Observation about the rating's location
This is just an observation about the rating's location. Not a criticism... just an observation...
The ratings are located to the rightmost position of a page. If images are attached, sometimes the page is not completely visible and hides the higher rating such as 4 & 5 . If I like a post, I quickly head down to the right corner of the displayed window and go for the rightmost radio button. I nearly gave Altenbach a rating of 2 on one of his posts
[SHAME ON]
I've given a 1 star rating once because the eye was slower than the mouse
[SHAME OFF]
With loss of peripheral vision to the right side, I now have to be 2X as caution when giving ratings...
or I need to slow down when reading posts
Is it possible to move the ratings (1 to 5 stars) to the left, or have it adapt to the right of the active window? not the overall window..
Thanks,
RayR
I wonder how many times I didn't even notice which radio button got hit...
Especially since it does not give the rating right away...
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A few IMPORTANT observations about the iPod Touch (MUST READ)
While doing research on iPod Touch (to purchase for myself), I discovered the following review http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod/review/apple-ipod-touch-8gb-16gb/P0
It is by far a VERY detailed review of the iPod Touch.
One thing that i had noticed before was that on the comparison page of the iPod's the 8GB iPod touch states it can hold up to 1750 songs, while the iPod Nano 8GB can hold 2000 songs. Which lead me to ask why.
In the review, it says:
iPod nano 8GB = 7.41GB available free space
iPhone 8GB = 7.24GB available free space
iPod Touch = 7.08GB available free space
Now i understand that the iPod Touch and iPhone use OSX and that uses a large chunk of space, but why is there 160mb missing? You'd think that the iPod Touch would have MORE available space than the iPhone, since a LOT of the applications are missing, as well as there is less hardware installed = less drivers.
Now I kind of agree with the reviewer when he says that the iPod Touch is a downgrade from the iPhone. Technically speaking the iPod touch is the most expensive and top of the line in the iPod family, yet it suffers a huge loss when compared to the iPhone.
The following things are missing from the iPod touch (at the cost of $100 less): Dock, charger, camera, external speaker, microphone, battery life, screen quality, resilient back casing, Bluetooth, and several applications!
Now someone might ask, Saeid just get an iPhone then. But the problem is that the iPhone is NOT available in Canada (officially) and IF one day it does become available, chances are it would be with a contract on Rogers (i'm on Fido).
I look forward to your views on the matter. Perhaps i AM over looking a few things. I am a HUGE fan of Apple, i ask because i usually look at EVERY single aspect of something before i make a purchase.
Saeid.
P.s. Forgot to mention that in the review, it also states that the Sync (upload) time is much slower on the iPod Touch than the iPhone. The battery life one might argue is due to the fact that the Touch is smaller in size, but how would you explain the rest of the issues?
Message was edited by: SaeidI am probably one of the few people on the planet who seldom uses a mobile phone. I have only a bare-bones phone plan. When I use a camera, I want one that takes high quality photos. At this point, I don't care that much about Bluetooth or a microphone.
I bought my Touch for the expanded music & video storage. I prefer flash memory to a hard drive so I didn't choose the iPod Classic. The Wi-fi is a bonus that works well for me. It would be nice if I had access to the Web all the time, but I don't want the ongoing monthly costs for an iPhone.
I've had my Touch for almost two months. It was an excellent choice for me. Chris Breen of Playlist revisits the Touch in his blog. Take a look at it for some good points: http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/ipodblog/index.php#61228 -
Strange observation about the straighten tool
I found, that after making adjustments with the straighten tool, other's like exposure or saturation, that usually are quite fast become very sluggish. Disabling the straighten adjustment temporarily makes the other adjustments sliders react fast again.
Now the strange part:
Sometimes making an additional adjustment makes the before sluggish sliders react fast again WITHOUT deactivating the straighten adjustment before.
Example:
making a straighten adjustment -> exposure slider is now very sluggish
now making an additional shadows adjustment -> exposure slider is no more sluggish
So even Aperture now has to do more calculations the GUI is faster. Weird!
I found, that the problem with the straighten tool occurs more often, if it is the first adjustment you apply.
I didn't find a way to make the behavior 100% reproducible. It is somewhat random.
Would be nice, if someone else could investigate into this issue as well.
I suspect, Aperture somewhat mixes up the order in which it applies the adjustments. When the other sliders show the sluggish behavior, Aperture probably recalculates the straightening adjustment from the RAW for each screen refresh, while it uses an already straightened cache file, when the sliders work fast.
