IE7 randomly freezes in a strange way opening pdf
Hi all,
this is for a bug which occurs sometimes opening pdf with Internet Explorer. Plugin used from Adobe Reader.
OS: Windows XP
Internet Explorer Version: 7
Adobe Reader Version: 9.4.0 (same issue with 9.4.6)
Even if this bug occurs randomly, I realizes it happens expecially when I have already opened (and closed) many pdf.
The freeze is strange: IE7 is distorted, like in the picture attached!
Are you aware of this specific kind of bug?
A part of finding a trick to avoid this problem, it would be amazing to get an Adobe/Microsoft official link describing the bug and the fixing.
Many thanks in advance
Best Regards
seth
You have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.
Pages 5.2 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
Pages '09/'08 can not open Pages 5 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5.2 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Older versions of Pages 5 can not open files from later versions of Pages 5.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.
Anything that is saved to iCloud and opened in a newer version of Pages is also converted to Pages 5 files.
All Pages files no matter what version and incompatibility have the same extension .pages.
Pages 5 files are now only compatible with themselves on a very restricted set of hardware, software and Operating Systems and will not transfer correctly on any other server software than iCloud.
Apple has removed almost 100 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Peter
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The updates didn't make any difference. It still hangs at the videomode change. Was able to get a read out one time that one of the video cards had wrong ROM contents?
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Random freezes-please, somebody, help me find a solution that works!
I feel a little stupid posting a new thread for what seems to be (at the moment) a rather common issue, but almost every related thread I've come across seems to pin the blame on different things, and I want to consolidate all that I know about what's going on in one place.
On January 5 I reinstalled Arch on the family computer in my house, and for the first few days it seemed to be working OK, but as I was getting everything installed and set up correctly, I started experiencing random freezes. Every package has been up to date since this was a brand new install, and the whole reason I was reinstalling was because the old setup was really messy and on a really old hard drive. The old setup didn't experience any of these issues, however, which rules out hardware issues (the current hard drive was in the system, it just wasn't used for /). The computer passes memtest86+ and mprime stress tests.
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A few weeks ago I looked around and everything I was finding suggested it was a video driver issue. I was using xf86-video-ati, so I switched to xf86-video-vesa. Things worked fine for about a day (which, for the record, is not uncommon; the problem seems to come and go, as for about a week the computer worked fine and then today I had four lockups in a row) but then it started to hang again. It's not a video issue. It's not a hardware issue. It's either a Gnome/GDM issue or an Xorg issue, a combination of both, or something else that is conflicting with either of those three.
I found this thread about X hanging whenever one presses enter. My issue seems to match the user in this thread (with it's corresponding bug report), because sometimes it hangs when I press enter—but only sometimes. The majority of the crashes, by my estimation, have nothing to do with whether or not I press enter. Often I (or someone else in my house) will simply click something and everything will freeze.
Beyond this I cannot really describe much else. However, here is some additional info which might help diagnose the problem.
From Xorg.0.log.old:
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 3 (Quit). Server aborting
.xsession-errors doesn't seem to contain anything worth noting.
When booting X also launches on tty2 instead of tty7. In the first few days after the install I seem to remember it launching on tty7 initially, but it's possible that my mind is playing tricks on me and this is not the case. If it is I do not know what accounted for the change. /etc/inittab is identical to the file on my personal PC which runs GDM and openbox, but which is experiencing no problems whatsoever, and X opens on tty7 on it (and which is also completely up to date). At post #13 in this thread there is a suggested edit for /etc/gdm/custom.conf, but it does nothing for me; X still opens on tty2.
GDM is the last daemon listed in /etc/rc.conf. I've tried loading the daemons before it backgrounded (with @) and also regularly (without), and neither makes a difference. The freeze often occurs when logging in or switching users, but I must emphasize that for the most part the lockups are completely random.
I am really hoping to find a fix, and the sooner the better, because 6 people regularly use this computer and constant freezes are unacceptable to my mind. I also fear that the exact same error has been occurring on my friends' business computer which I recently updated some packages on, since I've been getting emails about the computer locking up. Of course with that one I could simply downgrade everything I just updated, even though it'd be tedious to do so.
Last edited by tonyisnt (2010-02-02 23:24:46)mgangav wrote:
insanemal wrote:
change to lanuching gdm from your inittab using run-level 5
or remove agetty from tty2
both will resolve the issue.
Actually, how will running gdm from inittab help with this issue?
