Bizarre problems

I just restarted my computer, and the display is screwed up. Nothing in the System Preferences seems to fix it. It's as if the monitor no longer shows the whole screen, and as I move my cursor around, the screen moves horizontally and vertically. This is a pain in the @$% and I have no idea what caused it. Anyone know how to fix it?

It sounds like you've turned on one of the "Universal Access" System Preferences to zoom in to the screen. This can be done with the keyboard combination Option-Command-8. See if turning the zoom off in the Universal Access System Preferences doesn't return the screen to normal.
-Doug

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Bizarre problem JDBC/SDO_UNION on insert

Hi,
I've got a case where I am trying to do an SDO_UNION on two shapes and use the result as part of an INSERT statement. Note that I am doing this through JDBC calls out of Java.
Unfortunately, I am encountering a bizarre problem... when I call the SDO_UNION operator through JDBC, the result is null... BUT if I paste the same code into SQLPlus, the operation works fine!!!
I've got examples of the statement I am using below.
Does anyone have a suggestion? If you could email me at [email protected], I'd be most greatful and I'd post back here.
Thanks!!!
INSERT INTO TEMP_MARKET_FOLDER
(TEMP_MARKET_FOLDER_ID,
UNIQUE_CODE,
SHAPE)
VALUES
(TEMP_MARKET_FOLDER_SQ.NextVal,
't7346E28179786E7', (SELECT SDO_GEOM.SDO_UNION(sel_0.GEOLOC, m.diminfo, sel_1.SHAPE, m.diminfo)
FROM VECTIV.US_CNTY sel_0, TEMP_MARKET_FOLDER sel_1, user_sdo_geom_metadata m
WHERE UPPER(m.table_name) = UPPER('US_CNTY') AND m.column_name = 'GEOLOC'
AND sel_0.MI_PRINX = 221.0 AND sel_1.UNIQUE_CODE = 't669626728A516568'))

Hi Indrek,
I did the following, which worked. You may want to revisit and see if you can determine where the problem is coming from. Note that I ran validate_geometry below - you may want to run it for your whole table.
Hope this helps,
dan
create table technet(gid number, mygeom mdsys.sdo_geometry);
insert into technet values (1,
mdsys.SDO_GEOMETRY(3, NULL, NULL,
mdsys.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 3, 1),
mdsys.SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(541200, 6591250, 541200, 6591350,
541400, 6591350, 541400, 6591250, 541200, 6591250)));
insert into technet values (2,
mdsys.SDO_GEOMETRY(3, NULL, NULL,
mdsys.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 3, 1),
mdsys.SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(541150, 6591150, 541150, 6591250,
541350, 6591250, 541350, 6591150, 541150, 6591150)));
insert into technet values (3,
mdsys.SDO_GEOMETRY(3, NULL, NULL,
mdsys.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 3, 1),
mdsys.SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(541600, 6590750, 541600, 6590850,
541750, 6590850, 541750, 6590750, 541600, 6590750)));
insert into technet values (4,
mdsys.SDO_GEOMETRY(3, NULL, NULL,
mdsys.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 3, 1),
mdsys.SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(541650, 6590000, 541450, 6590150, 541450,
6590250, 541300, 6590350, 541450, 6590500, 541750, 6590650,
542050, 6590650, 542100, 6590550, 542100, 6590300, 542000,
6590100, 541750, 6590000, 541650, 6590000)));
select mdsys.sdo_geom.validate_geometry(mygeom,
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ARRAY(
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('X',0,7000000,0.000005),
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('Y',0,70000000,0.000005))) status,gid
from technet;
declare
temp_geom1 mdsys.sdo_geometry;
mygeom mdsys.sdo_geometry;
cursor area_cur is select mygeom from technet;
dim_info mdsys.sdo_dim_array := mdsys.sdo_dim_array(
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('X',0,7000000,0.000005),
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('Y',0,70000000,0.000005));
begin
temp_geom1 := null;
for area_rec in area_cur loop
temp_geom1 := mdsys.sdo_geom.sdo_union(temp_geom1, dim_info, area_rec.mygeom, dim_info);
end loop;
end;
null