If Aperture has an issue with the optimal processing order with other adjustments as well, this may be an explanation for the hugh differences in GUI performance experience, that are reported here for nearly identical hardware.
Peter
Quad G5, GT 7800 Mac OS X (10.4.8)David,
it is not just the Shadows/Highlights.
I extended my test a bit. Below you find a list. All effects with a + increase the speed:
Red Eye Correction -
Spot & Patch -
Levels +
Highlights & Shadows +
White Balance -
Color +
Monochrome Mixer -
Color Monochrome -
Sepia Tone -
Noise Reduction +
Sharpen +
Edge Sharpen +
During that test with enabling/disabling each adjustment, it happened occasionally, that after enabling/disabling an additional adjustment, the Brightness slider kept the speed gain (with only Straighten enabled). Disabling and re-enabling Straighten brought back the sluggish behavior.
Your Viewer window must have a minimum size to show the effect . If the actually displayed picture size is below approx. 720x540 px for 4:3 or 724x480 px for 3:2 pictures, enabling the Straighten tool doesn't slow down the Brightness slider (and other adjustments) noticeable and thus there is not speed gain by enabling other adjustments.
I suspect it has something to do with the amount of memory in the graphic card. I disconnected my second monitor to see, whether the cutoff now shifts towards a larger Viewer area (assumed memory for second display would now be available to Aperture). Result: No it didn't change. So there might be an limitation within core image, that is independent from the graphic card memory.
Nevertheless it would be interesting, if others could check, what's the maximum Viewer size they can use, before the speed penalty dials in, when enabling the Straighten tool. I'm especially interested in reports from people with an 128 MB and 512 MB graphic card (mine is 256 MB).
To do this test, choose Basic view (Viewer at top, Browser at bottom), maximize the Browser area by dragging the window separator towards the bottom, rotate a RAW file with the Straighten tool and then drag the Brightness slider. It should move very sluggish (if not you're a lucky guy). Now diminish the Viewer area, until the Brightness slider moves smoothly. Play around with the size of the Viewer window, until you get the exact size, where the behavior changes. Now make a snapshot (cmd-shift 4) of the displayed picture (actual picture area, not whole viewer window), and check for picture dimensions with Get Info. Post your results here.
The above observations make me to over-think my current dual monitor workflow. Instead of using both displays with Aperture, with Projects, Browser and Adjustments on my 24" LCD and the pictures displayed on my carefully profiled high-end CRT, it might be a faster workflow, to drag over the whole Aperture window to the CRT, make sure the Viewer window is not wider than 720 px and do my adjustments there. A bit annoying to have a setup similar to that in these cool, stylish Aperture ads from Apple, but have to work on a single monitor with a tiny Browser window to get acceptable speed when adjusting my pictures.
The fact that an additional adjustment can speed up things, when using a larger Browser window or full-screen mode, shows, there is still something to improve with Aperture's performance. I hope Apple will investigate into this issue.
Btw.: Does anybody know, how I can make Apple aware of my findings? Or do they know already, because they monitor this list?
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Is the rating system really necessary?
I know... I know... I'm probably getting on a touchy subject here.
I understand the desire for a sort of incentive for people to answer questions but it is my observation that use of points is hardly consistent. For the most part, it seems like questions from established users tend to get helpful and solved answers most of the time. Great. The point system works in that instance.
I have also noticed that I will see someone come on the boards, post a question, get their answer and never post again. They either don't know about the rating system or they do not stay long enough to use it.
Does that mean I need to look at the O.P.'s post count before I post an answer? I think that's shallow. If someone has question and I think I know a solution, then I will post a solution.
But what is the solution? Do away with the rating system? I think some upper-level members would have a justifiable objection to that. Change it to a raw post count? I suspect we would see an even higher number of posts deleted because of people trying to pad their numbers.
What if members received 1 point for marking an answer as helpful and 2 points for marking an answer as solved?
Its a thought.No, the rating (reputation) system isn't really necessary, but it does serve as an incentive for many people to increase their participation, and increased participation lends itself to the perception of increased value in this Apple-provided service, if not to the usefulness of the bulk of the posts that are left here.
Ultimately, there are a lot of things that go into the decision to attach a reputation system of one kind or another to Discussions, and there has been one such system or another in place here for many years, so there is no reason to believe that the concept will ever be abandoned.