And I didn't understand what you meant by "remove agetty from tty2"
You know, I am pretty sure that the issue has to be with xorg. I was having this issue a lot a month ago, but then, a certain upgrade of xorg fixed the issue. I was fine for a few weeks. My computer never crashed. But, unfortunatly, a package in that same upgrade was broken and I ended up upgrading the system again a few weeks ago. xorg also upgraded at the same time. Now, my computer keeps crashing randomly and in random ways.
I think that the best thing to do is to keep up with the xorg updates, find one that works for your system and have pacman ignore all upgrades to xorg after that.
Actually, if anyone can tell me how to downgrade xorg to its state 3 weeks ago, it would be absolutely awesome.
Thanks
Because if you use runlevel 5 you dont have agetty on TTY2 so it won't try and kill xorg all the bloody time
The problem is caused because GDM is starting so fast the XORG server it loads up checks for free VT's and finds TTY2 is empty and starts on it. THEN your inittab fires up agetty on TTY2.. which promptly causes hell to arrive in a handbag.
You really need to be less critical of people offering you advice.. and possibly even check what they have posted in the past.. like the threads from months ago dealing with this issue. (search is great you know) -
Hello.
My 1 week old macbook pro 13" (2,5GHz and 250Gb harddrive, hitachi) having some random freezes - especially while listening music in iTunes and surfing.
I didn't make any hardware upgrade - so no 3rd party hardware. So i guess it isnt problem with EFI 1.7 (although there is efi 1.7 here).
Trying detect problem i launch system monitoring and console.
After one of this freezes system monitoring hangs - it opens and closes, but all data is unchanched.
In console there was this messages:
17.09.09 21:07:06 Activity Monitor[33256] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (22) beyond bounds (22)
17.09.09 21:07:06 Activity Monitor[33256] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (22) beyond bounds (22)
Any suggestions?
BTW, i already tried to disable sudden motion sensor following some advices from this forum.
added: now i tried to launch system monitor again - open finder and again has freez for 15seconds (still listening music) and in console there is
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so is it software errors and because of it - freezes or it is a hardware problem?
Message was edited by: Ivan_FeanorHere is my experience over the last few years and a few very important recommendations for your Macbook Pro Freezing or Ticking
1. Get Applecare
2. Cool your Mac down with SMCfancontrol
My Macbook Pro used to freeze a little but it would log the crash and send to Apple. It did this numerous times. Soon it was crashing all the time. Ok, so after many issues, I sent it back they and they replaced the motherboard. There was some sort of issue with 2008 motherboards and graphics cards.
It started crashing again. The OS would freeze (no sounds). The system was able to log the crash. Soon it had issues booting up so I became a bit irate and sent it back again. This time Apple told me to get the new 2008-2009 model. It came with a solid body and much better designed. I was happy...kinda.
Everything worked perfectly until about 3 months into the new (brand new) machine started to crash and tick. Hmm...ticking...that's new and it was not a OS crash. It was completely frozen, that's it, forget about it, no way, it's done. No logs, no anything. I desperately tried to create a pattern. Was it Flash movies, QT, iTunes, CS3, too hot, what...? Sometimes the ticking was loud when it crashed, sometimes it was quiet.
I brought it into Mac Studio Bangkok where I learned I still had Applecare on it. I sent it in again. They replaces the HD and upgraded me to Snow Leopard. They said the ticking was from a HD failure. Ugh.
Applecare has expired now and there is no renewing it. My advice to everyone is this when it crashes:
Is it software or hardware? If you don't know, read the forums for hints
Run a HD test on it
When it crashes, is it silent, does it tick or screech?
Is it really hot or fairly cool?
What was running when it crashed?
I have been through hours and hours with Apple support. I may be able to help you if you answer these questions above.
Good luck.
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IMac (i3 2010) random freezing and now with 3 beeps
Hi I have a 21" iMac i3 base model with 8Gb of Ram (see below).
Ever since I got the mac about 10 months ago it has been randomly freezing up, becoming completely unresponsive to any input (keyboard mice etc), and can only be fixed by a hard reboot (holding down power button).
It can happen while I am away at lunch and I come back to find it frozen on the screen saver. Other times I'm just browsing the web (nb has happens with safari, firefox, and chrome). While others times I have been using the system to its fullest. There never seems to be a reproducible way of triggering it. I can go for a week without issue, and then it can happen 6+ times a day, and they go back to being fine again for awhile. Although it has been getting progressively worse over time and more constant.
I have tried repairing permissions (disk utility and onyx). Defraged the drive (drive genius), run TechTools pro and it passed all the tests. I don't have access to the orginal disks (work iMac) so running the AHT is not possible, as is a clean instal.
