Clamd hanging, howto revert to clamscan?

Mac OS X Server 10.4.10 on intel w/ all updates (including manual updates of amavis, spamassassin, clamav, squirellmail, etc)...
Hello, I used the instructions at <http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/view/62/41/> to use clamd instead of clamscan. But clamd seemingly has red tide because it starts using 100% CPU *sustained for days and days* and stops functioning. The only way to reset it is to sudo kill -9 the process. Regular sudo kill and sudo killall won't work.
I'm tired of trying to fix it, and I just want to go back to using clamscan - slower or not, non-daemonised or not, at least it works.
I've tried to re-comment out the section in the osx.topicdesk.com, but that didn't seem to do the trick. I've also tried unloading /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/net.clamav.clamd.plist and that stopped clamd from working, but I don't believe that clamscan was being used instead.
Thanks in advance for the help.

Host Name: ############
Date/Time: 2007-08-13 18:36:07.855 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2218b)
Report Version: 4
Command: clamscan
Path: /usr/local/bin/clamscan
Parent: perl [8832]
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 11422
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x0000001c
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 clamscan 0x0005bff8 clibmfree + 63 (matcher-bm.c:123)
1 clamscan 0x0000b6f5 cl_free + 111 (readdb.c:1494)
2 clamscan 0x0000806f scanmanager + 1616 (manager.c:388)
3 clamscan 0x0000586e main + 1250 (clamscan.c:213)
4 clamscan 0x00001cfe _start + 216
5 clamscan 0x00001c25 start + 41
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00601000 ebx: 0x0000b694 ecx: 0x00000004 edx: 0x0000d7a4
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000008 ebp: 0xbfffd738 esp: 0xbfffd710
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x0005bff8 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x81fff clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4afff dyld 46.12 /usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x90171fff libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x901c1000 - 0x901c3fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x90bd2000 - 0x90bd9fff libgcc_s.1.dylib /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
0x91158000 - 0x91166fff libz.1.dylib /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x9262b000 - 0x92718fff libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x983d0000 - 0x983ddfff libbz2.1.0.dylib /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib
Host Name: ############
Date/Time: 2007-08-15 01:00:23.841 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2218b)
Report Version: 4
Command: clamscan
Path: /usr/local/bin/clamscan
Parent: perl [265]
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 2365
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000014
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 clamscan 0x0005a51f cliacbuildtrie + 191 (matcher-ac.c:201)
1 clamscan 0x0000c759 cl_build + 43 (readdb.c:1563)
2 clamscan 0x00007d86 scanmanager + 871 (manager.c:211)
3 clamscan 0x0000586e main + 1250 (clamscan.c:213)
4 clamscan 0x00001cfe _start + 216
5 clamscan 0x00001c25 start + 41
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x004005a0 ebx: 0x0005a46e ecx: 0x018043a4 edx: 0x00000008
edi: 0x000003a4 esi: 0x015f0590 ebp: 0xbfffd758 esp: 0xbfffd710
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x0005a51f cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x81fff clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4afff dyld 46.12 /usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x90171fff libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x901c1000 - 0x901c3fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x90bd2000 - 0x90bd9fff libgcc_s.1.dylib /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
0x91158000 - 0x91166fff libz.1.dylib /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x9262b000 - 0x92718fff libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x983d0000 - 0x983ddfff libbz2.1.0.dylib /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib
Host Name: ############
Date/Time: 2007-08-15 02:30:51.909 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2218b)
Report Version: 4
Command: clamscan
Path: /usr/local/bin/clamscan
Parent: perl [266]
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 4382
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000014
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 clamscan 0x0005a51f cliacbuildtrie + 191 (matcher-ac.c:201)
1 clamscan 0x0000c759 cl_build + 43 (readdb.c:1563)
2 clamscan 0x00007d86 scanmanager + 871 (manager.c:211)
3 clamscan 0x0000586e main + 1250 (clamscan.c:213)
4 clamscan 0x00001cfe _start + 216
5 clamscan 0x00001c25 start + 41
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x004005a0 ebx: 0x0005a46e ecx: 0x018043a4 edx: 0x00000008
edi: 0x000003a4 esi: 0x015f0590 ebp: 0xbfffd758 esp: 0xbfffd710
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x0005a51f cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x81fff clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4afff dyld 46.12 /usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x90171fff libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x901c1000 - 0x901c3fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x90bd2000 - 0x90bd9fff libgcc_s.1.dylib /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
0x91158000 - 0x91166fff libz.1.dylib /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x9262b000 - 0x92718fff libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x983d0000 - 0x983ddfff libbz2.1.0.dylib /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib
Host Name: ############
Date/Time: 2007-08-15 03:40:23.233 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2218b)
Report Version: 4
Command: clamscan
Path: /usr/local/bin/clamscan
Parent: perl [266]
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 5984
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000014
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 clamscan 0x0005a51f cliacbuildtrie + 191 (matcher-ac.c:201)
1 clamscan 0x0000c759 cl_build + 43 (readdb.c:1563)
2 clamscan 0x00007d86 scanmanager + 871 (manager.c:211)
3 clamscan 0x0000586e main + 1250 (clamscan.c:213)
4 clamscan 0x00001cfe _start + 216
5 clamscan 0x00001c25 start + 41
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x004005a0 ebx: 0x0005a46e ecx: 0x018041a4 edx: 0x00000008
edi: 0x000001a4 esi: 0x01138850 ebp: 0xbfffd758 esp: 0xbfffd710
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x0005a51f cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x81fff clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4afff dyld 46.12 /usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x90171fff libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x901c1000 - 0x901c3fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x90bd2000 - 0x90bd9fff libgcc_s.1.dylib /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
0x91158000 - 0x91166fff libz.1.dylib /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x9262b000 - 0x92718fff libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x983d0000 - 0x983ddfff libbz2.1.0.dylib /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib

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# Uncomment the following line and replace XY with your country
# code. See http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm for the full list.
# You can use db.XY.ipv6.clamav.net for IPv6 connections.
#DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net
# database.clamav.net is a round-robin record which points to our most
# reliable mirrors. It's used as a fall back in case db.XY.clamav.net is
# not working. DO NOT TOUCH the following line unless you know what you
# are doing.
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
# How many attempts to make before giving up.
# Default: 3 (per mirror)
#MaxAttempts 5
# With this option you can control scripted updates. It's highly recommended
# to keep it enabled.
# Default: yes
#ScriptedUpdates yes
# By default freshclam will keep the local databases (.cld) uncompressed to
# make their handling faster. With this option you can enable the compression;
# the change will take effect with the next database update.
# Default: no
#CompressLocalDatabase no
# With this option you can provide custom sources (http:// or file://) for
# database files. This option can be used multiple times.
# Default: no custom URLs
#DatabaseCustomURL http://myserver.com/mysigs.ndb
#DatabaseCustomURL file:///mnt/nfs/local.hdb
# Number of database checks per day.
# Default: 12 (every two hours)
#Checks 24
# Proxy settings
# Default: disabled
#HTTPProxyServer myproxy.com
#HTTPProxyPort 1234
#HTTPProxyUsername myusername
#HTTPProxyPassword mypass
# If your servers are behind a firewall/proxy which applies User-Agent
# filtering you can use this option to force the use of a different
# User-Agent header.
# Default: clamav/version_number
#HTTPUserAgent SomeUserAgentIdString
# Use aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd as client address for downloading databases. Useful for
# multi-homed systems.
# Default: Use OS'es default outgoing IP address.
#LocalIPAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
# Send the RELOAD command to clamd.
# Default: no
NotifyClamd /etc/clamav/clamd.conf
# Run command after successful database update.
# Default: disabled
#OnUpdateExecute command
# Run command when database update process fails.
# Default: disabled
#OnErrorExecute command
# Run command when freshclam reports outdated version.
# In the command string %v will be replaced by the new version number.
# Default: disabled
#OnOutdatedExecute command
# Don't fork into background.
# Default: no
#Foreground yes
# Enable debug messages in libclamav.
# Default: no
#Debug yes
# Timeout in seconds when connecting to database server.
# Default: 30
#ConnectTimeout 60
# Timeout in seconds when reading from database server.
# Default: 30
#ReceiveTimeout 60
# With this option enabled, freshclam will attempt to load new
# databases into memory to make sure they are properly handled
# by libclamav before replacing the old ones.
# Default: yes
#TestDatabases yes
# When enabled freshclam will submit statistics to the ClamAV Project about
# the latest virus detections in your environment. The ClamAV maintainers
# will then use this data to determine what types of malware are the most
# detected in the field and in what geographic area they are.
# Freshclam will connect to clamd in order to get recent statistics.
# Default: no
#SubmitDetectionStats /path/to/clamd.conf
# Country of origin of malware/detection statistics (for statistical
# purposes only). The statistics collector at ClamAV.net will look up
# your IP address to determine the geographical origin of the malware
# reported by your installation. If this installation is mainly used to
# scan data which comes from a different location, please enable this
# option and enter a two-letter code (see http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/)
# of the country of origin.
# Default: disabled
#DetectionStatsCountry country-code
# This option enables support for our "Personal Statistics" service.
# When this option is enabled, the information on malware detected by
# your clamd installation is made available to you through our website.
# To get your HostID, log on http://www.stats.clamav.net and add a new
# host to your host list. Once you have the HostID, uncomment this option
# and paste the HostID here. As soon as your freshclam starts submitting
# information to our stats collecting service, you will be able to view
# the statistics of this clamd installation by logging into
# http://www.stats.clamav.net with the same credentials you used to
# generate the HostID. For more information refer to:
# http://www.clamav.net/support/faq/faq-cctts/
# This feature requires SubmitDetectionStats to be enabled.
# Default: disabled
#DetectionStatsHostID unique-id
# This option enables support for Google Safe Browsing. When activated for
# the first time, freshclam will download a new database file (safebrowsing.cvd)
# which will be automatically loaded by clamd and clamscan during the next
# reload, provided that the heuristic phishing detection is turned on. This
# database includes information about websites that may be phishing sites or
# possible sources of malware. When using this option, it's mandatory to run
# freshclam at least every 30 minutes.
# Freshclam uses the ClamAV's mirror infrastructure to distribute the
# database and its updates but all the contents are provided under Google's
# terms of use. See http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=70015
# and http://safebrowsing.clamav.net for more information.
# Default: disabled
#SafeBrowsing yes
# This option enables downloading of bytecode.cvd, which includes additional
# detection mechanisms and improvements to the ClamAV engine.
# Default: enabled
#Bytecode yes
# Download an additional 3rd party signature database distributed through
# the ClamAV mirrors. Here you can find a list of available databases:
# http://www.clamav.net/download/cvd/3rdparty
# This option can be used multiple times.
#ExtraDatabase dbname1
#ExtraDatabase dbname2
Any help is much appreciated.