As to the idea that upper-level members would object to its loss, yes, some would. Maybe many. On the other hand, there are quite a few of us who see through this charade and do what we can do undermine its importance relative to the real mission of Apple's Discussions. In the end, I'd like to think that our cynicism helps to balance out the "shallowness" of post-count building and points-grubbing strategies that seem to obsess many of our peers.
What if members received 1 point for marking an answer as helpful and 2 points for marking an answer as solved?
I've suggested this myself in the past, but one of the roadblocks to its implementation is that the current software is only able to mete out points in increments of 5. Oh well....
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Changing the Default Save location in Cap4
I know its possible to change the publish folder (Edit > Preferences) but what about the default Save location? Any clue how to change that from My Documents?
Hi again
Ouch! Not the network!
One of the hard learned issues that folks are unaware of until they encounter problems is that Captivate does not do well when a project is stored on a network. It's fine to keep projects there in order to back them up or as a transfer pivot location to allow others to edit, but you never want to open Captivate, click File > Open and browse to a network location to open a project for editing.
Best practice at this point is to keep projects on your local C drive when you make edits.
Cheers... Rick
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Some questions about the zen visio
Hi everyone ! Im from spain and I have just bought the player one week ago. I have just two questions. The first is if it is possible to connect the player to the computer and the wall socket at the same time (because its really slow charging by usb) and if it does not damge the player. The second question is about the rating system, I find it really interesting but I miss I can do something with it ! I mean there should be another one inside DJ mode to play songs with 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars, 4 or more stars, etc... That would be really fantastic !! And also is it possible to manage the ratings with teh creative media source organizer? I suppose that no because I didn?t find the option... Ok that's all thank you for your help, and what a great player !!
PedroYou can connect to a home stereo using a stereo miniplug (your headphone connector) to RCA adapter. these are available at any electronics store. you plug the 2 rca plugs into an auxiliary input on your receicver. to play in your car, you can use an fm transmitter. check out my post on accessories, it talks about one i didnt like and the one i replaced it with...
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...essage.id=2079
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since updating itunes yesterday I now can't open it and get a pop up box about the procedure entry point not being located. anyone able to help?
these are the boxes that open up:
I am unsure as to wether I need to unistall and start again but then worry about the vast amount of songs already in the folder that I would have to reload.anyone able to help me with the above?
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How can I edit a PDF? Someone told me about the "typewriter" feature, but can't locate that.
How can I edit a PDF? Someone told me about the "typewriter" feature, but can't locate that.
Hi karenw22462415,
You'll need to Acrobat to edit a PDF file. If you don't have Acrobat, you're welcome to download a 30-day trial from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html.
This Help document will get you started: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/edit-text-pdfs.html.
Best,
Sara -
Apparently with the switch from slocate to mlocate one now needs to be in the group "locate".
Since pacman doesn't point one into that direction I thought I'd post it here, I'm assuming that question is gonna pop up multiple times now.That's not exactly correct, you already need to be in the group to be able to locate a file (as a user).
I'm not 100% sure whether I was in the old group slocae or not (I don't remember putting myself into that group but I used to be able to use slocate to locate a file as my user) but after the upgrade I was not in the new group locate. -
ITunes keeps changing to the default folder location
I have no idea what's going on here, but, it's getting very frustrating.
Here's the situation: I am running the latest version of iTunes (11.whatever) on Windows 7, and my default iTunes Library location is in My Music on my C:. Unfortunately, my C: is a tiny SSD, and I don't want all of my content going in there, since there's no room. I have two other internal hard drives that I use for file storage, and I want to relocate my library to one of these drives. These drives are not external, they are not networked, they are just regular, plain old drives that boot along with the computer.
I have tried following the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
But, I had no luck with it. When I follow these steps, I open up iTunes, I turn on the "Keep iTunes Organized" option as stated, then press OK. Then I change the file location (in Advanced, under Preferences) to the place I want the library to reside, on a different drive. After pressing OK, I go to File, Library, and choose Organize Library (checking off the "Consolidate Files" option). After this completes, I try to delete the original iTunes library in My Music on C:, but, it won't let me, telling me the file is still in use. After closing iTunes, I am able to deleted it. Then, when I open iTunes again, it just completely ignores the folder that I created and moved everything to, makes a new folder in My Music, and goes back to default settings like nothing ever happened.
I've seen a lot of people complaining about this problem when trying to set up their libraries on networked or external drives, but, that is not my issue. Any help would be appreciated, and please let me know if I can provide any more information.
