Charm: /TMWFOLW/PROJ problem

Hi,
when we create transports requests from the scheduler using general tasks -> Configuration in solution manager we cannot see them in project logistics as there are not assigned to maintenance cycle.
The only changes we can see are the ones created from track -> create transport requests.
is there any reason for that.
Thanks

Hi Laxman ,
I need to configure the same CHaRm for my client , i don kno how to configure that please can u help me in that , like u have any document , i have sime files , but i am not able to go thru that , please can you help me out.
Cheers

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ChaRM: Normal Corrrection: Problem in /TMWFLOW/TS_READ_TRORDER_HDR

Folks,
I am implementing ChaRM in SOLMAN and have a problem with Normal Correction that I need help with. When setting a Normal Correction to 'Development Complete' I get the error below.
A technical problem occurred when RFC function module /TMWFLOW/TS_READ_TRORDER_HDR was accessed
Message no. SOCM_ACTION_LOG 025
Diagnosis
An exception was triggered when an RFC module was called.
The module is /TMWFLOW/TS_READ_TRORDER_HDR
System Response
The system terminated processing. The transaction contains errors.
Procedure
Check RFC connection NONE to the Solution Manager.
Procedure for System Administration
To analyze the termination, you can activate the assertions in the socm_rfc checkpoint group.
Additional Information:
Exception CX_SOCM_RFC_SYSTEM_FAILURE occurred (program:
CL_CHM1_INSTANCE==============CP, include:
CL_CHM1_INSTANCE==============CM00Q, line: 508).
User SMTM<SID> has no RFC authorization for function group SCTM.
The user SMTM Change Request Management comes back all green except for yellow warnings for the Service Desk and ChaRM BC sets having different values.
The RFC destinations in table BCOS_CUST for CHARM_DEST and OSS_MSG are set to NONE.
To further complicate matters I did find the following message post which is not answered but the poster referenced their SOLMAN development system. I had a virtual SOLMAN development system configured which I though may have been complicating matters so I deleted it and subsequently created a new implementation project but I still have the same issue.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
Ciarán
Edited by: Ciaran Brennan on Aug 14, 2011 1:40 PM
Additional Information on BCOS_CUST

It doesn't have the right authorizations. Did you run a trace? On SolMan and the system where the transports are located?
It's probably the auth object S_RFCACL andf S_RFC which are needed in both SOLMAN and the satellite systems.
Development Complete is creating a Transport of Copies, which Urgent does not create, so maybe it's something to do with that, but I think it's probably those two objects.
Edited by: Jason Hickok on Aug 15, 2011 10:46 PM

ChaRM Extended Configuration Problem

Dear Experts,
We have configured ChaRM Functionality for R/3 landscape.When we Tested the same with Standard Functionality it is working fine but we have customized the Standard with ZDCR(Copy of SDCR) we have included Functional Lead in second level and the work flow is
Requester-Function Lead-Change Manager(First Functional Lead has to be approved then only it comes to Change manager upon the Approval of Change Manager Change Doument will be created. but we have some issues
1.When ever Functional Lead trying to go to Change mode and choose Actions it is giving there are no actions in the worklist but if he goes back to display and try to change it again he is getting Actions as 1.To Be Approved by FL 2.Reject Change Request.We would like to have this actions when we go to change mode and save it once(not for twice)
2.upon the approval of Functional Lead , when the Change Manager is trying to go to change mode and save it first time it is showing the same message as there are no actions in the worklist after going to display and choose change again then we are getting the Actions as 1.Approve Change Request by CM. but Rejection option is not getting at this Level.we need Reject the Change Request
We have assigned all the roles as per the security guide.
Please suggest me what are all the actions that i need to maintain in order to resolve the issue.
Points will be rewarded without fail.
Regards,
Laxman

Hi Laxman ,
I need to configure the same CHaRm for my client , i don kno how to configure that please can u help me in that , like u have any document , i have sime files , but i am not able to go thru that , please can you help me out.
Cheers

Help: Flash 9 - Video problem - OS X

OS X 10.4.8
I installed Flash 9 today, since then no more Google video.
Browser crashes each time. Also with other sites that use Google
video. Tried uninstall, and install Flash 8: same problem. Cannot
get back to previous situation where everything worked fine.
Also problem with msnbc, no video, claims plugin missing.
Youtube works fine.