I updated to 10.6.8 this week, and now when it freezes, it is now accopained by 3 loud beeps...pause...3 beeps etc etc.
This suggests that it could be a memory problem, but I have never had a problem during the boot up process, and as I said it has passed the memory test on both TechTools6 and Rember, I'm not sure if this is the case.
Because the system completely frezzes, there is no log or error reports created, meaning that pin-pointing the issue or even having proof for the tech-guys/Apple is difficult.
Has anyone got any suggestions on a fix, or how I might be able to get an error report, or how I could induce the problem on que.
Thanks heaps
a
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i3
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 5.86 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.64f5Ok so it definitely appears to be the RAM. I have found a way to reproduce the crashing....Running Prime95. Its normally takes about 15-30min on the stresstest to get the system to lock up.
But here is the strange thing. It only seems to work if I have the full 8Gb installed.
I have run each 2Gb stick by itself without issues.
And then run 6Gb, changing the empty slot each time, and again no crashing.
I found the following thread also has similar issues, with the RAM the most likely cause.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15610565#15610565
I can discount USB,wifi,bluetooth as I tried this and still managed to get a crash.
But I did have screen sharing on so I am now testing if I can run the 8Gb with this disabled.
Will report back with my findings. -
Random freeze of iMac with Tiger 10.4.5
Hello, since a few weeks my iMac freezes almost regular but I can not say if it is due to an application or anything else as it happens complete random. Sometimes it happens after a few minutes, sometimes after hours but in 8 of 10 "on times" the Mac freezes. I can only turn him off...
Does anybody know if there is a way to track last actions and investigate what the reason for these freezes are?
Thanks in advance. KM
iMac 800Mhz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)Open the Console app in the Utilities folder. Click on the Logs icon in the toolbar to open the sidebar logs list. You can examine the console and system logs as well as any crash logs to see if you can find anything helpful.
If your random freezes occur only when using a particular application, then there may be a bad preference file associated with that app. If the freezes are occuring almost always when you use Safari, then there are some things you can try. If the freezes are accompanied by a kernel panic alert, then there are other things to consider.
In the meanwhile it cannot hurt to do the following:
Boot from your OS X Installer. Be sure to use the installer for the version of OS X you have installed. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (or Utilities menu if using Tiger.) After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (3.0.3 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.1.1 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X. -
I am a first time buyer of Apple, but I have been working on them at work for sometime. I never had any problems at work so when I saved enough money I decided to go it my own and buy a powermac G5. I bought it back in Nov. 05
I have $5,000 invested in this computer and now it is causing me all kinds of problems.
It randomly freezes. I could be working it at its full capacity or hardly at all and it will lock up. When it freezes the mouse stops moving and the key board stop working. The computer doesn't make a sound. If I have music running the song will skip until I shut it down. A red light behind the grid in the front comes on, and if I wait a few minutes before shuting it down the fans kick into high gear.
After a month or so of batteling these random freezes my computer would not turn on at all. On startup the red light would turn on and no video would ever each the monitor. I finally took it into an Apple certified repair shop, they were able to reset the logic board and preform updates and they gave it back to me, but once again the computer is freezing.
I am taking it back to the repair guys today. Based on other issues I have read I believe it is a power supply issue, or at least I would hope so. The repair guys told me that they are going to replace the power supply and then see what happens.
Is anyone else having problems like this? How do I get things resovled? And how long is it going to be before Apple says 'we screwed up with your computer' and send me a new one?man am i glad that i found you
i have the exeact same year and make of G5 as you do
the other similarity is that my G5 always crashes when there is some screen change or user interaction with my computer.
This problem did not start out of the box, it was only after a few months did it start to crash (when it did start to crash it was only while useing itunes)
The problem got better when panther was installed but soon afterwords it flared up again (this time while doing ANY websurfing).
The G5 will always go into turbo fan if left alone to crash it self ( yup. you dont even need to touch it, it will crash for you!)
I HAVE "7 way" deleted the hard drive so the problem must be hardware....But wait when i brought the G5 to the repair shop (and we are talken real pros here) they said "we could not find any issue with the hardware, We suggest you re-write the drive..." and here we are.
This problem refuses to go away and i realy have tried to find a solution.
i am in the process of going back to the repair shop and having an "flavourful conversation" about the future steps to take.
I managed to atain a few of the error reports that OSX makes in the case of a crash (it does this very rarely so i only have 2) i will email them apon request....if i can ever open my mail.
Its a god send that it did not crash on me while writing this message.
Regards
PPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Freezes Constantly
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