Thanks!Hi
First post so do not shoot me down if I break some rule here but as I was getting the same issue, V Frustrating i know, I thought I would post my solution.
Felix, above pointed me in the right direction but I did this
After following the steps from Dr Von Smith I closed iTunes
Went to the old C drive location
Moved the
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Library.xml
iTunes Music Library.xml
and the Album Artwork
to the new location on my D drive
Held shift and clicked on iTunes icon
it asked me for library location so I pointed it to the new location on D
Closed iTunes
Opened iTunes nomally and the Preferences > Advanced > location has held
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I have taken the privilege of reposting several comments about the droid Razrs MANUFACTURE DEFECT!!!!!! I have highlighted what I felt where key points in each statement. I hope and entice any one with a similar problem to post your story so Verizon will see this is a "KNOWN PROBLEM"... My questions to Verizon are, when does it become a known problem? What does the consumer have to do to convince you, that we are not all liars.. and Is it impossible to think the producer can make a mistake?
Ms.H says:
May 2, 2012 at 5:16 pm
I have had my phone less then a month and now there is a crack running vertically between two points of contact, starting at the exact point where my thumb grips on the left side across to the point where my pinky grips on the right side. I made a phone call last night, set my phone down and out of nowhere a crack appeared on the phone. I have been researching the problem and found out it is much more common than not. Verizon will not do any thing to help and I am not willing spend $100 on an insurance claim for what I believe to be a manufacture defect. They need to take ownership! This is a Known problem!
I am currently fighting to prove my phone had a manufacture defect. I am sending it in to motorola accompanied by my own testimony also with links and statements of other people I found online with the similar problem. I have also contacted Corning asking them if their is any truth behind the articles I read, stating that due to the cutting process of the glass it automatically has microscopic fractures on the edges which are prone to crack with pressure on the sides. (Which ultimately would be a manufacture issue!) They should respond within 24 hrs. They will either tell me yes there is truth, They cannot comment, or they might not respond. But I thought it was worth a try, especially to have certified documentation when confronting Motorola who claims to have never heard of this problem… As they tried to tell me today! This is a very frustrating situation and I am tired of Verizon and Motorola always passing the blame onto the consumer. One of Motorola’s sales pitches “THIN NO LONGER MEANS FRAGILE” if thats the case back it up!
Posted on Mar 20, 2012
I had some happy news about 3 weeks ago, when I finally gave up on my Droid X and got a Droid Razr Maxx. I love the phone and the battery life. It actually lasted all day which is awesome considering how much juice smartphones need to stay smart. I sent the old X into the Best Buy shop to be discombobulated and returned. I had my new Razr Maxx for about 2 weeks when the unthinkable happened. A mysterious screen breakage.
I don’t believe most people when it seems obvious they are lying, but after having this happen to me, I now believe most people when they say they don’t know how their smart phone screen broke. These things must be fragile, so it is user beware regarding breaking the Razr Maxx screens. My story is as follows:
Checked the phone for messages/emails before leaving for work. Chilly morning. Go to work. Get out of vehicle. Phone rings while walking to work, and when I get it out it the screen is smashed and broken. I sent it to Motorola and they won’t cover it. They sent it back. It’s a shame the Gorilla Glass more resembles candy glass. I thought I was going to have a long lasting affair with the Razr Maxx and then this happened. If you have had something similar happen, please leave a comment here and hopefully we can prove a trend of the screens failing without abnormal wear and tear.
Lucky for me I have the insurance again on this phone and my Droid X is back and functioning properly while I deal with this new ***. Anyone that gets a smart phone without the insurance is a fool. These things can’t even last through being removed from a pocket.
If you try to send it in to get fixed, please reference this post so they know that this isn’t an isolated incident.
PS – the comments problem is now fixed, so fire away.
60 Responses to “Droid Razr Maxx – Broken Screen”
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Andrew Carpenter says:
March 22, 2012 at 3:08 am
I just had a similar situation happen to me!! I have had the Razor Maxx no more then three days…when I noticed this afternoon my screen was cracked!! Not only is the screen cracked, it’s cracked in four areas!! Now, I’m a person who takes extra special care of my phone not to drop it or be rough with it & I get all necessary protective accessories with my smart phone investment. My phone is so new, I am still waiting for the protective accessories to come in the mail!! All I know is my phone was in my car in a GPS holder, I drop off some of my clothes to the dry cleaners & low & behold while driving back I notice my screen is cracked in multiple areas!! Iwent to Verizon to argue my case that I didn’t do anything abnormal to cause the screen to be cracked. They said their was nothing they could do!! I was planning to call Motorola tomorrow, but after reading this post that may be futile. I just can’t believe that this “Kevlar Gorilla Glass” cracked like peanut brittle!! Of course I have insurance on this phone & I can file an insurance claim & get another phone, but I believe I shouldn’t have to pay for something that I didn’t cause!! I really think their has to be some sort of defect with the glass for this phone…
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Johnny Z says:
March 22, 2012 at 9:05 am
Our only hope is that everyone with this problem leaves a message here and we can take it to Motorola as proof that their phone is defective and it isn’t abuse that caused the screens to crack.