MatejLach wrote:
clamd is running, user and group clamav all have the relevant permissions as far as I can tell, however upon scanning my mail, I always end up with the following error:
Scanning error:
/home/username/.claws-mail/mimetmp/0000000e.mimetmp: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERROR
Seems like a permissions error to me... maybe check the actual file it is attempting to scan... I know it is in your home folder, but just to be sure, you might want to check that everything is sane.

Another victim of the suddenly-missing AppleTV in iTunes

I picked up my AppleTV a couple of weeks ago, brought it home and synced it successfully to a G4 iMac. Put some content on it, and it ran quite well.
Last night I get home, and iTunes cannot see the device any more. The only variable? Installed the QuickTime "security update" that came down the other night. Can ping the aTV, the router can see it, the aTV can get to the internet and view trailers, did the factory reset twice. AppleTV never appears as a device on iTunes 7.1.1(5) on that machine.
However, my girlfriend's MacBook sees it perfectly. It shows up in the Devices list within seconds and can sync or stream, no problem.
Steps I've already taken:
- Powered off the aTV
- Factory reset the aTV
- Restarted the wireless router
- Restarted the G4 iMac
- Logged in as Administrator and a couple of other users on the iMac
- Physically removed and reinstalled iTunes on the iMac
- Verified that I can ping the aTV both from the G4 and the router
- Verified that all devices are on the same subnet
- Verified that all devices can be seen by the router
- Changed channels on the wireless (from 6 to 11)
- Forced the router to 802.11g-only
- Read at least ten threads over the last two weeks about similar problems, none of which have conclusive solutions (Apple's troubleshooting page about this pretty much parrots the user guide and is thus useless in this situation).
Without any of these tricks, the MacBook sees it and works with it. Even with all these tricks, the G4 cannot at all.
Other fun facts:
- Firewall is not and has never been enabled on the G4
- Router is not blocking any ports
- Router configuration has not been changed (except channel as noted above) in weeks
- All of this used to work on all machines involved
And to restate: this all worked perfectly with the G4 for a couple of weeks. I cannot say that the QuickTime update had anything to do with it, and in fact, the MacBook *got this update too* and still talks to the aTV just fine.
The one thing I haven't done is physically wire the G4 and the aTV to a 10/100 hub and do it wired-style.
I've seen several threads about this, as I said. Nobody seems have come up with a reliable solution and there seems to be a lot of casting-about for possible solutions instead of Apple investigating this properly.

