IWS "unable to initialize LDAP" to iAS

I use iWS6.0 with iAS6.0 SP3 and when I goto web server administration ,In users and group tab,it show me
Unable to initialize LDAP.
(No LDAP server is configured.)
How can I configured LDAP in this case?
Sung

Sung,
I think, you should post this question to the appropriate Web & Application Servers forum.
Bertold

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Unable to initialize LDAP (No LDAP server is configured)show in the admin server of iWS6.0 users and group

When I goto web server administration in users and group tab it alway show me Unable to initialize LDAP (No LDAP server is configured) Is it cause the effect to use web server because I use iWS with ias .
If it cause some effect ,Please let me know how to configured LDAP server.

Run this Command from the Exchange Server
Net time \\ADServerName /Set
and confirm the action,
and then you need to restart the service
Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Service
and confirm you are not getting the Error 4001 in the event Viewer.
Thank you, it resolved my issue after being sweating looking for solution.
How can I prevent this from happening? I cannot restart services on each server reboot nor lose 5 years of my life!!!
Sokratis Laskaridis MCP, MCTS, MCITP, Small Business Specialist Netapp ASAP, Symantec STS

IPlanet Web Server is "unable to initialize LDAP" to iPlanet Directory Server.

Which version of iWS ? Which version of iDS ? Any more details on the error (check iDS errors log) ?
Ludovic

Unable to initialize the server: Server failed to bind to the requested por

I am facing the error while starting the server. I see the following error.
<Sep 26, 2007 11:49:54 PM EDT> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000350> <Unable to create a server socket on Channel Default for: 162.86.20.87, port: 8101. java.net.BindException: Address already in use Perhaps the address 162.86.20.87 is incorrect or another process is using port 8101.>
<Sep 26, 2007 11:49:54 PM EDT> <Emergency> <Security> <BEA-090085> <Server failed to bind to the configured port. The port may already be used by another process.>
<Sep 26, 2007 11:49:54 PM EDT> <Emergency> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000342> <Unable to initialize the server: Server failed to bind to the requested port. See preceeding log message for details.>
The WebLogic Server did not start up properly.
Exception raised: 'weblogic.server.ServerLifecycleException: Server failed to bind to the requested port. See preceeding log message for details.'
Reason: Server failed to bind to the requested port. See preceeding log message for details.
If the port is already in use how to find which server is running on that port, how to find the process and kill it. I am using weblogic 8.1 sp4 in Solaris 8.

Bruce:
It sounds like (as you already note) failed to shutdown WLS, that is why the
.loc file was held and why the port is in use, WLS process was still
running. To see why it failed to shut down, I would examine the
weblogic.log, aslo the servers std out and err. Additionally taking a
thread dump (if possible) on the "it wont shut down" wls java process should
show (maybe unless the VM is hosed), where/what is hanging on/around. Do
you happen to have native code running with wls, say a type 2 JDBC driver?
Otherwise it sounds like a VM bug. But more data is needed to be sure.
Cheers
mbg
"Bruce Bryan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3ef08499$[email protected]..
I was shutting down the WLS server using the console shutdown and itfailed to shutdown completely. I then attempted to use the kill command on
the process which usually works. This time I was unable to kill the process
without using the kill -9 command. When I attempted to bring the server
back up I got a failure to get a lock on the embedded ldap. I removed the
.loc file and came further up but was unable to get further than the
listener ports which were still locked to the old process. Do you know of
anything I can do the get the WLS server back up without rebooting my
Solaris server????
netstat -an shows the port is in use but the only process that is alloweduse that port is WLS.

Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service. - Error 0x96f.

PLease help, I've rstored from backup three times with no success I'm getting the following error
"Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service. - Error 0x96f. "
It's LDap related but i have no idea why :-(
Best Regards Bernhard

IPv6 had been disabled for months on my SBS 2008 Server running Exchange 2007 SP1. I ran 40 or so Windows Updates; subsequently, the next morning Exchange was no longer running; topology issues, event ID 2604, 2114 and 2601 were all over my Application
Log. After 12 hours of research I found this post; figured it was worth a shot and instantly all my services for Exchange fired up. Thanks for the tip; I have no idea which update changed what in regards to needing IPv6 enabled, but that silly
little check mark fixed it.
Thank you for sharing your solution!
Dan

Messaging 3.x fails to start with "Unable to initialize" error

Messaging Server fails to start from the Admin Server or by using the "start" command.