Bizarre Problem: Oracle 10g disconnected

We are facing an bizarre problem in Oracle 10G. We are trying to compile a package specification. As long as there are 10 procedures(program units) in the package it compiles successfully, As soon as we add 11th program unit(come what may a simplest of procedure declaration), It disconnects the session immediately. We asked for alert logs & there is no relevant entry in alert log file.
Please find below the error: -
SQL> @D:\Package_Name.sql
ERROR:
ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
create or replace PACKAGE PACKAGE_NAME
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03135: connection lost contact
Elapsed: 00:00:18.90
ERROR:
ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
No errors.
SQL>
Please Help :-(

create or replace PACKAGE SCHEMA_NAME.PACKAGE_NAME
IS
-- declare public types and/or object desriptions
TYPE t_str_list IS TABLE OF varchar2(4000)
index by binary_integer;
TYPE rs_type IS REF CURSOR;
global_pkg_name varchar2(30) := 'PACKAGE_NAME';
-- get_formulations_list
function GFL (p_request_id number)
return varchar2
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES (GFL, WNDS);
-- Read recordsets for Objects from database
-- Getters for Record Sets (1. Lookup Tables)
-- 1. Get_Countries -- + + +
-- 2. Get_l_numbers -- + + +
-- 3. Get_mk_numbers -- + + +
-- 4. Get_licences -- + + +
-- 5. Get_formulations -- + + +
-- 6. Get_request_x_frm -- + + +
-- 7. Get_generic_names -- + + +
-- 8. Get_global_tm -- + + +
-- 9. Get_local_tm -- + + +
-- 10. Get_requests -- + + +
-- 11. Read_request_data -- + + +
-- 12. Get_Users -- + + +
-- 13. Get_User_Roles -- + + +
-- 14. Read_user_data -- + + +
-- Internal functions
-- 1. Get_User_Type -- +
-- Read Hierarchies for Objects from database
-- 1. Get_Country_Hier -- + + +
-- 2. Get_l_number_Hier -- + + +
-- 3. Get_mk_number_Hier -- + + +
-- 4. Get_licence_Hier -- + + +
-- 5. Get_formulation_Hier -- + + +
-- 7. Get_generic_name_Hier -- + + +
-- 8. Get_global_tm_Hier -- + + +
-- 9. Get_local_tm_Hier -- + + +
-- 10. Get_request_list -- + + +
-- 1.1 Get_global_tm_HStr -- + + +
-- 2.1 Get_Country_HStr -- + + +
-- 3.1 Get_local_tm_HStr -- + + +
-- 4.1 Get_l_number_HStr -- + + +
-- 5.1 Get_mk_number_HStr -- + + +
-- 6.1 Get_licence_HStr -- + - -
-- 7.1 Get_formulation_HStr -- - - -
-- 8.1 Get_generic_name_HStr -- - - -
-- 1. Get_Countries
-- Record set Structure
-- country_id
-- country_name
-- is_active
-- role_id (for non HQ users)
PROCEDURE GC ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 2. Get_l_numbers
-- Record set Structure
-- l_number_id
-- l_number_desc
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GIN ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 3. Get_mk_numbers
-- Record set Structure
-- mk_number_id
-- mk_number_desc
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GMN ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 4. Get_licences
-- Record set Structure
-- licesnce_id
-- licesnce_name
-- licesnce_abrv
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GL ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 5. Get_formulations
-- Record set Structure
-- formulation_id
-- formulation_name
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GF ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 6. Get_request_x_frm
-- Record set Structure
-- formulation_id
-- formulation_name
-- request_id
PROCEDURE GRX ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_request_id number
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 7. Get_generic_names
-- Record set Structure
-- generic_name_id
-- generic_name_text
-- l_number_id
-- l_number_desc
-- mk_number_id
-- mk_number_desc
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GGN ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 8. Get_global_tm
-- Record set Structure
-- gtm_name_id
-- gtm_name_text
-- generic_name_id
-- generic_name_text
-- l_number_id
-- l_number_desc
-- mk_number_id
-- mk_number_desc
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GGT ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_is_active char default 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 9. Get_local_tm
-- Record set Structure
-- ltm_name_id
-- ltm_name_text
-- request_id
-- country_id
-- country_name
-- generic_name_id
-- generic_name_text
-- is_default
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GLT ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_country_id number DEFAULT 0
, p_is_default CHAR DEFAULT '*'
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 10. Get_requests
-- Record set Structure
-- request_id
-- gtm_name_id
-- ltm_name_id
-- licesnce_id
-- requestor_isid
-- hq_isid
-- request_status_id
-- lanch_date
-- change_status_date
-- country_name
-- gtm_name_text
-- ltm_name_text
-- generic_name_text
-- licesnce_name
-- licesnce_abrv
-- l_number_id
-- l_number_desc
-- mk_number_id
-- mk_number_desc
-- is_active
PROCEDURE GR ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_country_id number DEFAULT 0
, p_global_tm number DEFAULT 0
, p_status number DEFAULT 0
, p_is_active CHAR DEFAULT 'Y'
, r_rs out rs_type )
-- 11. Read_request_data
-- Record set Structure
-- request_id
-- gtm_name_id
-- ltm_name_id
-- licesnce_id
-- requestor_isid
-- hq_isid
-- request_status_id
-- lanch_date
-- change_status_date
-- country_name
-- gtm_name_text
-- ltm_name_text
-- generic_name_text
-- licesnce_name
-- licesnce_abrv
-- l_number_id
-- l_number_desc
-- mk_number_id
-- mk_number_desc
-- is_active
PROCEDURE RRD ( p_user_id varchar2
, p_request_id number
, r_rs out rs_type )
END PACKAGE_NAME;
/