OK, even further update... it turns out that the installer for the new EyeTV 2.4 AppleTV-compatible software has a problem with the QT 7.1.6 update.
Here's the scenario:
I redid my iMac back to a known-good configuration from a few weeks ago, before the 7.1.6 update. AppleTV now appeared on the Device list just fine, synced up, did everything perfectly.
I installed the 7.1.6 update, and Apple TV STILL worked perfectly!
Then I ran the installer for EyeTV 2.40, and as soon as I gave consent for it to modify some device driver it was using, which I assume means it tweaked QuickTime or iTunes somehow, AppleTV disappeared from Devices, iTunes stopped working correctly, and EyeTV itself would frequently hang.
Reverted back to the next-earlier EyeTV, pulled a good copy of iTunes from my earlier image, and everything started working again.
Late yesterday, Elgato sent me a link to a new beta version of 2.40, which apparently addresses this problem. It has been reported only by users of PowerPC machines, which is why my fiancee's MacBook didn't have a problem. The new patched code works nicely with 7.1.6 and everything works again.
Here's the patched 2.4:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/eyetvbeta/eyetv24_betabuild2654.zip
I'll post another thread about this with a better subject so that EyeTV owners can find it and deal with it.

Clamav running even though virus filtering is disabled

greetings all,
I am running an OS X Server 10.4.8 machine. I have virus filtering turned off, and with good reason - when it is on, there is a big performance hit. However, this afternoon clamav randomly clicked on, even though virus filtering is still disabled. I wasn't even working on the server - I only noticed because my monitoring software alerted me to the increased CPU usage. Any ideas as to what could have caused this behavior, and what I can do to reverse it?

OK. This is due to how Apple's default configuration is set up.
amavisd is the content filter and as such responsible for passing mail to spamassassin and/or clamav. On a standard installation, if you turn of virus scanning it will basically only turn of virus database updates, but amavisd will still call clamscan (without reporting anything back or taking any action).
You have several options.
1. Turn off content filtering altogether. Not a good idea as you would be buried in spam.
2. Edit /etc/amavisd.conf and comment out (put a "#" in front of the lines)
### http://www.clamav.net/ - backs up clamd or Mail::ClamAV
['ClamAV-clamscan', 'clamscan',
"--stdout --disable-summary -r --tempdir=$TEMPBASE {}",
[0], qr/:.*\sFOUND$/, qr/^.*?: (?!Infected Archive)(.*) FOUND$/ ],
(May look slightly different on your system.)
Restart after doing this.
3. Re-Enable virus scanning and find out why it so heavy on your resources. A properly configured system shouldn't have any major issues (unless you have 100'000 mails a day on underpowered hardware). Make sure you have postfix reject as much rogue mail as possible, before it even hits the content filter.
(There are plenty of threads on this around).
Alex

Missing AppleTV in iTunes w Vista

Hi everyone,
My new AppleTV will not appear in my iTunes Devices list. I'm trying to connect to the ATV using a Dell Desktop running Vista Home Premium. The ATV and my computer are connected via a Linksys WRT54G2 router. The ATV connects to the internet and I can stream audio from my iTunes library on the computer to my ATV but the ATV does not appear in the devices list. Here is a list of things I tried.
*Connected the ATV to my home network via wireless and wired
*Turned the router, ATV, and computer off and on in every conceivable sequence
*Disabled the firewall in Vista and uninstalled Norton Anti-Virus
*Uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes
*Allowed anonymous internet requests and multicast traffic in the router
*Turned off AP isolation in the router
*Captured network traffic to and from the ATV with Wireshark. It appears Bonjour traffic (port 5353) is making it to my computer. Interestingly Wireshark is telling me the Time-to-Live (TTL) is low or unexpected for the traffic from the ATV.
This seems like a great product but it's going back unless I can get it to work. Please help.