Hi,
folder deleted, after reinstall only the two flash files in
the folder. Same problem.
Worse, now Google Finance also hangs up. Spinning wheel of
death, requires force quit. BTW, this is the same for Firefox,
Safari, and Camino.
If there is no solution, how can I get back to my previous
system. The problem started when the Charlie Rose website required
me to update flash. Before the update everything worked like a
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CTS+ is integrated in Charm, but can't seem to use it....

We have CTS+ working for our Portal system. We were able to define an Implementation Project in ChaRM and define the Portal DEV, QAS and Prod systems with no problems. We created the task list and the Portal systems show up. But now when we create a transport in the Portal, the project doesn't show up as one of the projects to select (and if fact, the only ones in table CTSPROJECT which is where the drop down in the Portal is gathering projects are old ones created a long time ago - nothing recent).
So when we try to create a transport in the Project Task List, we get an error at the bottom of the screen:
"Internal error calling an interface in teh Change Manager."
Double clicking on the error provides more information:
Internal error calling an interface in the Change Manager
Message no. /TMWFLOW/CONFIG600
Diagnosis
The Change and Transport System function module n /TMWFLOW/GET_RFC_DEST was called with incorrect parameters.
Parameters
"IV_SYSNAME"
"IV_SERVICE_DESK"
System Response
The function is not performed.
However, when I execute /TMWFLOW/GET_RFC_DEST manually entering in EPD as the "IV_SYSNAME" I correctly get the EV_DESTINATION as SM_SMACLNT001_TRUSTED (our solution manager RFC).
I checked the RFC and performed an authorization check, and the results were successful.
I have checked all documentation provided by other threads in this forum, but they stop short of actually creating and performing the transports using ChaRM.
THanks,
Christine

Yes, and we have everything configured per the guide (we actually use CTS+ now but wanted to take it a step further and integrate it into ChaRM).
The problem seems to be the projects in the Portal CTS+ Browser are old ones (we have 5 new implementation/maintenance projects defined that don't show up) and we don't know how to get the new ones into table CTSPROJECT so they can show up in the CTS+ Browser. So when we create a new transport in the Portal CTS+ Browser, we can not assign it to the project we want.
So we tried to approach the other way - create a transport in ChaRM and select it in CTS+ Browser. But we can't create a transport in ChaRM due to other reason.
Neither works, so we're not sure which is right approach (or maybe both) and which one we focus on to fix.

HEAVY Problems with Linux x86_64 on K8T Neo

Hello, Community!
I experience *HEAVY* Problems with Linux on my MSI K8T Neo (FSR). Since the customer support of the german dependancy seems to ignore my call for help I'm in good hope that maybe you can help me out or give me some useful advise.
First some Hardware Specs of my system:
MSI K8T Neo FSR, Rev 1.1, BIOS 1.5
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
3x 512MB Kingston DDR400
Enermax EG365P-VE (350W) PSU (3.3V/5V 185W Combinded)
MSI GeForce FX5200 TDR 128
Adaptec ATA RAID AAR1200A (HPT370A) in PCI Slot 3
Hauppauge WinTV PCI in PCI Slot 5
Maxtor 4K040H2 (40GB) as Primary Master
JLMS XJ-HD166S DVD-ROM as Primary Slave
LiteOn LDW-411S DVD+/-RW as Secondary Master
LiteOn LTR-52327S CD-RW as Secondary Slave
2x Maxtor 6Y060L0 (60GB) on HPT370A as Primary Master/Slave
Seagate ST380020A (80GB) on HPT370A as Secondary Master
Maxtor 32049U3 on HPT370A as Secondary Slave
KeyTronic KT2001 USB Keyboard
Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse Blue USB
I've downloaded Fedora Core 1 x86_64 as well as the lately released Fedora Core 2 test 3 x86_64 distribution. Both CD sets have been burnt ok.
If I try to install Core 1 x86_64 (Kernel 2.4.22-1.2179) the kernel crashes with a "attempted to kill idle task" panic. As far as I've learned the workaround is to give idle=poll as kernel parameter. This resolves the kernel panic, but the installer randomly crashes with segfaults at a random stage; sometimes while loading anaconda, sometimes during package install.
If I try to install Core2 test 3 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.5) I get a, completely new, error message while the kernel does the PCI Scan:
******* Your BIOS seems to not contain a fix for K8 errata #93
******* Working around it, but it may cause SEGVs or burn power
******* Please consider a BIOS update
******* Disabling USB legacy in the BIOS may also help
I removed my USB keyboard, connected a PS/2 keyboard, disabled to USB Legacy option (I need it enabled in order to use Ghost) in the BIOS and booted again.
The error message is gone now, but as in Core 1 the installer still crashes randomly with segfaults. I'm still unable to go all the way through the installation routine.
I even tried to install Fedora Core 1 "i386": again there are segfaults during install.
Contrary to the problems I experience while trying to install Linux my Windows XP (32-Bit), as well as a test installation of Windows XP 64-Bit, run like a charm without any problems. Strange but true.
Since I already read trough several posts in this forum I already tried running my system with memory sticks from another manufacturers as well as with a more powerful PSU. I even removed my tv-card and raid-controller.
Nogo - Linux still crashes randomly and Windows still works without any flaws.
Has anyone a clue what I can/must do to successfully install Linux?
Might it be that the BIOS has some flaws that might cause the problems?
Has anyone managed to install Linux (what distribution) on this Mainboard?
I would greatly appreciate any help. If you need to know something I haven't provided here please feel free to ask. I'll answer ASAP.
Thank you in advance.
P.S.: The system is *NOT* overclocked in any way.