Bizarre Problem for table row deletion.please help

Folks
I am facing a most BIZARRE PROBLEM!!!
I have a table with a deleteButton by the side.
The table has 3 rows
ABC-----DELETE
BCD-----DELETE
VDG-----DELETE
I click on the delete Button of the first row,the record gets deleted from the table,
Now there are 2 records..
BCD-----DELETE
VDG--- -DELETE
I click on the delete Button of the first row,and I get the error
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Array index out of range: -1
The table.getSelectedRow() becomes -1 automatically...
Now if I comment out the Table deletion statements, and I click on any delete Button
i get the correct messages
You clicked row : 1
you clicked row : 2
After deletion of the first record,i am unable to delete the 2nd record,i get the
error above.
any suggestions
ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Table Row clicked is : " + table.getSelectedRow());
// Delete row from window.
((DefaultTableModel)table.getModel()).removeRow(table.getSelectedRow());
table.revalidate();
};

after deleting the row call this method
fireTableRowsDeleted()
-Ashish

Delete rows from table...Bizarre problem.

Folks
i HAVE this bizarre problem.
I hava a Java class which displays data read into a table with a delete
option by the side of each row.
Now lets assume you have 3 rows in the Table.
abc deleteButton
efg deleteButton
xyz deleteButton
When I click the first delete,that row gets deleted from the table.(perfect...)
Now I have 2 rows.
When I click on the first row,I get the error
'You clicked -1'
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutofBoundsException: -1 < 0.
Can anyone tell me why this is happening even though there are rows in the table.???
ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("You clicked row : " + table.getSelectedRow());
javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
Object o = model.getValueAt(table.getSelectedRow(),0);
//System.out.print(model.getValueAt(table.getSelectedRow(), 0));
//System.out.println();
MyDeleteFunction(o.toString());
// Delete row from window.
((DefaultTableModel)table.getModel()).removeRow(table.getSelectedRow());
table.revalidate();
table.repaint();