OK, even further update... it turns out that the installer for the new EyeTV 2.4 AppleTV-compatible software has a problem with the QT 7.1.6 update.
Here's the scenario:
I redid my iMac back to a known-good configuration from a few weeks ago, before the 7.1.6 update. AppleTV now appeared on the Device list just fine, synced up, did everything perfectly.
I installed the 7.1.6 update, and Apple TV STILL worked perfectly!
Then I ran the installer for EyeTV 2.40, and as soon as I gave consent for it to modify some device driver it was using, which I assume means it tweaked QuickTime or iTunes somehow, AppleTV disappeared from Devices, iTunes stopped working correctly, and EyeTV itself would frequently hang.
Reverted back to the next-earlier EyeTV, pulled a good copy of iTunes from my earlier image, and everything started working again.
Late yesterday, Elgato sent me a link to a new beta version of 2.40, which apparently addresses this problem. It has been reported only by users of PowerPC machines, which is why my fiancee's MacBook didn't have a problem. The new patched code works nicely with 7.1.6 and everything works again.
Here's the patched 2.4:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/eyetvbeta/eyetv24_betabuild2654.zip
I'll post another thread about this with a better subject so that EyeTV owners can find it and deal with it.

When I am on a call in my car I can play and hear the music on my iPhone but when I hang up from the call the music reverts back to my iPhone speaker.

when I am on a phone call in my car I can play and hear my iPhone music thru the car speakers but when I hang up from the call, the sound reverts to my iPhone speaker and longer plays thru the car speaker.

Hello, Jordanali.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that your car will not resume playing music after accepting a call. Here is a troubleshooting article that I would recommend going through when experiencing this issue.
Get help using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with your car stereo
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203412
Cheers,
Jason H.

After installing Firefox v 22, AppleWorks runs slow and hangs up. Can I unintall v 22 and revert back to Forefox v 21?

I work on a iMac Intel Core 2 Duo - OSX 10.6.8 I rely on using AppleWorks v 6+ (Classic mode -Rosetta) I have over 3000 records in an AppleWorks data base and do not want to lose these records.
Also, I run two Operating Systems on my computer - one (OSX 10.6.8) in my internal HD, another from a 2TB external HD (also OSX 10.6.8). Although I do not recall doing so, I must have downloaded and installed Firefox v 22 on my "internal" HD. Since doing so, AppleWorks hangs up and sometimes requires me to Force Quit the App. However, when using my external HD (which still runs Firefox v 21) when I launch AppleWorks (from my Applications folder on my "Internal HD) I do not experience any problems with AppleWorks. The problem with AppleWorks hanging up or not responding, began only after installing Firefox v 22 on my internal HD. I have no idea why but Firefox v 22 is definitely causing problems with AppleWorks v 6+
Is it possible to revert back to Firefox v 21 (if I uninstall v 22)?

I 'm facing the same problem but I don't want to uninstall better to Roll back to my previous version . 'cause many plug-in ( which is most usefull and important to me ) not supported with my present version V22. like easy youtube .
I want to know what is the benefit if I don't get any better opportunity from upgrade version and also lose my previous version's facility !

Firefox 24 and 25-b always hangs when starting up on mac Osx 10.8.5 despite trying everything suggested on support pages. Reverting to firefox 22 works. Help?

I have tried everything on support yet it keeps crashing. My macbook pro has the same software (10.8.5) yet firefox 25.0 works like a dream. My desk top is part of an office network with 10.8 server.
<sub>Question title edited by moderator to change "keeps crashing" to "always hangs", since Firefox isn't crashing - it's not responding. aw</sub>

I encounter the same problem. I suspect this has to do with remote user homes. Firefox 24 works on local accounts - not in server hosted ones.
I am sorry i can not provide crash reports because Firefox hangs in such an early state - it does not write crash logs. It literally does not crash - it just stops to respond a lounchtime - so it does not give an error in the system console, too.
We have 20 Workstations (OSX 10.8.5) working with apple remote user homes. the problem is persistent on all systems. Firefox 23 worked fine and does again if you reinstall it.