And now even the last problem is solved ...
Since I was successful in installing a basic Gentoo system but still failed to install Fedora I reflashed BIOS 1.5. This time I cleared the CMOS by unplugging the PSU, setting the jumper and removing the backup battery.
Yesterday I only flashed it with the /a switch, which should have cleared the CMOS as well - so far for the theory. However, it once went fine as I upgraded from BIOS 1.1 to 1.4.
After setting up the BIOS options again I gave it another try and booted from Fedora (Core 2 test 3) install CD: No more complains about the CPU errata, although USB legacy is enabled, and I even went through the installation without any problems.
It seems as I will stick with Gentoo as my primary distribution since the kernel makes a more "mature" impression than the one from Fedora (i.e. the K8 PowerNOW! Driver seems to be missing in Fedora's Kernel 2.6.5).
By using an spare Athlon XP Mainboard I worked out that only one of my three Kingston memory sticks had errors - I'm going to replace the faulty stick tomorrow.
Now for the conclusio:
Thanks, especially you JLP, for helping me with my issue. Without the advise to use Gentoo, and the included MemTest86, I wouldn't have been able to track down the error to a faulty memory stick that fast since Windows always ran fine.

Many to Many relation problem

Hi,
JDeveloper 11.1.1.6
3 tables, let's name them A, B and RelAB
By default, there is a [1 to *] from A to RelAB and a [1 to *] from B to RelAB.
Since I wanted to use a master-detail view on my web page, I didn't have the choice to modify these Associations and Links to a [* to *] from A to B, and as well from B to A.
Now you test the whole thing by running the AppModule. Everything works like a charm.
The problem is if I go into my A view object and then I change the SQL Mode from Normal to Expert inside the Query tab, the minute I run my AppModule, one of my many to many relationship breaks. Notice that I did not change anything else, just switch from Normal to Expert. Let's say that the A to B relation is working but not the B to A.
If I put it back to Normal, it works again. You might want to ask, why bother with Expert Mode? It is just that I want to modify this query, I was just trying to identify the source of the problem.
Anybody experience a similar problem with many-to-many relationships?

I assume your question is on JAXB, correct?
I think you need to make on side of the relationship transient, or remove it.
James : http://www.eclipselink.org

Ath5k problems using 2.6.32.2 from testing

I have an Acer aspire one AOA150x netbook which uses an Atheros wireless chip, and since upgrading to kernel 2.6.32.2 i am having a problem with wireless connections. The problem is that after a short time after connecting to my router, the connection will get "stuck", which basically means that the connection will appear still on but there will be no traffic of packets, even my router's web interface will become unreachable. Since i am using knetworkmanager, the solution to this is to simply click on my wireless connection to re-connect. Then it works again, for a few minutes until the same happens... Obviously and since i want to use my netbook as a power friendly torrenting machine, this solution doesn't satisfy me.
I still haven't done a serious troubleshooting with it, and i cannot tell if it is a network manager problem or a driver problem, but i am using networkmanager with my desktop and it works like a charm, so the problem is propably with the driver. I do not recall having this problem with 2.6.31.6 kernel. But i do recall that this is not the first time i have encountered it, i was having this problem even on windows 7, ubuntu... In Fedora i did not encounter it and i didn' have this problem on windows xp either.
Does anyone know how to correct this problem, or what causes it?

we are already discussing all the latest kernel/wifi issues in this thread.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=81930
until now, the only solution for me is an older kernel(2.6.30.6).