Hi ritu,
This class is called
new DisplayCall_IDTodisconnect(hashTable);
its a long file.
its attached below.
The rows are displayed by reading a hashtable into a vector
and the vector is iterated and appended..
public class DisplayCall_IDToDisconnect {
public static JTable createTable(Vector data, String buttonLabel, ActionListener action){
return createTable(data.iterator(), buttonLabel, action);
public static JTable createTable(
Iterator dataIterator,
String buttonLabel,
ActionListener action) {
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel() {
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
return col == 1;
model.setColumnCount(2);
while (dataIterator.hasNext()) {
Object[] row = { dataIterator.next().toString(), null };
model.addRow(row);
DefaultTableColumnModel columnModel = new DefaultTableColumnModel();
columnModel.addColumn(new TableColumn(0, 100));
columnModel.addColumn(new TableColumn(1, 80,
new TableButtonCellRenderer(buttonLabel),
new TableButtonCellEditor(buttonLabel, action)
JTable table = new JTable(model, columnModel) {
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
super.valueChanged(e);
table.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
return table;
private static class TableButtonCellRenderer implements TableCellRenderer {
final JButton button;
TableButtonCellRenderer(String buttonLabel) {
button = new JButton(buttonLabel);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(
JTable table,
Object value,
boolean isSelected,
boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
return button;
private static class TableButtonCellEditor
extends AbstractCellEditor
implements TableCellEditor, ActionListener {
final JButton button;
final ActionListener callback;
TableButtonCellEditor(String buttonLabel, ActionListener callback) {
button = new JButton(buttonLabel);
this.callback = callback;
button.addActionListener(this);
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(
JTable table,
Object value,
boolean isSelected,
int row, int column) {
return button;
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return null;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button.getParent().requestFocus();
callback.actionPerformed(e);
static JTable table;
Vector items;
final ClientManager clientMgr;
// Constructor.
public DisplayCall_IDToDisconnect(Hashtable callLegTable,ClientManager clientMgr){
Vector vCSeqnos = displayCSeqNos(callLegTable);
this.clientMgr = clientMgr;
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Disconnect Options");
/*Vector*/ items = new Vector();
Enumeration vEnum = vCSeqnos.elements();
while(vEnum.hasMoreElements()){
items.add(vEnum.nextElement());
ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//System.out.println("You clicked row ,col: " + table.getSelectedRow()+
// table.getSelectedColumn());
javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
Object o = model.getValueAt(table.getSelectedRow(),0);
System.out.print(model.getValueAt(table.getSelectedRow(), 0));
System.out.println();
closeConnection(o.toString());
// Delete row from window too.
((DefaultTableModel)table.getModel()).removeRow(table.getSelectedRow());
table.revalidate();
table = DisplayCSeqNos.createTable(items, "Disconnect", al);
frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(table));
frame.pack();
frame.show();
} // End Constructor.
public void closeConnection(String s){
/*1. Disconnect the current session*/
this.clientMgr.disconnectCall(s);
/*2. refresh the Disconnect window*/
this.refreshWindow();
public Vector displayCSeqNos(Hashtable callLegTable){
Enumeration eNum;
String str;
Vector v = new Vector();
eNum=callLegTable.keys();
while(eNum.hasMoreElements()){
str = (String) eNum.nextElement();
//System.out.println("Key : " + str + " Value : " + callLegTable.get(str));
v.addElement(str);
return v;
} // End of displayCSeqNos.

Bizarre problem

my ibookg4 suddenly is having quite a bizarre problem today. no problems till yesterday night.
1. i was running firefox and safari today along with ms-word and preview. the word file open was huge (~20mb, had lots of figures/pictures in it). and at some point during doing this, i wanted to save the word document that was open. and thats when for the first time, the 'spinning wheel' came on... subsequently, the computer become amazingly slow, like it would take 5 minutes to save the word document, displaying the " spinning wheel " all the while.
2. closing the word document and quitting word took like 8 minutes. i force quit all the program then.
3. finally, i rebooted the machine a couple of times and also did a filefault scan. i tried to go into the disk utility and tried to check for repair disks... but no avail.. the wheel kept spinning...
5. finally i tried resetting the pram and now the mac does not want to start up. it shows a broken folder link however i want to start up
any ideas what is the problem?
ibook g4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

a complete description for the record./
my ibookg4 (running 10.3.9) suddenly is having quite a bizarre problem today. no problems till yesterday night.
1. i was running firefox and safari today along with ms-word and preview. the word file open was huge (~20mb, had lots of figures/pictures in it). and at some point during doing this, i wanted to save the word document that was open. and thats when for the first time, the 'spinning wheel' came on... subsequently, the computer become amazingly slow, like it would take 5 minutes to save the word document, displaying the " spinning wheel " all the while.
2. closing the word document and quitting word took like 8 minutes. i force quit all the program then.
3. i rebooted the machine a couple of times and also did a filevault scan. i tried to go into the disk utility and tried to check for repair disks... but no avail.. the wheel kept spinning...
4. i tried resetting pram (
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449)
when the machine started up, a question mark blinked on the screen alternating with a folder symbol.
5. the i tried inserting a diagnostic disc:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58042
it took something to the tune of 4 hours for the disk utility to try and recognise the hard disk. however in the end it gave an error: " error on mass storage" : cache and modem was fine. the 'repair file' did not start up and the harddrive did not show up on booting, only the cd did.
6. upon trying to reinstall the OS, the "target" to install the OS was not found.
any ideas what is the problem? what do you guys suggest, how should I go about fixing it.