# /etc/NscpMail start
Startup Problem:
Unable to initialize the environment from (/etc/netscape.mail.conf)
Netscape Messaging Server Exiting!

The Messaging Server log file will not show any entries.

The problem is most likely due to a missing dbswtich.conf
file or a zero byte file.

The default dbswitch.conf
file contains a single line:

directory default ldapdb:///usr/netscape/suitespot/userdb/ldap/config/lcache.conf/

Restore this file from a backup if possible.

Unlike Admin Server, Messaging Server will require the correct file to be
restored because it immediately looks for its postmaster entries in the LDAP
directory. If you cannot restore the file:
<OL>
<LI>Place a temporary entry into the
file.
<LI>Start the admin server.
<LI>Enter the correct values into Global Settings,
Configure Directory Service.
<LI>Attempt to start the Messaging Server again.
</OL>

Tracing utilities (e.g. truss in Solaris) can
help analyze problems where servers fail to start and return little or no
useful errors.

truss -f -o <trussfile> /etc/NscpMail start

grep dbswitch.conf <trussfile>.

This would usually show admin returning a ENOENT error or reading zero bytes of
data.

I assume when you say "mentioned solutions", those include:
- Generating xorg.conf with aticonfig --initial
- Blacklisting the radeon module
- Generating the fresh fglrx modules with catalyst_build_module all
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Last edited by clfarron4 (2014-09-15 12:16:09)

Could not initialize LDAP cache

Hi,
We are using the iplanet application server version 6.5 with iplanet directory server version 5.0 .
We are facing the problem in the restart of application server since we have deployed an application. Here is some log on the same. Any help or advise is appreciated.
When application server is running, we are finding it impossible to stop by using 'iascontrol stop' command. We are forced to use the command 'iascontrol kill'. Once it is stopped, when we try to start it, it gives the following messages in KJS logs.
Connected to LDAP server on egovdevsrvr2.dubai-e.gov.ae port 389
iPlanet Application Server is running in international mode
Initializing LDAP cache from server egovdevsrvr2.dubai-e.gov.ae port 389
Could not initialize LDAP cache from server egovdevsrvr2.dubai-e.gov.ae port 389: Success
On the kas log it gives the following.
[16/May/2003 20:04:21:5] error: ADMIN-071: kas> error: failed to either start up or connect to engine ''0'' (CCS0)
[16/May/2003 20:05:17:6] error: ADMIN-071: kas> error: failed to either start up or connect to engine ''1'' (CCS0)
[16/May/2003 20:06:13:8] error: ADMIN-071: kas> error: failed to either start up or connect to engine ''2'' (CCS0)
[16/May/2003 20:06:13:8] info: ADMIN-030: kas> listening for connections..
I am sure LDAP is running already.
Now if I test any sample applications, likfe fortune and Hello World, they work fine. But a particular application fails with the following message at the KJS logs.
ava.lang.IllegalStateException: internal assert: Why is the servlet GDS key for: {03c1437d-f21a-1c38-941e-0003ba084dc6
} = null?
at com.kivasoft.util.Debug.assert(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppCompGDSUtil.getServletFromGDS(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.DescriptorManager.getServletByGuidStr(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppDescriptor.getServletFromGDSorCache(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppDescriptor.getServlet(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppDescriptor.getAllServlets(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.AppInfo.resetServlets(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.AppInfo.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletModule.getAppInfo(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletRunner.getAppInfo(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.StaticServlet.service(Unknown Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletInfo.service(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletRunner.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.applogic.AppLogic.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.applogic.AppLogic.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.thread.ThreadBasic.run(Native Method)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
What is this cache initialization that happens at the startup of ias? Is it anything related to server settings? I remember, some times when the ias starts with a successful cache initialization message, I find this application to be working fine.
Please help.