Sending the phone back to Motorola will just cause you to be without it for over a week.
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Andrew says:
March 23, 2012 at 11:04 am
I just switched from X2 to Droid Razr yesterday. Today was my first day carrying it. Had it in my back pocket while walking on the production floor. Apparently bending down was too much flex for it. Didn’t notice it until just now. So mine lasted approximately 3 hours before breaking. Sucks since I really like the Razr. I don’t want to go back to 3G, but at least my X2 was robust.
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Johnny Z says:
March 23, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@ Andrew
That really stinks man. Hope you have the insurance. And really, if a phone can’t handle being in a pocket what good is it? I do really like the phone, but hate it’s brittle nature and can’t recommend it unless they fix that aspect of it and take care of customers that are getting hosed like us.
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Steve K says:
March 24, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Just received a droid Maxx yesterday and one large crack from top right down the entire screen to the bottom in less than 24 hours. It is my sons. Not exactly sure what happened but he said it wasn’t dropped or anything. He had the original droid for over 2 years w/o any issues. All my other 5 droids never had trouble, droid 1, droid 2 global and droid 3′s.
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Johnny Z says:
March 24, 2012 at 9:49 pm
I’m getting one person a day leaving comments about similar situations here. But of course, it couldn’t be Motorola that is wrong here, it has to be the lying customer base abusing their faultless equipment.
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Alindner says:
March 26, 2012 at 9:39 am
I had my Maxx for barely a month, most of which was it still in its box as i hadn’t transitioned over to it. I’m not sure if the “Cracks” in my phone are the same as all of you sound like its a visible crack. Mine i noticed is when the phone has light coming through from the back (such as when the flashlight app is on) i see a cluster of cracks in the top left corner and then additional cracks/marks throughout the screen. I went to verizon and they tried to tell me that its the type of screen that it is and the they had seen it before….which is crap since there is no logic to that and my brother has a maxx as well without this issue…sounds more like bad manufacturing.
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Andrew says:
March 27, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Update on my phone – turns out it is the actual video screen that is cracked, not the gorilla glass. So you can’t feel any of the cracks, but the screen still doesn’t work. The phone is still functioning, but there is no way to interface with it. Since mine is purchased through my corporate account, it may be replaced at no cost. However, if so, I imagine that will not be the norm.
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Alanna says:
March 28, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Ive had my Razr Maxx for a month. I have the Otterbox protector on it. It just dropped on the ground and the entire face is shattered. ugh. I just switched from the Droid 2. I dropped that sucker almost every day and the screen NEVER cracked.
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Chris says:
March 28, 2012 at 9:43 pm
I have had my Maxx for exactly two months to the day when I was sitting eating lunch when my phone fell off of my lap onto the floor. I pick it up to find a hair line crack on my screen which no longer functions. (I had a screen protector and a phone case on my phone while this had occurred) Luckily I had insurance. I have called Motorolla and got nowhere and the best reccomendation that Verizon could give me was to call Asurion. My previous phone was a Motorolla Devour which is ancient. I’ve had it for roughly 4 years and dropped countless times. I don’t understand how the screen on a 4+ year old phone is alot tougher/better than the supposed “upgraded” glass screen.
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Larry says:
March 29, 2012 at 5:36 am
Mine cracked and went blank yesterday (3/21/12) for no apparent reason other than having it in my pocket. Thought this was supposed to be a tough phone. Don’t have the insurance since I am not rough with my phones and over 15 years have never damaged a phone. Guess I’m screwed.