Help urgently needed: bizarre problem - no audio in imported clip!

Hey there!
I have a bizarre - never the less urgent problem:
When I import some material (presentations) which I have recorded on Mini DV with my Canon MVX10i Camcorder the following problem occurs:
There is one particular presentation which somehow looses the audio during the import process!
That means the imported clip has no audio even though the audfio is on tape! Other clips before and after do not have this problem - the audio is available after the import.
A bizarre but serious problem for me. Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot in advance
Thorge

I had a similar problem. When I started the tape from the beginning no audio would import. To solve it I started the tape a few seconds in and It seemed to work.
Hope this helps.

Bizarre problem, and rant, re: limited connection

Hello there. I look after all IT at our company and have done for many years, but this one I found bizarre. The problem has been rectified so this is more of rant, and or maybe it will help others that land here via a search.
So internet connection strong and everything Google related working, for example gmail, maps, Google search, Google prediction, you name it, everything Google working, but nothing else, no other websites loading. Done the usual router resets and checks still the same. Wasted a good part of my day baffled, then I get a call from our other office that is in the same building although on a separate BT internet connection reporting the same thing. Only Google related websites loading??????? This certainly is the most bizarre thing I have came across in terms of networking.
So after going round in circles, I phone BT and after a while one of the tech guys came to the conclusion that its an accounts issue, or red flag reminder that hasn't displayed properly, or billing reminder that was meant to pop up on the screen but didnt, what??? So our accounts are up to date as I checked this, and both our internet connections have been limited to Google and nothing else? Lol what kind of madness is this?
Please explain, I look forward to a reply.
Cheers

this is a forum for residential customers of BT and from your posts it appears you are a business user. probably posting on the business forum would be better to rant http://business.forums.bt.com/
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Bizarre problem with internal drive

I have a 15" G4 PPC 1ghz Powerbook with 1gb SDRAM. A couple of years ago the hard drive failed. I bought another and replaced it, only to find that there seemed to be a problem with the new one as well. To cut a long story short: I needed a working machine, so mothballed it and bought a new one. for various reasons I'd now like to get it going. So...
Yesterday, I started it up. As expected it couldn't find it's own drive and just gave me the grey screen with the file/question mark icon. I shut it down and plugged in an external firewire enclosure containing a working 60gb drive with a full bootable OS installed (for brevity I'll call this Drive 1 from now on).
I started it again and it booted from Drive 1. It worked fine. I then shut it down, opened it up and replaced the internal Drive with Drive 1. I put everything back in place (being careful to make sure the drive was properly connected) and hit the on button. Again the file/question mark icon. I tried booting whilst holding down the "c" key. Didn't help.
So, I then plugged in another Firewire bootable drive (Drive 2). It booted from Drive 2 no problem. So, at this point I'm thinking, "Well, I've probably damaged the hard drive connecting cable - better get a new one". Never-the-less I thought I'd run a few test. And this is where it gets slightly bizarre:
I stuck in the Apple Hardware test disk, shut the machine down, removed Drive 2, started it again then ran a full hardware check, it told me: Airport - passed, logic Board - passed, mass storage - passed, memory - passed, modem - passed, video ram - passed. As there was no other Drive present this means it was detecting and okay-ing Drive 1, right?
I shut it down replaced the firewire Drive 2. Re-booted. Then opened "About this Mac". Under ATA it clearly shows a FUBITSU 55.89GB Drive. Which is Drive 1. (Drive 2 comes up under "Firewire" as SMARTDISK CORP).
The details given for Drive 1 are as follows:
Capacity: 55.89 GB
Model: FUBITSU EHT2060AT
Revision: 0124
Serial Number: FN4****B55
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
I also looked in Disk Utility. In the column on the left, at the top it shows Drive 2 with the Firewire icon. As per usual, it shows twice, once a the top with the manufacturer's name and again underneath with the name I gave it when I formatted it. If you click on either, it offers you all the usual options for Verifying and Repairing Permissions.
Underneath that is a listing for the Drive 1 with the Internal Drive icon. This it shows only once - the listing with the manufacturer's name. If I highlight it the verify/repair options are all greyed out and unavailable.
The last thing I can think of that may be of any help is that if I open carbon copy cloner it only only shows Drive 2 and doesn't pick up the internal.
Could it be a partially damaged cable? Meaning the machine sees the drive but can't use it? Any ideas would be most welcome.
ET
<Edited by Moderator>