Dreamweaver CC 2014.1 slow, hangs, loses passwords... Should I revert to a different version?

I've been using Dreamweaver since version 2 in 1998. These days I use it mostly for editing PHP / HTML / CSS. I don't use the visual editing features much.
With each release, Dreamweaver gets slower and less reliable. I'm at my wits end. This morning:
When using Find: Entire Local Site feature on a relatively large site (about 10,000 pages) the find just stops about 20% through, takes up 100% of my CPU, hangs indefinitely. I have to force-quit.
When opening files that tie in with a substantial javascript framework (e.g. twitter bootstrap) opening files, even bringing the file to focus, saving files, is unbearably slow. I've already turned off Enable Related Files.
For the first time ever, Dreamweaver is now just losing my FTP passwords and I'm having to type them in again from scratch. Might have to do with force-quitting (see #1.)
I'm actively looking for a replacement code editor at this point. So far, nothing quite fits the bill. In the meantime, can anyone recommend a process for getting Dreamweaver to be faster and more reliable? I'm very much willing to downgrade, etc.

> were you opening them in live view or design view
Neither -- I work 100% in code view. That's why I'm fairly intolerant for slowness. I use Dreamweaver as a code/text editor exclusively. I love the way it colorizes, checks syntax, does PHP lookup functions.
> Can you please let us know how many related files like js, css etc are present among your 10000+ files?
I'll do you one better: I'm sending you a private message with a link to download the template + framework I'm using. You should be able to open up any number of files and experience the problem for yourself.
FYI: With my downgraded (2014.0) version, I still get a lot of beach balls simply when bringing focus back to a Dreamweaver document, or when I start typing something new. However saving is now instant again, which is nice.

HT201257 My Macbook pro gets hang & some time restarted frequently , please revert with solution , thnx

My Macbook pro gets hang & some time restarted frequently

If you're having kernel panics, please post the text of the log in a reply here. See -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2546. If you have a panic log it will be in your root /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports folder.
Also please post your MacBook Pro model (e.g., "15-inch Late 2011" or "8,2").
Call back,
Clinton

Photoshop CC consistently hangs during photomerge when trying to blend images. Had to revert to CS6 which works great. Bug in cc?

It doesn't matter how many photos I'm trying to merge...get the same problem. System just quits when it gets to the "blending" stage. Photoshop CS6 works fine, so must be a bug in cc.
I have a new Windows 7 system with plenty of memory and a 3tb hard disk. Any thoughts or work-arounds would be helpful.

Photoshop CS6 works fine, so must be a bug in cc.
The things some people use the term "bug" for …
You have not even mentioned the exact version of Photoshop you use, so even if it should be a bug it is impossible to ascertain whether it was a bug that has already been fixed in an update.
Best practices: Usage | Adobe Community

Disk Utility hanging on Erase/Partition OR Howto backup a dual boot Mactel?