Hi,
We are using the iplanet application server version 6.5 with iplanet directory server version 5.0 .
We are facing the problem in the restart of application server since we have deployed an application. Here is some log on the same. Any help or advise is appreciated.
When application server is running, we are finding it impossible to stop by using 'iascontrol stop' command. We are forced to use the command 'iascontrol kill'. Once it is stopped, when we try to start it, it gives the following messages in KJS logs.
Connected to LDAP server on egovdevsrvr2.dubai-e.gov.ae port 389
iPlanet Application Server is running in international mode
Initializing LDAP cache from server egovdevsrvr2.dubai-e.gov.ae port 389
Could not initialize LDAP cache from server egovdevsrvr2.dubai-e.gov.ae port 389: Success
On the kas log it gives the following.
[16/May/2003 20:04:21:5] error: ADMIN-071: kas> error: failed to either start up or connect to engine ''0'' (CCS0)
[16/May/2003 20:05:17:6] error: ADMIN-071: kas> error: failed to either start up or connect to engine ''1'' (CCS0)
[16/May/2003 20:06:13:8] error: ADMIN-071: kas> error: failed to either start up or connect to engine ''2'' (CCS0)
[16/May/2003 20:06:13:8] info: ADMIN-030: kas> listening for connections..
I am sure LDAP is running already.
Now if I test any sample applications, likfe fortune and Hello World, they work fine. But a particular application fails with the following message at the KJS logs.
ava.lang.IllegalStateException: internal assert: Why is the servlet GDS key for: {03c1437d-f21a-1c38-941e-0003ba084dc6
} = null?
at com.kivasoft.util.Debug.assert(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppCompGDSUtil.getServletFromGDS(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.DescriptorManager.getServletByGuidStr(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppDescriptor.getServletFromGDSorCache(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppDescriptor.getServlet(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.deployment.WebAppDescriptor.getAllServlets(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.AppInfo.resetServlets(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.AppInfo.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletModule.getAppInfo(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletRunner.getAppInfo(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.StaticServlet.service(Unknown Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletInfo.service(Unknown Source)
at com.netscape.server.servlet.servletrunner.ServletRunner.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.applogic.AppLogic.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.applogic.AppLogic.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.kivasoft.thread.ThreadBasic.run(Native Method)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
What is this cache initialization that happens at the startup of ias? Is it anything related to server settings? I remember, some times when the ias starts with a successful cache initialization message, I find this application to be working fine.
Please help.

00000020 SSLHandshakeE E SSLC0008E : Unable to initialize SSL

Following things have been done with WAS 8 server,-
1> Installed Was 8.0.0.5
2> Started the server and the server was started normally without any exception or error.
3> Global security setup is done.
4> Standalone LDAP registry setup is done.
5> Restarted the server.
After server restrart it shows that the server is open for e-business.. but after few minutesd the server keeps on looging the following exception after every 1-2 minutes,-
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at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLEngineImpl.a(SSLEngineImpl.java:449)
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at javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine.unwrap(SSLEngine.java:29)
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at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1690)

zenlord wrote:Looks like there's a program using an incompatible version of NSS. Probably one of the other programs using NSS that you updated has caused this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229987
I was unable to find any idea of solution in that post. Also that bug is very old (2007).
Does anyone have any idea. Downgrading of Evolution works fine.

Error while installing exchange2007 : Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service. Failed to find the

Hi,
I am trying fresh install of exchange2007, everything gone well but, finally it thrown a error saying :
Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service. Failed to find the working directory parameter from the registry - Error 0x80004005.
the installation log says
6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [1] Processing component 'Mailbox Service Control (Last)' (Starting mailbox services).
[6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [1] Executing 'start-SetupService -ServiceName MSExchangeIS -MaximumWaitTime "unlimited"', handleError = False
[6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [2] Launching sub-task '$error.Clear(); start-SetupService -ServiceName MSExchangeIS -MaximumWaitTime "unlimited"'.
[6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [2] Beginning processing.
[6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [2] The maximum wait for the operation is set to 'unlimited'.
[6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [2] Service checkpoint has progressed. Previous checkpoint='0' - Current checkpoint='1'.
[6/5/2007 3:14:05 PM] [2] Will wait '10000' milliseconds for the service 'MSExchangeIS' to reach status 'Running'.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [2] Service 'MSExchangeIS' failed to reach status 'Running' on this server after waiting for '10000' milliseconds.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [2] Service 'MSExchangeIS' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [2] [ERROR] Unexpected Error
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [2] [ERROR] Service 'MSExchangeIS' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [2] Ending processing.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Service 'MSExchangeIS' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.ServiceFailedToStartException: Service 'MSExchangeIS' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] [ERROR] Service 'MSExchangeIS' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] Setup is halting task execution because of one or more errors in a critical task.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[6/5/2007 3:14:15 PM] [1] Ending processing.
[6/5/2007 3:14:18 PM] [0] End of Setup
[6/5/2007 3:14:18 PM] [0] **********************************************
this I am trying on my test system please help me out in resolving the issue
thanks in advance,