Can you help me with Firefox v7.0.1?

Since your latest version of Firefox came out, it has been working like a charm. My problems started on Oct. 23, 2011 when I found I could not delete my e-mails, close tabs or serf the web. I can use my bookmarks and get in and out of Firefox but that's about all. I am now using IE because I cannot fix this problem. I love Firefox and there is no way I'm going to switch to Google Chrome (too many bugs). I hope you can help me

Pre-IE9 browsers do not support CSS Media Queries. Your page looks OK to me in IE9 standards mode. However, Compatibility mode is essentially IE7 so that will look very bad.
Add this meta tag under your <title>. It forces IE into standards mode with the highest engine available on the user's computer.
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Open PDF file in a new browser window

I have a PDF file on the harddrive and I call a function from BalusC :
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util.Logger.append("Path = " + path );
util.Logger.append("file name = " + fileName);
ExternalContext externalContext = facesContext.getExternalContext();
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util.Logger.append("3");
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util.Logger.append("4");
response.setContentLength((int)file.length());
util.Logger.append("5");
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util.Logger.append("10");
catch (IOException e)
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finally
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close(output);
close(input);
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//this is very important, otherwise you will get the following exception in logs:
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facesContext.responseComplete();
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if (resource != null)
try
resource.close();
catch (IOException e)
e.printStackTrace();
This works like a charm, but the problem is that the PDF is opened in current window instead of a new one. I checked posts on this problem on this forum but i haven't found any answer to my problem. As you can see i added some 'idiot' logs just to make sure i have no errors. I see them all in my log file and there is absolutely no error. I simply see the PDF in the same window.
Can anyone help me, please?
Thank you.
(Pls tell me if you need any other information)

My problem is that the parent form has 4 buttons and a grid.
3 buttons are Add/Edit/Delete for records in the grid. Only the 4th button is the Print report and this is the only one i need to open in another page.
Even if I create another page and I navigate to it, setting target of newly created page to open a new window will bring me the problem of having 2 windows to close once users wants to close the PDF which is kind of awkward.
What is your advice?
Thank you
Marius

Is there a way to delete podcasts on an iphone without having them reappear on every sync?

I want to delete podcasts from my iphone after I am done listening to them, which works like a charm. The problem is that every time I sync, it download them again! For some reason the Iphone and ITunes refuese to talk to one another to ackowledge that I have deleted a particular podcast and Itunes dumps it right back onto my phone.
It's like a vampire that keeps coming back.
Is there a nice simple (Apple should be good at that...) way to delete them once and for all? I looked for a "When I delete songs I really mean delete" checkbox but there is none.
Why would they allow you to delete something if it will just come back and clog up your memory on the next sync?

joge2013.
Same thing here with me!!
I like to have auto download setting on my itunes so i get the latest 'Harvard Business Review' podcast. I started getting into podcats about 6 months ago and think they're great!
I downloaded them all as there is some catching up to do!
I want the latest podcasts downloaded.
Podcasts that I have listened to partly or fully gone off my iphone! and not synced back on
Podcasts that I have chosen to delete off my iphone, not synced back on (some weeks they discuss a topic which really does not interest me in my field.)
..I dont want to manually tick them all either!
Any help appreciated!
It seems to make perfect sense for me to manage these this way from my iphone (as a podcast is for listening on the go!), yet doesnt seem possible?

Bold or Italics no longer works in Mail

When composing a message in Mail, using font style shortcuts no longer work. I've tried everything! For example, in the text of my email message, I select the word(s) that I want to bold, I press Cmd+B and it does nothing to the text. The font stays regular. Alternately, if I style it manually by choosing Format from the menu and then choosing Style, I see that it shows Bold as already being selected with a check mark, but the text still is not. This also applies to italicizing as well.
Thinking that I may have a corrupt Helvetica font, I changed the font to several others only to have the same problem. To test my corrupt theory one step further, I opened TextEdit, typed some text in the same fonts (ones that I know support bold and italics), press Cmd+B and Cmd+I and it works like a charm! No problems at all. I have beautifully bolded and italicized text. What gives?
Then I thought I would check my MacBook to see what folder Mail is reading the fonts from that I have chosen. The settings are exactly the same on my MacBook as they are on my iMac and both machines are happily running Leopard 10.5.5.
Does anyone have any idea what might have caused this or how to fix such an odd issue? Is reinstalling the Mail app possible or even worth considering? My only workaround is to type what I want bolded and/or italicized in TextEdit, then copy/paste it into my message, even though I can't remove the bold or italics once it's copied in. HELP!