Hi does sound like the cable but did you try running the hardware test CD with the internal drive installed and did it report it? These you could try while waiting on a new ribbon cable.
Also in the system profile was the internal drive selected as boot drive, you can set this using the OS X installer disk by booting from it.
Long shot, is your PRAM battery good? If not that might be the problem, does your date and time stay correct or does it need to be reset on bootup? If it's dead the PowerBook might not be seeing the internal drive or perhaps as I've seen on some PowerBooks it takes a few seconds to a minute for the PowerBook to go down the list and find the bootable drive so guess the final question was were you waiting long enough?
Kevin
<Edited by Moderator>

Bizarre problem trying to import .MTS (AVCHD) files into PSE7 Organizer

Hi
b Summary of problem:
*I recently upgraded to PSE 7 / PRE 7
*I am trying to import .MTS (AVCHD) files into the PSE7 Organizer
*I get a "...did not contain any supported file types..." error on attempted import
b HOWEVER...
*I can edit same footage in PRE7
*This footage is automatically added to the Organizer
*I can play this footage in the PSE7 organizer but generating thumbnails takes ages
*Camera: Sony HDR SR12 producing .MTS files (full 1920x1080i HD)
*PC: Intel Core i7 940 CPU, 6GB RAM, RADEON HD 4870 512MB
*OS: Vista 64 bit
b Detail:
I have recently upgraded my PRE/PSE bundle to ver 7 primarily because the new version of PRE boasts support for AVCHD.
Having installed the new software I quickly tried editing footage in PRE7 with video taken on my Sony HDR SR12 camera (footage taken in full 1920x1080i HD) and it works! Hoorah! I can now finally edit AVCHD footage in it's native format using PRE. Thank you Adobe!
But my joy was very shortlived because when I tried to import some other footage from the same batch into my PSE7 Video Catalog it wouldn't work. I got a pop up box containing the following error:
i "Nothing was imported. The file(s) or folder(s) selected to import did not contain any supported file types, or the files are already in the catalog."
Under this message is a list of the files that I tried to import. Next to each one there is a reason (it's the same reason for each clip):
i "Reason: The file is damaged or is a format that cannot be included in the Organizer."
To import files I use the following method: File / Get Photos and Videos / From Files and Folders
HOWEVER, the files that I imported directly into PRE7 in order to edit them have (surprise, surprise!) automatically been added PSE7 Organizer's Catalog. It takes a quite a while to generate a thumbnail for each clip but it does eventually do it and when it does I can play that footage in PSE7.
Just in case you're confused by this stage... If I try and manually add files to the PSE7 Organizer it doesn't work BUT if I edit that footage in PRE7 and then load the PSE7 Organizer I see the footage has been automatically added. This makes no sense whatsoever!
Am I doing something really stupid here? Why oh why will the PSE7 Organizer not import .MTS (AVCHD) files?!
NB: While searching for a solution to this problem I have, thanks to this Forum, found out about the K-Lite Codec Pack. I downloaded and installed the Basic pack v4.4.5 and now I can, at least, play my .MTS video files in Windows Media Player... I wish I had found out about that a couple of months ago because it would have saved me from buying Cyberlink PowerDVD 8!
Please someone help before I lose the plot.
Thanks
Patrick
b PC: Intel Core i7 940 CPU, 6GB RAM, RADEON HD 4870 512MB, Vista 64 bit
b Camera: Sony HDR SR12 producing .MTS files (footage in full 1920x1080i HD)