Gary,
Open Registry Editor.
In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\ParametersSystem
Create the following value (REG_SZ): Working Directory and give it a value that points to the new database folder.
Make sure you back up the registry before you do any changes on it.
Raj

5.1.4 update breaks HDV capture? Unable to Initialize Capture Device

Problem:
Final Cut Pro cannot capture standard 1080i60 HDV footage from Sony FX1 camcorder. FCP reports "Unable to Initialize Capture Device" when the log and capture window is opened. However, the footage CAN be captured in iMovie (which is interesting, and unacceptable). When HDV>DV downconvert option on camcorder is activated, footage CAN be captured as anamorphic SD, so the camcorder and FW do work.
The problem is occuring on a rock-solid FCP system that I use on a regular basis (mainly for SD editing). It has been approx 2 weeks since I last attempted a HDV capture, the system has been working great with SD footage (still does).
Factors that have changed to my knowledge since HDV capture was last functioning properly:
*Added a new external FW drive into regular usage (a different brand than normally used, no issues with it so far).
*Updated FCP to 5.1.3, and then 5.1.4 when that fix came out. All SD captures and work have been fine so far.
Here's what's interesting...I had a copy of the FCP v5.0.4 .app that I had saved an archive of prior to the crossgrade update. Guess what? I can load it up, and it captures HDV without any problems! With that in mind, this looks like an FCP 5.1.4 issue. But I am at a loss on how to proceed further in troubleshooting. Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
Matt Jeppsen
FresHDV.com
---NOTES---
What I have tried:
*Attempted capture with a different Sony FX1 camcorder.
*Swapped firewire cables and system firewire ports.
*Attempted capture with camera FW chained to an external HDD.
*Unplugged all other external firewire devices from the system.
*Trashed FCP prefs using FCP Rescue 5, created new project using Easy Setup (for HDV).
*Tried different variations of FCP A/V settings, tried all the HDV FW device control presets and the HDV AIC capture preset.
*Per instructions at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852 I removed the numbered Quicktime pckg Receipts and re-installed the latest version (7.13). Post-install/reboot, I repaired Disk Prefs and Verified the disk using Disk Util.
*Have also attempted installing QT 7.13 2 and 3 times in a row, also trying disk prefs repair BEFORE the post-install reboot.
Final Cut Pro Audio/Video Settings:
Sequence Preset: HDV-1080i60
Capture Preset: HDV
Device Control Preset: Sony HDV Firewire
Sony HDR-FX1 IN/OUT REC settings:
*VCR HDV/DV: HDV
*COMPONENT: 1080i/480i
*i.LINK CONV: OFF
*TV TYPE: 16:9
*A/V->DV OUT: OFF
System/Software Facts:
*Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
*Quicktime 7.13
*PPC Mac G5 2.7 Dual (2.5GB RAM)
*35GB free on System, 45GB free on internal FCP Scratch disk
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4, G5 DP 2.7 (PPC) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I think I figured out this vexing problem. I too was having the same issue. Check to see that your Quicktime is newer than 7.1.2. If it isn't you'll have to upgrade it. I only upgraded to 7.1.6 here because I was afraid of going to a really new version. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime716formac.html. After I upgraded my quicktime, I ran software update and the Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 update appeared. I hoipe this helps.

Unable to initialize HDV deck. Please make sure a deck is connected....

