this morning, when i tried to start safari after a random restart to my computer, it wouldn't boot, it would show a blank window, then crash. same result after several reboots. i have the important parts of the crash report below. any solution to make safari go normal again? thanks.
Date/Time: 2009-10-24 17:00:10.914 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4
Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Parent: WindowServer [81]
Version: 3.0.4 (523.12)
Build Version: 2
Project Name: WebBrowser
Source Version: 45231200
PID: 482
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9080dfa7 CFRelease + 56
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083900a __CFBinaryPlistCreateObject + 3941
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082f623 __CFTryParseBinaryPlist + 177
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e990 _CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData + 150
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e8f7 CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData + 54
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x928089b8 _NSParseObjectFromASCIIPropertyListOrSerialization + 142
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x928088c0 -[NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithContentsOfFile:] + 93
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x9280884b +[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:] + 67
8 com.apple.WebKit 0x94d7c0e2 -[WebHistoryPrivate _loadHistoryGutsFromURL:savedItemsCount:collectDiscardedItemsInto:error:] + 94
9 com.apple.WebKit 0x94d7c06b -[WebHistoryPrivate loadFromURL:collectDiscardedItemsInto:error:] + 69
10 com.apple.WebKit 0x94d7bf90 -[WebHistory loadFromURL:error:] + 82
11 com.apple.Safari 0x000240f6 0x1000 + 143606
12 com.apple.Safari 0x00023fe8 0x1000 + 143336
13 com.apple.Safari 0x00023e54 0x1000 + 142932
14 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f3b97 _nsnote_callback + 230
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x908563d2 __CFXNotificationPost + 345
16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9084db51 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 600
17 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ec128 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationNamebject:userInfo:] + 121
18 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f30c9 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x93289976 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 124
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x93289860 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 67
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x9328935d -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 273
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x93288f28 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 96
23 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f9881 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 447
24 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f96ab _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 91
25 com.apple.AE 0x915237c9 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 147
26 com.apple.AE 0x915236fa dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
27 com.apple.AE 0x915235c6 aeProcessAppleEvent + 190
28 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92e04084 AEProcessAppleEvent + 37
29 com.apple.AppKit 0x9328711d _DPSNextEvent + 1044
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x93286b37 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
31 com.apple.Safari 0x00009208 0x1000 + 33288
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x932808c4 -[NSApplication run] + 512
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x93274820 NSApplicationMain + 573
34 com.apple.Safari 0x00090652 0x1000 + 587346
35 com.apple.Safari 0x000027a9 0x1000 + 6057