Hi
I'd just like to add an update to this post.
b Summary:
*K-Lite Codec Pack clashes with Sony's Picture Motion Browser (PMB) software
*Analysis of video in Sony's PMB is well worth doing!
*You can Drag and Drop clips from Sony's PMB into PRE7
b Detail:
As you've probably gathered I have now settled on using Sony's Picture Motion Browser (PMB) to Catalog all my video. Sorry Adobe to talk about someone elses product but the Adobe Organizer just can't cope with AVCHD footage no matter how you manage to import it! It's far too sluggish and my PC has an Intel Core i7 940 CPU with 6GB RAM and a 10,000 RPM HDD!
Anyway, in my first post you'll have read me raving about the K-Lite Codec Pack but sadly I've had to uninstall it because it kept on causing PMB to crash. PMB runs much smoother and quicker WITHOUT that codec pack. Something about it clashed with PMB. The once agile PMB became sluggish and unresponsive.
Having now removed the codec pack PMB is back to being agile and generaly lovely.
To view AVCHD footage outside of PMB I have reverted to using Cyberlink's PowerDVD 8 - there's always a pregnant pause between double-clicking on the clip and it playing but that's the only drawback.
If you are going to use Sony's PMB for cataloging your video collection (and I recommend you do so BUT only if you have AVCHD footage - otherwise stick to Adobe's Organiser) then I can fully recommend "Analyzing" all of your footage. This takes time and a bit of patience because it kept stopping for no apparent reason but would readily start up again (without having to do anything else) BUT once it's done it'll reward you with the following:
*Filter on any combination of Scenery, People, Smiles - e.g. with a click of a button you can isolate footage that contains smiles, etc
*Face Search - if you select some or all of the footage in the right-hand pane it will then put a small thumbnail for all of the different faces in that selected footage in the bottom "Face Search" pane. If you then click on one of those thumbnails it will jump to the clip(s) that contain that face and grey out all the other clips
*Expand Videos - This tool is brilliant! In normal viewing mode you get a thumbnail of the video whether you're in Folder view, Calender view or Detail List view. If, however, you select "Expand Videos" from the tool bar it will show you a series of frames contained within that clip. You can choose from "Highlights" or various regular intervals (5 secs, 10 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, etc). The Highlights option does a pretty good job of picking out the significant changes within the clip
Lastly, I have discovered that you can drag a clip from Sony's PMB into PRE7. It won't let you put it directly onto the Timeline but it will let you drop it into the Project file list (found under the Edit tab).
I do hope that this info has helped others like me who are trying to get to grips with editing and cataloging AVCHD footage.
Patrick

PL/SQL with synonym - bizarre problem

I have a strange problem. I have a synonym, which points to a remote table in a linked database. I can issue SQL queries using the synonym and get results back, everything perfectly ok. But when - in the same session - I try to compile a PL/SQL procedure that selects from the synonym, I get an error:
PLS-00201: identifier 'SW_VALID_CODE_SYN' must be declared
If I replace the synonym in the PL/SQL code with the actual name of the remote table, once again everything is fine. And I have other synonyms, to other remote tables in the same linked database, that don't have this problem.
WTF ???

Make sure that the privileges for that table have been granted directly and not through a role.
For further information have a look at
http://asktom.oracle.com/~tkyte/Misc/RolesAndProcedures.html

Bizarre problem editing pics on G4

Hi,
Using my G4 Cube, where I have my iPhoto album, I can view thumbnails without any problems (even resize with the slider and still view). When I try and view photos full screen or in edit mode the screen area for photos immediately goes blank.
The strange thing is that if I connect over my network from my MacBook G5 and access the same library all works fine - I can view full screen and edit without any problems.
Having been through this forum and Google searches I have followed advice on similar problems by rebuilding the library (both in iPhoto and using iPhoto Library Manager), as well as setting up a new library and copying items across. I have also reinstalled iPhoto but the problem is still there. It appears to be peculiar to my G4 Cube only.
Any help or ideas would be much appreciated ...

mogsy:
It sounds like the database file has been damaged. You can try recovering the library as follows: try the three fixes below in order as needed:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options.
2 - rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: It may take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. Report back on how long it took and how many photos you have in the library so we can give other users an idea of how long it may take.
3 - start over with a new library and import the Originals folder from your original library as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
Open the library package like this.
Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
Drag the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library if you have the Finder checkbox unchecked in the Events preference pane.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Help! bizarre problem

no im not stupid. seriously weird problem that i cant figure out (obviously!)
For some reason my ipod wont display certain songs when i search under artist. the songs are on my ipod, and are displayed when i open it in itunes and i can find them if i search via songs. the artists details are all correct and are actually entered. it seems to only occur with artists that i have albums for and un-albumed songs. its the un-albumed songs that dont appear. So when i go into MUSIC > ARTISTS > (for example) COLDPLAY it will show all the songs that are on an album, but non of the songs that arent on any album.
ive tried resetting my ipod, removing the songs that dont display and reloading them, removing the album songs and reloading them. ive looked up the song info and cant find any anomalies or differences.
When i do delete the artist's albums, the un-albumed songs are then displayed, but when i place the album back on, the same problem arises.
any ideas?