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Gary says:
March 29, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Ok. Add me to the list. Got the Razr Maxx for my son and the screen lasted 4 DAYS! Now it has a nice crack across the middle. No abuse. I know for certain he does baby his phone and really loved this one. Now he’s heart-broken. Whole family has various Motorola Droids. None have had any problems. 4 days? Didn’t get the insurance since never really needed it before. To say I’m angry is an understatement.13.
kim says:
March 29, 2012 at 5:25 pm
I too am having the same problem. I have had my new droid razor maxx for only 13 days. I woke up this morning, turned my phone on and saw multiple cracks all over the glass screen. I did not drop it, sit on it or hit it on anything. I went to Verizon wherein they told me I must have done something to cause the cracking of the phone and that all I could do is file an insurance claim (which I have) and pay MORE money on top of the $300 already paid for another replacement phone. I would be more than happy to do that if it was in fact MY fault but it wasn’t. I take care of my personal items and seeing that it isn’t even 2 weeks old I do not feel it is right to make me shell out even more money for an obvious manufacturer’s defect. I have contacted Motorola about their gorilla glass and can only hope that they will rectify this issue. I have been a loyal customer of Verizon and find it very disheartening that they would not fix or replace the phone at no cost to me. I had the original droid for over 2 years with absolutely no problems. Clearly, there is a problem with the manufacture of this phone if so many of us are finding ourselves on this website writing about the same issue.
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Johnny Z says:
March 29, 2012 at 10:31 pm
If you guys get anywhere with Motorola regarding the broken screen issue please let us know. Until then, I suppose we can continue to stockpile similar happenings here and then try to move forward as a group. Power in numbers, and thanks for sharing everyone.
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kirk says:
April 1, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Ive had the razr maxx for six weeks. While using the phone, i ended a call. Pressed the homepage button and the glass shattered in my hand . The phone has never been dropped, impacted by anything or otherwise misused or handled roughly or improperly. Ive taken the phone to 3 different Verizon stores and got the same replies that ive aeen written here. I also contacted Motorola and got a very unwelcome runaround. I sent them an email today demanding contact information for the president of Motorola. I have insurance and have filed a claim only to be told by Asurion they have no razr maxx’s in stock and i will have to wait. This has been a circus! I have insurance in case of accidental damage. This was not accidental damge, its a manufacturer defect in the glass. I was treated so poorly by Verizon and Motorola that i will now not let this go. Why should i have to pay an insurance deductible six weeks after i bought an already expensive phone because of a manufacturer flaw? When i get my new phone i will be happy to send this phone to someone who can forensically identify what ive told motorola and verizon. The glass shattered through NORMAL use.
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Cath says:
April 2, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Got my Razr Maxx 6 weeks ago. Dropped it yesterday and the screen shattered. I don’t have insurance as I have never damaged a phone before. My prior phones have all survived my 8 year old as well. Seems really questionable that this product is so delicate. I got no where with the store in when questioning the quality of this phone.
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Jordan S says:
April 2, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Same story. I baby my Maxx and have never dropped it. I was driving and set my phone on the passenger seat (it did not move). I get home, put it in my pocket and go inside. Take it out a few minutes later and the LCD screen had cracked (not the glass) near the SIM card slot. Only thing I can think of is I put some pressure on it when I put it in my pocket but nothing more than what I’d consider normal. If you didn’t get the insurance Verizon just did open enrollment on their website for anyone who still wants it. I don’t know if it ended yet.
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Jimmy says:
April 3, 2012 at 1:33 am
I have had my maxx for 6 weeks. I protected it with an otter box case, but only to be disappointed when it feel from my work desk on to CARPET and shattered my screen. Called Motorola got nothing accomplished they really don’t care about their customers. And Asurion has been trying to get me to down grade it seems like to me this phone was put on a pedelstal for its greatness when it was cheaply made not great screen wise. Never had this problem before with any my other droids smartphones. I am highly disappointed, and very angry. I really hope the problem with this phone reach the right source to escalate it so that something can be done about it.
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Clancy says:
April 3, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Got my razr maxx. dropped it ONCE on carpet and it shattered the entire screen. major cracks everywhere. spend 300 bucks plus now repair because i didn’t get insurance. unbelievable. I feel you all.
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Adam Stanner says:
April 4, 2012 at 12:34 pm
I had the same thing happen to me. I have the original Droid Razr. I have had it for a little over 3 months. It was sitting on my kitchen counter when I noticed a crack in it. It has NEVER been dropped. There is a small parabolic crack right over the SD/SIM card door that can be felt, and another from the top edge of the SD/SIM card door across the face that cannot be felt. Everything still works though. It seems to me that the SD card door is the weakest part of the frame and the phone probably flexed there slightly cracking the glass. I guess gorilla glass and kevlar don’t mean a thing. I otherwise love the phone but if it can’t stand up to VERY gentle handling I don’t know what to do. I do know that my next phone will NOT be a Motorola/Google debacle. I am all about open source and the Android OS but the OS doesn’t really matter if the hardware can’t stand up to LIGHT everyday use. It is a shame when my last phone, yes up until a few months ago, was the original Razr flip phone. That thing was awesome. I have carried an Apple iPod around without a case for two years and it has not a single scratch on it. Guess my next phone will be an Apple iPhone 5 LTE or whatever name they decide to give it.