Anthony Beard wrote:
NOW I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS...--> THE FONT!!!
I always use monospaced fonts for email, by preference; it's easy to line up things. The problem is the font. Change the font to something other than what you're using, I just selected Arial and then the italic feature worked!!! Hope this helps!
It isn't about whether it's monospaced, it's about whether the font contains the style variants. Clearly Apple is taking the position of the typographic purist, which means they won't fake a bold or italic like in the old days, they only want to use it if it actually exists.

[SOLVED} Suspend to ram does not work (with sleep, s2ram, pm-utils)

Hi.
I would like to ask for one thing: i can't suspend to ram or resume from suspend to ram.
I treid to check over www in order to find some help, some solutions, and how to fix that. Unfortunately, i found these:
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread. … 13-2/page2
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=913105
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread. … S-13-1-x64
Bug 91921 - WD 2TB Caviar black causes hard lock on resume S2RAM
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91921
In fact, when i was researching of this problem i wanted to check if my graphic card and memory are failing so a did few changes (removed memory stick and so one) but in doing this i removed almost all of my hard disk drives because i didn't want to hurt them with many reboots or resets.
What did i find? It is strange, kernel version is not important because i checked most of them.
I removed 2x2TB Seagate F14 series along with 4x3TB WD Green. Then i checked s2ram, it went to suspend, and resumes correctly. Everything works. I put it to sleep with s2ram -f -a 1. Works
I attached my 4x3TB WD Green drives. I put computer to sleep with s2ram...it causes hard lock, black screen, i could do only poweroff by powerbutton. s2ram -f -a 1 causes freez. Sometimes, but not constantly, s2ram -f -a 3 -p is being able to suspend...(mostly it does a freez, hard lock computer) but sometimes it is able to put it to a sleep, but resume just freezes everyting - no blinking cursor, no blinking num lock led and so on.
I know that you would suggest me to check logs - this is the main problem. Logs for pm-suspend works when i suspend or resume without WD drives attached. When i have them connected, i'm not able to check pm-logs because computer hangs, freezes and logs are not being stored/writed to pm-suspend.log and pm-powersave.log.
Could somebody help? Point me to a solution? I can't check logs because there are not any when freezing occurs. I checked openSuse thread and many others and for other systems there were some kernel fixex, patches.
They wrote that WD blacks are at fault because they don't have APM. Well, in fact my WD Green have APM with very aggresive factory settings: they park heads over 8 seconds not being used. I disabled it in firmware but disabling it is not the point and not the problem. People have the same problem even with APM and parking heads on other WD drives, i found it that some have it with WD Red's drives and even with very old 320GB WD Blue series - what is more funny, i have 640GB AAKS blue from WD and with this drive i can suspend or resume - APM on this drive is also unavilable, like in Green series because i changed it with wdidle with prebootable cd. I can't supend or resume with 3TB WD Greens.
BTW - suspend to disk, with pm-utils and uswsusp works ok, in 100% every time. (i had to add "shutdown method = shutdown" to /etc/suspend.conf from uswsusp package).
On Windows machine it works. Can suspend, can resume, can hibernate.
Last edited by firekage (2015-03-07 03:27:28)

Hm, sometimes i found myself astonished because some things just does not work at all on one machine, while the other one has no problem at all. I was trying to find why suspend to ram won't work at all...and while i was searching i found one topic that was leading to upower dbus. Similar problem with upower i found, by coincidence, on Manjaro forum.
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend
this command above returns all the time:
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "Suspend" with signature "" on interface "org.freedesktop.UPower" doesn't exist
I tried this:
sudo systemctl enable acpid.service
sudo systemctl --system daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind
As soon as i enabled and started acpid.service...my supend to ram, from kde, works like a charm, without graphic problem, or freezing.
There is few question: why on my desktop suspend doesen't work out of the box, when even archwiki says it should? Why on my netbook machine (Acer AOD270) that has the same package installed it works out of the box? Why on my desktop machine acpid.service was not enabled, was not started and was not running while on the notebook it does?
Anyway...i fixed it by a big coincidence because on Fedora forum somebody has problem with suspend to ram with nvidia GTX750 and this card was new like my card (GTX660). He posted the same problem with upower that i posted in quotes and because of this i found another thing on Manjaro forum and that was it!
BTW - this problem, i now think, is not related to my WD drives because it works with them. I think that there was another one ugly thing that broke my suspend to ram ability - bios of my motherboard (so called uefi bios with support for old one) has no option for S1-S5 stated (like the previous motherboards had) and only have ASPM...and ASPM is in my opinion broken but i will try to veryfi it one again later.
Last edited by firekage (2015-03-07 03:29:20)