I'm trying to use Disk Utility to format an external usb hd as HFS+ for backing up my Macbook. Running 10.4.7 and Disk Util 10.5.6 (latest version afaik)
Problem is whenever I try to either Erase format a hard drive using my usb2 external enclosure, Disk Util just kinda freaks, not really doing anything, and after a minute or so becomes the program becomes unresponsive. Luckily the rest of my system keeps on working, and I can just force quite disk util. But when I try to shutdown/restart my system I'm forced to do a hard power down.
I've tried leaving Disk Util running overnight, thinking it was just needing a little extra time to get thru the process, but nothing changed when I woke. And a gave the macbook a good hour to shutdown cleanly, but it stays stuck with the blue screen and the spinning gray wheel at the very end of teh shutdown cycle.
Looking at the disk util log (after force quiting and restarting the util) it will simply say:
Aug 12 03:24:09: Disk Utility started.
Preparing to erase : “Mb”
Creating Partition Map
Aug 12 03:25:50: Disk Utility started.
I've also tried running disk util off the osx install cd (tiger 10.4.6), but i get what seems to be identical behavior, and i have to manually turn off the macbook.
I've tried this with two hard drives with identical results. In Windows (boot camp) im able to format the partition fine, but it only does ntfs because of the drive's size (and I'm not trying to use a windows fs anyway).
I plugged the usb hd into a powerbook, and used a 10.4.0 retail cd to run disk util (no hd in the powerbook) and its able to erase/partition the disks just fine. I can then plug them back into the macbook and theyre recognized just fine. But its PPC system and doesnt offer for gtp partitioning which I'm thinking will be a problem because ultimately I'm trying to use this drive to do bootable backups of my macbook.
I'd like to figure out what is wrong with Disk Util. But even if i get the partitioning working, i have the larger problem of -how- to backup the macbook's hd onto an identical sized hd (80 gigs), that will make both osx and windows bootable backups that I can restore off of.
One thought was to use the unix utility dd, and just do a bitwise copy of one disk to another. Any idea if this would work?
Another option would be manually creating the partitions myself, and then backing up each of the drives seperately. Not sure if I could even make a bootable backup of windows from within osx.
I know I'm not the only one running boot camp and looking to have reliable backups. What are other people doing to address this issue.
Ideally I would like to find a solution that:
*creates an identical disk with two bootable partitions
*can be automated, or at best a few simple steps that can be done once and then walked away from
Thanks for the help
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I'm trying to use Disk Utility to format an external usb hd as HFS+ for backing up my Macbook. Running 10.4.7 and Disk Util 10.5.6 (latest version afaik)
Problem is whenever I try to either Erase format a hard drive using my usb2 external enclosure, Disk Util just kinda freaks, not really doing anything, and after a minute or so becomes the program becomes unresponsive. Luckily the rest of my system keeps on working, and I can just force quite disk util. But when I try to shutdown/restart my system I'm forced to do a hard power down.
I've tried leaving Disk Util running overnight, thinking it was just needing a little extra time to get thru the process, but nothing changed when I woke. And a gave the macbook a good hour to shutdown cleanly, but it stays stuck with the blue screen and the spinning gray wheel at the very end of teh shutdown cycle.
Looking at the disk util log (after force quiting and restarting the util) it will simply say:
Aug 12 03:24:09: Disk Utility started.
Preparing to erase : “Mb”
Creating Partition Map
Aug 12 03:25:50: Disk Utility started.
I've also tried running disk util off the osx install cd (tiger 10.4.6), but i get what seems to be identical behavior, and i have to manually turn off the macbook.
I've tried this with two hard drives with identical results. In Windows (boot camp) im able to format the partition fine, but it only does ntfs because of the drive's size (and I'm not trying to use a windows fs anyway).
I plugged the usb hd into a powerbook, and used a 10.4.0 retail cd to run disk util (no hd in the powerbook) and its able to erase/partition the disks just fine. I can then plug them back into the macbook and theyre recognized just fine. But its PPC system and doesnt offer for gtp partitioning which I'm thinking will be a problem because ultimately I'm trying to use this drive to do bootable backups of my macbook.
I'd like to figure out what is wrong with Disk Util. But even if i get the partitioning working, i have the larger problem of -how- to backup the macbook's hd onto an identical sized hd (80 gigs), that will make both osx and windows bootable backups that I can restore off of.
One thought was to use the unix utility dd, and just do a bitwise copy of one disk to another. Any idea if this would work?
Another option would be manually creating the partitions myself, and then backing up each of the drives seperately. Not sure if I could even make a bootable backup of windows from within osx.
I know I'm not the only one running boot camp and looking to have reliable backups. What are other people doing to address this issue.
Ideally I would like to find a solution that:
*creates an identical disk with two bootable partitions
*can be automated, or at best a few simple steps that can be done once and then walked away from
Thanks for the help
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

IPhone 4s hang up after updating to ios 6.does not turn off screen goes to zoom.revert to normal after reset.occuring everyday when in locked mode.

hi kindly help out what can be problem. mostly at same time in evening it happens

To disable Zoom double-tap the screen with three fingers.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom and turn this OFF.

I've been trying for 3 days to setup firefox sync. It keeps hanging at "Verifying" and doesn't ever verify. Help!