21.
Janet says:
April 4, 2012 at 6:40 pm
I have had my Razr MAXX for almost two months now. I put Pandora on jumped in the shower, got out of the shower to discover my screen was cracked from the inside. Phone is now completly useless. I also called Verizon who claims they have NEVER heard of this issue…Even though it happenend to my brother in laws phone the day before. He was within his 14 day window so his was replaced. I now have to go through insurance claim..kicker line is they want me to take a down grade as well…they say they dont have a phone to replace it with. Why do i pay insurance then? Dealing with Motorola as well, but they are acting the same way as Verizon. I was upset to pay my deductable after all the money I already paid, but my thing is, are we gonna have to pay 99.00$ every two months?
I seen on another blog that whats happening is the phone gets hot from NORMAL useage…due to the size of the Razr and MAXX the battery swells and creates pressure causing the screen to …yup you guessed it CRACK…so irritating.
22.
Johnny Z says:
April 4, 2012 at 9:08 pm
@ janet
That is interesting. The phone battery expands when hot and it has nowhere to expand to…??? I wonder if not having any way to remove the battery without tearing it apart makes that happen more…
23.
Dave says:
April 5, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Dropped my RAZR MAXX last night at home. It hit my soft shoe and the carpet. When I picked up the internal screen was cracked/smashed in multiple places. In the first week or two I had it, I had actually dropped it in a parking lot. A little nick on the corner, but fine. When I drop it on something soft, the screen shatters. The external gorilla glass is fine, but internally it looks like somebody beat it on a rock. Definitely an issue.
24.
Charlie says:
April 5, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Had my phone 2 hours, never dropped. Screen cracked on inside. Verizon store says physical damage cannot replace. Are they kidding me? Had it in pocket so I must of sat on it is what the guy said. I’m at store right now writing this from a display phone, I’m so fikg ****** . Had my Motorola x for years never had a problem. Don’t buy this phone, obvious corporate Motorola rushed this phone to public.
25.
Chris says:
April 5, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Had phone 5 days, nothing happened to it. Finished a call, put phone on counter and screen cracked. Verizon says can’t replace and have to pay insurance deductible because it’s damage not a defective product. Motorola says 5-7 business days after they send a label (up to a few weeks without a phone??) to determine IF it was defective or damaged. Then defective phones are repaired–”we don’t exchange products” What a racket!
26.
Jerry says:
April 7, 2012 at 4:17 pm
I had my phone 1 week and I dropped in from about 2 feet and the screen was shattered in 2 places. Very cheaply made screen for sure.
I have dropped many other phones with no problems
27.
James says:
April 8, 2012 at 11:04 pm
wow, guess Im not the only one,huh. I was so loving this droid for three days, but I dropped it. I could have dropped a drinking glass 1.7′ to the dirt would not have broke,, this thing shattered, done, completely over. Didn’t get insurance,,lol dam.
Didn’t get insurance because had last two droids til contract ran out got free upgrade, thats two year per phone without a scratch this max looks like I taped a few firecrackers onto screen and blew it up. Maybe they need to design a replacement we can just snap a new one on ourselves for 10 too 20 bucks and we all would be mo happy:)
28.
Mike says:
April 9, 2012 at 8:12 am
Yesterday, I got a phone call at an irritating time and kinda smacked my phone with my fingers and it slightly cracked something inside. The screen is blank and won’t come on. I can’t believe I broke it with the tips of my fingers.
29.
Aaron says:
April 9, 2012 at 9:15 am
Mine is already broken but if someone had a video of it charging every time they might catch it breaking on its own. Publish that and save us all.
I never dropped my Maxx and does not show a single scuff, I believe the screen broke from internal pressure from a hot li-po battery.
30.
Jeff says:
April 9, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I had my phone for four days. It fell out of my pocket while having lunch. No crack then. Had a long phone call later that night, when I was done there was a crack in the glass. Verizon wouldn’t do anything.