My HDD died and my Time Machine won't mount, what can I do?

My late 2011 MBP lost its drive due to some mystery physical damage, so I popped it out and replaced it with a Crucial SSD. I thought it was weird that I couldn't reboot from my time machine backup on a WD My Book 3TB external, I had to get a friend to make a bootable Mountain Lion flash drive for me. That worked like a charm, but the problem is actually with the time machine disk... it's dead too.
What's happening is that when I plug it in it will mount for maybe 30 seconds... I can see one or sometimes both partitions and it will sometimes appear in Disk Utility, sometimes not. Sometimes the files appear on the drive, sometimes not. Whenever I try to do any action on the disk, whether its open a folder or repair permissions or whatever, the computer hangs up until it's disconnected. No matter what I do, the disk will dismount "improperly" after 1-2 minutes.
The drive itself is an ex-government USB 3.0 external. I have a spare identical drive around, so I took that apart and used its SATA hookup on my time machine drive, which didn't fix anything. This extra drive fully assembled also mounts and works fine. So that rules out the computer and the SATA connection, I think.
So what can I do to save my data short of mailing in to a recovery place? Are there any utilities that can pull data from an unmounted drive? Any tricks to keep it from dismounting? Running out of ideas here. Thanks for any help you guys can give.

This seems to be a common occurance with Western Digital external drives. More than like the physical drive inside the enclosure is fine, maybe not, but the enclosures electronics are failing. Only way to tell is to remove the drive from the enclosure and connect it to your Mac with a SATA to USB adapter. If the drive is fine you will then be able to read from it and restore your Mac from it.
NOTE:
The late 2011 model and beyond can use the Apple Online Internet Recovery system. That is where you boot the system from the Apple server from over the internet. To use that you have to hold down the Command + Option/Alt + r keys at startup and keep them held down until you see a globe on the screen.

Apple id was created w/out CC, now I cannot use Software Update w/out CC

Let me start by dispelling any notion that I did not search first for this topic. I did search and found dozens of "How to create ID w/out CC". I do not need to create an Apple ID. I have an ID. The issue is that my ID can't be used for my included iPhoto update. It works like this....
I bought a new Mac Mini. I cannot set up my EXISTING Apple ID because it was created without a credit card, and I want to continue using it that way. I do not want to creat any additional IDs. I don't need to buy anything. When I choose Software Update, it separates the updates based on...
-- OS updates and
-- Updates for apps that "could" be purchased, but wrere in fact included with the Mac Mini.
When it shows an iPhoto update, I cannot install it because a credit card is required. PLEASE do not try to explain that I can give my credit card number and not buy anythign. I know that. I will not give my credit card number. Let's say I do not have any credit card.
I did manage to download the update directly from the web page and used unpkg to extract the files, moved the files to the correct location, and iPhoto is updated full and perfecly, and works like a charm. The problem is that process did not flush out iPhoto update from the App Store, so it still pops up with the update. How can I either convince Software Update that iPhoto is already updated, or get it to accept my Apple ID without a credit card? I bought the Mac Mini without any credit card, so why can't I update the included software in the normal way?

Sorry, I rarely make an original post, so it may be different for the initial question. For replies, I have about 15 minutes.
Sorry, can't help with the credit card issue. It doesn't scare me, so I've never spent any time delving into the issue.
The Mac App Store has a support link in the Quick Links section. However, I imagine they are just going to tell you to enter your credit card info, but may be worth a try. You may have to aks to be elevated beyond the initial script reader that responds as that is all they likely know.
EDIT: Another thought is to go in and Edit your account in App Store. It may need you to agree to a new terms of use/privacy policy type thing, but when it goes into that mode, it hangs on asking for credit card info. Again, not sure, but maybe worth a try.

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