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Security Update 2005-007 Released

SAME OR SIMILAR PROB W UPDATE

hob said:
I had a problem. As my G5 shut down, the finder all went away, I was left with no mouse pointed and just my wallpaper. Had to manual shut down my system (i.e. with a sledgehammer). Upon restarting, apple chime chimed, but the screen remained blank. Left it for 2 minutes, no change. Reboot - screen blank for longer than normal, although that could've been my heart-pounding perception, but then everything was happy and normal.

This has been the worst catastrophy to befall my G5. :D
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LOOK OUT!!!!


I have an iMac G5 rev A 1.8Ghz-
updated security update/ sleeplight and itunes together... and within a few hours I lost my finder completely with a blank desktop. Had to hard shutdown/restart- several times but never got finder back. During these restarts I noticed a long pause as it loaded Shake Qmaster--- Hardware test revealed a harddrive error code.
Reinstalled the OS w/ disc and got the finder back... Safari and Firefox had to be reinstalled in order to work properly.
Everything seems okay now but i am staying away from that update- I wasted an entire day on it and almost lost my harddrive.
 
DITTO DITTO DITTO - what a mess. A call to Apple tech support yielded the usual "we have not heard of any problem" response :mad:

This is a serious screw up on Apple's part - more and more starting to feel like Windows - where is the QC BEFORE this type of cr@p is released? Like you, a day of wasted time - my rev.B dual 1.8 now runs slow with various force quits now being required on various applications.

Plss poor performance Apple - the geniuses that unleashed this one should be promoted to Redmond - get them the hell out of Cupertino :eek:
 
I noticed how long it takes my Powerbook to restart after it has been up for a couple of weeks. Amazing that it puts everything in its place but I wish the thing would go through to the end UNLESS the user abandons the restart process. After a couple of useful prompts to force quit apps, IE surprise surprise, it just gives up and you have to do all that hard work of hitting Restart buttons!!
 
Just as a note, my system is running as well as it ever did after installing the security update. It seems, as ever, some people have grief but the majority are OK.
 
Fredo Viola said:
This is just for Tiger users!
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I'm not so sure :

- Security Update 2005-007 v1.1 replaces Security Update 2005-007 v1.0 for Mac OS X v10.4.2.
- Users who have already installed v1.0 on Tiger systems should install v1.1, according to notes accompanying the update.

Couldn't that mean that
- 1) the security updates are ok for OSX 10.4.2,
- 2) if you did install the fix 1.0 on your Tiger system, then you should install Update 1.1 in a special way described in the notes (like erasing youself half your HD) ?

Isn't the Fix 1.1 available from SU by now, for OSX 10.4.2 users ?
(I'll check that home later).
 
bronkowitz said:
After installing 2005-007, the following Java problem turned up:

> java -version
HotSpot not at correct virtual address. Sharing disabled.
java version "1.5.0_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_02-56)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_02-36, mixed mode)

I use java every day and this was definitely not happening before. It doesn't actually break Java, since class sharing is just an optimisation, but it is annoying.

An inspection of the JavaVM.framework directory seems to indicate there was a Java modification in the security update:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 38K Aug 16 09:57 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/JavaVM*

Aug 16 09:57 is of course the exact time at which I installed the update.

BTW, no, I do not have any third-party OS X mods.

Anyone else get this behaviour?
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No, but I hadn't installed the 1.5 version...

$ java -version
java version "1.4.2_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_07-215)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-50, mixed mode)
 
Installed the Security Update 1.0 a couple of days ago, and the Security Update 1.1 yesterday evening.

So far, all fine on the iMac G5 - but I haven't tried any 64-bits application. :eek:

A.
 
I just finished installing the Security Update 1.0. My software updater said the I'm now up to date. Also finished with Run Repair Permissions. All is well. :)
 
wdlove said:
I just finished installing the Security Update 1.0. My software updater said the I'm now up to date. Also finished with Run Repair Permissions. All is well. :)
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You will still need to run 1.1 though, no?
 
~Shard~ said:
You will still need to run 1.1 though, no?
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When I clicked on the software update again after a restart, message said "You are up to date.
 
wdlove said:
When I clicked on the software update again after a restart, message said "You are up to date.
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Are you sure you didn't get 1.1? I thought they pulled 1.0 when 1.1 was released, so that you would not have been able to get it this weekend via software update, wdlove....
 
OK, I installed this a week or so ago and now it's back in the Software Update. Can someone tell me why? Should I install it again? Perhaps I installed 1.0 the first time? Is there a way to check? Thanks!
 
ohcrap said:
OK, I installed this a week or so ago and now it's back in the Software Update. Can someone tell me why? Should I install it again? Perhaps I installed 1.0 the first time? Is there a way to check? Thanks!
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If it was the 1.1 version it would say so, so I'm not sure why it would appear again. The initial install went fine, no issues, and you rebooted and everything afterwards like you were supposed to? If so, I'm not sure why it would reappear, I've never had that happen before...
 
~Shard~ said:
If it was the 1.1 version it would say so, so I'm not sure why it would appear again. The initial install went fine, no issues, and you rebooted and everything afterwards like you were supposed to? If so, I'm not sure why it would reappear, I've never had that happen before...
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Yes, everything went fine the first time around, per Post #33 of this thread. I never look at the version numbers really, so I don't know if it was 1.0 the first time or not. :confused:

So, should I install it again, do you think?
 
I checked my Software Update log and it turns out that I had installed 1.0 the first time, so I installed 1.1 and all has been well so far. Hope I don't experience any of the problems some of you have. :)
 
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