
I'm not saying you're not experiencing it, by the way. And I know it sucks and causes you to worry. I'm with you on that. But unless it's a widespread problem, it won't be addressed by another update prior to the public release of the GM build.
Well, much to my surprise, it seems not to be widespread right now.
Then, again, my configuration is far from exotic, and I would give my left arm to find out what's causing these problems.
I love Lion (it works like a charm on my iMac) and I'd like it to be stable and working for everyone when it's released. *sigh*
But freezes are a very bad thing.
No worries, I'll shut up now and wait for 10.7.1 (or for Apple to get back to me on my bug report).
Then, again, my configuration is far from exotic, and I would give my left arm to find out what's causing these problems.
I love Lion (it works like a charm on my iMac) and I'd like it to be stable and working for everyone when it's released. *sigh*
But freezes are a very bad thing.
No worries, I'll shut up now and wait for 10.7.1 (or for Apple to get back to me on my bug report).
Have you tried just running it vanilla - no extra apps installed or extra services running?
Well, yes, I tried that as well last night.
The system still freezes, mostly when the auto-switching of graphics cards is triggered.
Repeatedly starting and quitting Photo Booth does the trick, for example.
Unfortunately, this MBP is my work horse and I won't have time for more tests, as on monday, I'll have to leave town and use it for work again.
So, for now, it's back to SL for me.
EDIT: Ok, just to make sure, I'll try this one more time. I still have a Carbon Copy Clone. I'll make sure that this time, Lion is completely Vanilla.
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I'd be interested to see what your results are. After all, it'll be a clean, vanilla install of lion. Please let us know what happens.
But do this only if you're able. Don't let this cut into your work.
No problem. Work is yet another day away.
Ok, so, I did install the Lion GM on a fresh partition, completely Vanilla.
And this is what happens:
Opening and quitting Photo Booth 4 times and the machine freezes.
The clock in the menu bar stops.
Mouse Pointer is gone.
Strangely, I can still change the speaker volume for a while using F11/F12 (and I hear the beeps) but there is no icon being displayed.
Same for the Eject key. The DVD is being ejected, however, no feedback on screen.
Opt Cmd Esc (pressing repeatedly) gives me a beep (well, more like a "blurp") sound, but the screen is frozen stiff.
Closing the lid does not send the machine to sleep.
And after a while, even F11/F12 etc. stop working.
So, while technically some system functions are still alive for some time, the UI still becomes unresponsive to the point where the power button becomes the only solution.
Not nice. And certainly not a "minor" bug, if you ask me.
And again, it basically rules out hardware failure, because if that were the case, I would see a kernel panic or something similar (or the speaker volume buttons would cease to function at the time of the lockup, too, and not minutes later).
I'm pretty much convinced that this is the Sandy Bridge Bug showing its ugly face again (after it was apparently fixed in 10.6.7).
Alright, I'm done testing for now, and I still do hope that this GM won't make it out there to the public. Not because I hate Lion. On the contrary.
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No log entry whatsoever regarding these lockups. If there was any, I'd be a few steps closer to finding out what the problem is. Alas, no joy.
I wish it would crash and not just freeze...
No log entry whatsoever regarding these lockups. If there was any, I'd be a few steps closer to finding out what the problem is. Alas, no joy.
I wish it would crash and not just freeze...
Well it was just a thought, sorry it doesn't show anything.
Hugh
No log entry whatsoever regarding these lockups. If there was any, I'd be a few steps closer to finding out what the problem is. Alas, no joy.
I wish it would crash and not just freeze...
Yeah, I can't replicate it. My hardware is different.
Best we can do is file reports with Apple and hope for a fix.
Does this only happen when you use Photobooth?
Yeah, makes more sense. And like another person on this forums told me when I made a thread about this: "Apple is likely already installed this on MBA and other Mac Products."
I do feel for those who are having problems with the GM. All anyone can say is send in those bug reports. This forum as well as the Dev forum will help as much as we can. It's not good business sense to release a product if so many can't run it. Saying that I can only conclude that Apple thinks the majority can run the GM without issues.
No, I have used Photo Booth for this test just because it reliably triggers the gfx card switching from "Integrated" (Intel HD3000) to "Discrete" (AMD), which reliably makes my MBP freeze every 3rd to 5th time, without using any 3rd party software.
I could just as well start VLC or connect a second monitor or startup Windows in a VM. But then you guys would say it's because of faulty/non-lion-aware 3rd party software or because my external display sucks (which it does, but that's another story)...
And, well, yea, it looks like the majority actually has no problems.
But this MBP of mine is quite new (2 months old now) and is the same model that is currently being sold. So my alarm bells are ringing here.
Well, I think I have contributed my share. Now the ball is in Apple's court. I did file a bug report, and I hope it is not being ignored.
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Have you tried using gfxcardstatus to choose between graphics cards rather than let the system handle it?