This isn't foolproof but there are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song is marked as part of a compilation or 2) it is missing an album name.
If the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. Compilations are stored in a separate folder in iTunes so the songs don't appear inside the normal Artist>Album folder which may be why this happens.
Also if tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in, in the absence of one you can just add None or Miscellaneous. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

Bizarre problem - I am hearing streamed music

OK, this is really weird and I hope someone can explain what's going on.
As I type this I am listening to an internet radio station that I usually listen to on my iPhone through WunderRadio. The problem is, I haven't accessed this station on my Macbook, ever!
So, as I type, this music is playing through my Macbook, iTunes is not on, I have even exited Safari completely and turned off my access to the internet and still it plays... It is like a ghost in the machine. Oh and yes my iPhone is turned off too.
Can anyone tell me what is going on here?????

If your internet access is off, i.e. your computer has no access to the internet, then you are getting the audio from ghosts or some other super natural medium. Or, there is a lot of data still in a buffer that has not yet played out. I would go with the later.

Bizarre problem during Import

I just imported some images from Kauai taken last year with my previous camera, a Nikon D70. I can import all the directories except one. That directory contains 4 files, call them x.nef, x.psd, y.nef and y.psd. No matter what I try I cannot import any of those images, even when I specify that duplicates should not be ignored. The PSD files were not saved with 'maximum compatibility' specified and Lightroom indicates that...even when I have selected just the 2 NEF files. Has anybody else had this problem? I think I've come across a bug.

Earth to Don :)
Are you there?
As I pointed out above, I cannot import either NEF file as long as the PSDs are in the same folder. This happens even when I indicate only the NEFs are to be imported.
There have been other instances when I have been able to import the NEF, export a PSD and import the PSD and both are then in Lightroom. What gets imported depends critically on the sequence of events.
And here is yet another variation which I sent to Technical Support and they reproduced.
>(1) Import a raw file (NEF in my case) into Lightroom.
(2) Export to a PSD file in the same directory.
(3) Import the PSD into Lightroom ("ignore duplicates").
(4) BOTH the NEF and PSD files are in Lightroom!
(5) Remove both the NEF and PSD files from the Lightroom Library.
(6) Import the NEF by explicitly selecting the icon and specify "ignore duplicates". What I get, every time, is the PSD file instead of the NEF.
(7) Remove the PSD from the Lightroom Library.
Now move one level higher in the directory structure and instruct Lightroom to import everything in this 'test' directory and to ignore duplicates. The ONLY file to get imported is the PSD. The NEF is totally ignored even though that is the only one I specified should be imported.
As you can see from this sequence and the most recent problem the result is not deterministic :)

Bizarre problem: Safari down but Skype works

Very strange issue with my MBP. It connects seemingly fine to my work network, but Safari, Mail, and any other internet applications fail to access the net. Skype, strangely, works totally fine.
The network works fine for everyone else (and my Blackberry) so I don't think it's a router issue.
Initially, I suspected it was a AirPort issue, as on my list of networks, the network isn't showing the lock that denotes a secured network, even though the network is secured, and when it's worked successfully in the past, it's always displayed the lock. However, I also tried connecting to the router via ethernet and exactly same set of problems exist.
Network diagnostics seem to think everything's fine and that a successful internet connecting exists. I've tried changing the IP address via manual configuration (currently DHCP) with no joy, and have also tried deleting the network from the trusted list and removing its password from Keychain before connecting again from scratch, also without any success. I've also tried flushing the DNS cache.
My gut feeling says it's some sort of DNS connectivity issue, and Skype is connecting to the net in a slightly different way and therefore is unaffected... but as to how I go about actually fixing it, I'm stumped.
Any help appreciated

- What error message are y ogetting?
- Frist try another network. Maybe the network is blocking those sitee.
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset network settings: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
- Go to Settings>wifi>the connected network and change the DNS to Google's 8.8.8.8
In the future saying :ive tried everything" provides use with no information as to what you did try. If you truly tried everything there is not way anyone could help.

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