Ok, this is driving me nuts. I've done this before. I have a Canon HV20. I spent HOURS and HOURS on Sunday (two days ago) capturing 1.5 hours of video (DV, not HD) from my HV20 using iMovie09. Then spent more hours burning a DVD using iDVD09. Results were less than glamorous. Quite disappointing, video-quality-wise....
So today I reinstalled FCE 4.0 (HD) and decided to capture a few minutes of the same film and compare the results when making a DVD. My expectations are that it will look better. Naturally, I was hoping for the less-expensive, easier to use product (iMove09) would win, but so far, I can't compare because I keep getting "Unable to initialize HDV deck...". Folks, I have a firewire cable connected. I just used the same camera on the same cable on the same computer (macbook pro). the ONLY thing i changed was the software. Even switched back to iMovie for a minute to see if the cable still worked and sure enough, it's fine.
So, I'm blank on ideas here as to why "FILE/CAPTURE" in FCE would give me this error now. I'm waaaaaaaay open to ideas and even open to "stupid user error"... just tell me what it is....
This is soooooooooooo frustrating. Now I remember why I don't do video that often. Real pain in the butt sometimes...
Thoughts????

"Unable to initialize HDV deck...".
You seem to be trying to capture DV?
At the moment FCE is looking for a HDV camera and there is not one attached, a DV camera is.
Change the Easy Setup to the correct DV option to match the cameras output (audio and video), save, then try again.
Al

Unable to initialize hdv deck problem

Hi all,
I'm having the 'unable to initialize hdv deck' problem. I am trying to capture HD footage from a Sony HVR-A1E camera. iLink and down conversion are off (like they should be) and I have just captured a HD tape before the problem started.
I don't understand how I could capture HD footage just fine and then without touching any settings (just trying to start capture again) I suddenly get the error message, "Unable to initialize HDV deck. Please make sure a deck is connected and try again."
Any ideas?

Definitely. Shot on HDV, definite difference between the clips I've captured so far (HD capture that worked fine before this is high quality sharp image, where as when capturing in SD, image quality is poor and smaller).
Everything has been filmed on the same camera with no setting changes between shots. Like I said before, I have already been able to capture today in HD just fine, but for some unknown reason (which I don't think is the prefs.) capture will not work. I can 'trick' FCE into HD capture but it gets stuck on cueing tape (even though video is playing fine on camera).

Unable to Initialize Capture Device

Hi,
I am having a problem importing/capturing HDV video from my JVC HD GR 1 getting "Unable to Initialize Capture Device".
I have been able to capture fine up to this point, finicky some times to be sure, but workable, then in the last few weeks it began getting more and more finicky (wouldn't connect to camera, restart and it works fine), until just the other day it wont connect no matter what I do!
Help?
Ask questions if you need clarification.
Camera: JVC HD GR 1
Tape: Mini DV
Format: HDV
Software: FCP 5.1.4

Unfortunately when both "Capture" and "Device Control" presets are not set to HDV it wont even try to connect and gives me this warning:
"To capture HDV source material, both the Capture and Device Control presets must be configured for HDV; otherwise, to capture in another format, both must not be configured for HDV."
As a side note when my camera was connecting to FCP. FCP would only give me on screen controls half the time.

Unable to initialize capture device and device control in HDV

I shot with a Sony HVR-Z1U/Z1N and am using a Sony HDV 1080i tape deck to digitize.
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and installed FCP Pro 5 on it. After getting over some time code issues we were chugging along, when on the 4th tape the image on the log and capture screen suddenly dissapeared (I could get audio and could see the image on the tape deck). Well after taking the tape out, checking and rechecking it I popped it back in and ever since then, I have been getting this error mssg "Unable to initialize capture device and device control."
I have tried deleting the preferences and starting from scratch. If I do that, and choose the easy setup with HDV- 1080i60, it gives me this error "Unable to locate the following external devices- HDV (1440 X 1080) 30fps.
I upgraded to FCP 5.1.2 this morning and upgraded the OS to 10.4.7 and QT to 7.1.3 and still no change.
Im at my wits end, Ive been working on this for a whole week now.
Thank you,
Bugs