I have updated, uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox and nothing seems to help. I am on Windows 7 with the latest version of Firefox. Also, the window where you put your information to create the sync account is acting peculiar. Three buttons at the bottom are blank. I click the "Options" (I think, because it doesn't have a name) button and select all. Then select the button that should say "Next" on it, but both those buttons say "Undefined" on them. Then I get "Verifying" and it hangs there.

Hi,
You can consider the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems Reset Firefox] feature via '''Help''' ('''Alt''' + '''H''') > '''Troubleshooting Information'''.
(To revert to the previous profile you were using, close the new profile (i.e. exit Firefox), start Firefox and choose the '''Default User''' profile. While the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles Profile Manager] is open, you can also delete the newly reset profile (the one containing random numbers), or the former profile, as the case may be).
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles Managing profiles]
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Profiles?s=profile&r=2&e=sph&as=s Profiles Howto]

W520 hangs on Windows 7 Pro x64 installation, cannot boot live CD

Hi Everyone!
I decided to reach out to the community for some intelligence that I have not been able to obtain elsewhere. Here's my story in details in case someone can find a break on any of them ...
I purchased my W520 in November, 2011 with 1 year warranty and used it without issues until last week. One morning when I started the laptop, it loaded Windows 7 Pro x64, I logged in. After loading the desktop, I locked the screen/user and stepped out for a minute. When I came back, the screen was frozen and after a few minutes of waiting I manually powered off the laptop.
Upon restart, Windows 7 would hang on the logo screen and restart in a few minutes. I was able to restart under Safe Mode, however, which enabled me to create the rescue DVD's.
I decided to re-install the OS, but the installation would hang on the Windows logo screen again. This was also attempted with all accessories (usb kbd, usb wireless mouse, and display I also tried w/o the battery) disconnected. Then I thought, that it could be a bad hdd - I tried installing XP Pro but got the BSOD with a bad hdd error code. At that point, I attached the hdd to a working PC and ran checkdisk which found no errors. The problem persisted even with unpartitioned disk and a spare hdd that I had on hand. What intrigued me was that no linux live CD could load (it would freeze on the loading screen).
After this, I flashed the BIOS to the newest version without any issues during the flash process. The Windows 7 Pro x64 installation would hang again at the usual logo screen. I also tried with different DVD source... Memtest did not show any problems either.
Then I called an IT support guy who was not experienced with the issue and took the laptop for bench testing, and after four days of back and forth the IT company was inconclusive that the issues is most likely caused by a bad BIOS.
This happened around March 21, 2013 after Windows 7 installed updates (not sure if this could be related). The weird part is that the W520 worked fine for a year and four months and when it crashed I was able to use Safe Mode, access and flash BIOS, but was unable to run new installation or live CD's.
Is there anything that I am missing? Has anyone had the same experience? What is the conclusion according to you - it is really bad BIOS chip or just a UEFI-related setting?
Thanks for reading and trying to help!
Configuration:
Processor
Intel Core i7-2620M Processor (2.70GHz, 4MB L3)
Operating system
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64
Operating system language
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 English
Display type
15.6" HD+ (1600 x 900) LED Backlit Anti-Glare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready
System graphics
NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory
Total memory
4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)
Keyboard
Keyboard US English
Pointing device
UltraNav with TrackPoint & touchpad plus Fingerprint reader
Camera
720p Camera
Storage subsystem
Internal RAID - Not Enabled
Hard drive
500 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Optical device
DVD recordable multiburner
System expansion slots
Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader
Battery
9 cell Li-Ion Battery - 55++
Power cord
Country Pack North America with Line cord & 170W AC adapter
Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters
Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
Integrated mobile broadband
Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable
Language pack
Language Pack US English
Fingerprint Reader

Sir:
I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you write "BIOS v1.40 settings that will make it possible to install Windows 7 Pro 64", but, you can download the 1.40 BIOS (which appears to be the most recent release) from this link: Device Driver File Matrix - W520 , and if you have any concerns about the BIOS settings not being appropriate, just enter the BIOS setup manager (tap the F1 key repeatedly when the laptop is booting) and select 'revert to defaults' or similar.
Michael
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