It has been reported to take more than one attempt to correct the installation but, if properly executed on a machine without other system problems, the QT reinstall process does work. The key element here is you must reinstall QT after you trash the receipts. The process is listed below.
x
To do a full quicktime reinstall.
Go to /library/receipts and delete any files that say Quicktime followed by a number e.g. Quicktime703.pkg
Go to the Apple quicktime site and download the appropriate version of Quicktime to your hard drive.
Run the Quicktime installer.
Repair Disk Permissions for your System Disk (Disk Utility > Select the system disk > Repair Disk Permissions)
Reboot
If this doesn't work, then the problem lies elsewhere:
1. your system - user preferences, firewire ports or other system elements.
2. your equipment - camera/deck/firewire cables.
3. your process - not setting up the software properly or using the software erroneously.
Listed below is a troubleshooting process. Not all steps are appropriate but the general process of isolating the problem is useful.
Troubleshooting Steps for OS X
by Jan Johannsen (Collected from: Apple>User Tips Library>User Tips Contributions forum)
FIRST AID
01 Completely shutdown, wait a 5 minutes, restart
02 Make sure you're not running out of free space on the System volume
03 Check/fix the filesystem using Disk Utility &/or Diskwarrior
04 Repair permissions using Disk Utility
05 Create a new user account, and see if the problem persists there
06 Clear system & user caches
07 Run FCP Rescue
08 Unplug all USB, Firewire devices except Apple mouse
09 Startup in SafeBoot mode, and see if the problem persists there
10 Reset system firmware
MORE SERIOUS TROUBLESHOOTING
11 Reapply the latest combo updater
12 Run the Apple hardware diagnostic CD
13 Check the hard drive for bad blocks
14 Take out 3rd party RAM
15 Unplug 3rd Party PCI cards
16 Reset PMU
17 Archive and reinstall the OS
18 Reinstall the system from scratch
19 Send the machine back to Apple

"Unable to initialize video deck" inquiry

I am new to Mac and FCE, so I ask for some slack...
I am trying to get video from my Panasonic AG DVX 100 into FCE.
About my system: IMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OS X 10.5.2. I have FCE 4 on this computer, not an upgrade of earlier program, but version 4, straight out of the box. I know FCE is working, because I have edited a hour long project on it.
Here's my issue: With the first project complete, I want to import some new video into FCE and start another project. I connect the camera to the Mac via firewire (the white cable that I bought at the Mac store). When I go to "File" in FCE, I go to capture, and I get the following message:
*"Unable to initialize video deck. You may still use capture now."*
I continue by selecting "capture now." The capture window appears with "preview disabled" on the color bars, "no communication" at the bottom of the window. I hit "capture now" in the bottom right and I get the following message:
*"Attempt to capture video without a video device selected. Please select a video device in your capture presets and try again."*
I can't seem to track down "capture presets" , so that's my first issue. This was not a problem the first time I captured video. While at the Mac store, we plugged the camera into other Macs, but still would not get a signal. On FC, it would recognize the camera for a second or two, then flash the "no communication" error. The Mac folks believed it was a camera video out issue.
Some additional factors:
1. it's not the video output on this particular camera. Since that Mac store visit, I hooked it up to another computer and I could see video. So I'm confident that the camera will send video through this firewire.
2. Back to my original project, I imported video into FCE using this cable and a different mini dv camera (sony). It worked with the Sony camera, but will not work with this Panasonic.
I asked another friend, a MAC/FC/Panasonic DVX 100 guy, and he has never encountered this particular error message. He believes it's some setting within the computer that can be fixed through a software patch.
I would be most grateful for insight into solving what is likely a problem others have experienced. Please keep in mind that I am new to this whole process, and will likely show this thread to the people at the Mac store during my next one-on-one class.
Thank you very much.

David:
Thanks for your suggestion. I did check the firewire to ensure it's securely in place, and it seems like it is.
I did connect this camera and this firewire into a friend's macbook, and the signal was successfully received.
So I don't think it's a "loose wire" possibility. We also checked another camera into my Mac's firewire port, and it was successful.
So for some unknown reason, this particular Mac will not recognize this particular camera.
Again, your insights are greatly appreciated.

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