31.
Todd says:
April 10, 2012 at 10:27 pm
My son had this phone 6 weeks dropped it the glass shattered. Luckily we had insurance on the phone, got a replacement less than a week ago, dropped it on the carpet tonight and the glass shattered. Called Verizon and they said they have had no prior complaints of glass breakage. The Gorilla glass obviously isn’t what they say it is! Just a piece of JUNK!!!! Don’t waste your money!!!!!!!
32.
Chris Jacobs says:
April 11, 2012 at 2:19 am
Had my maxx for about two Weeks, woke up today to a cracked screen. About five min ago as I was holding it on Facebook I heard and felt it crack again! I haven’t dropped or banged it around at all.
33.
miriah overbey says:
April 11, 2012 at 9:55 pm
I too, have had similar problems. My phone just mysteriously cracked. I’ve never dropped it, and it has an otter box…and it still cracked. Bunch of crap. :-(
34.
krista says:
April 13, 2012 at 1:35 am
I had my new Razr for eight days when I noticed a crack in the screen. The crack goes all the way thru the glass to the bottom of the phone. I did not drop the phone or do anything that would damage it. I was taking extra special care with my new phone. I contacted customer service via email. They told me to get insurance and then file a claim. I did that and of course the claim was denied because the damage occured before I got the insurance. It is an unethical business practice for Verison Customer Service to have told me to do that. After getting the insurance, filing a claim…it was outside the 14 days I had to return the phone. The first service rep I spoke to should have told me to return the phone right away, instead I was told to file an insurance claim. I have emailed with 4 different service reps from Verizon and they keep suggesting I file a claim even though I have explained that I did file a claim and was denied. I am very disappointed with Verizon’s customer service.
35.
Amy says:
April 13, 2012 at 5:15 pm
On April 11th, I followed my normal morning routine. I removed the phone from my end table and its charging cable, and placed it in my purse. I then walked from my home, approximately 50 – 75 feet to my car. When I arrived at my car, I placed my purse on the passenger seat, and got into the car. Upon removing the phone from my purse to make a call, I saw that the screen had a small crack in it. The crack begins/ends right at the location of the power button, which must be pressed each time that the phone is to be unlocked/activated for use. I state this simply because it could be considered a ‘stress’ point, and perhaps have some bearing on how the phone may have been damaged. It should also be stated that this same routine had been followed for the previous 7 days since I purchased the phone. The phone was not being subjected to any treatment that would fall outside of what one would consider normal use. This is the same routine I have followed for years, with several other phones, including a BlackBerry Curve and a Sanyo Katana. Each of which I maintained service on for approximately 2 years, to the best of my recollection. I mention each of these phones specifically because unlike most ‘clamshell’ style phones, the Katana has a small exposed screen and the Blackberry has a fully exposed screen. Neither of them have any cracks to their screens, and even the scratches to them are minimal. This Motorola Razr phone is advertized to have ‘Gorilla Glass’ which while not unbreakable, is supposed to withstand quite a bit of stress. One website (I believe Corning or Motorola) indicates that the breaking point is around 121 pounds of pressure. I believe that there was a defect in this single particular piece of equipment (that may or may not be a singular incident) that caused it to break under normal use. It is also my belief that even if there is no current record of a ‘known issue’ with this product, it stands to reason that someone has to be the first to have the problem before it becomes a known issue.
36.
lane says:
April 13, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Phone falls from car seat to car floor..carpeted, 18 in fall , screen cracked! Unbelievable! ! ! ! ! !
37.
Cameron says:
April 14, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Had this phone since early February. It is the best phone I’ve ever had. It has survived absolutely horrible drops. down stairs, onto solid concrete (multiple times, I work in a warehouse.) It has been stepped on. It has been rammed or bumped into table edges while in my pocket (glass facing out). Not a single time did it crack. I went to band practice last night and it was sitting on my guitar bag. I put it in my pocket to go home, then I pull it from my pocket after I get home and the gorilla glass (NOT THE LCD) is cracked right next to the earpiece. It is shattered and there are cracks leading down the screen.
I called Motorola. They want $160 plus tax, which makes it $177, plus shipping to and from Texas. No doubt going to add it up to $200. That is 2/3rds of what this phone cost me. Called Verizon, no help, they were surprised that the actual gorilla glass shattered. I did tons of research on replacing the screen. Most of the time you need to purchase the digitizer (gorilla glass screen) AND the LCD. If you are really skilled and have nimble fingers and a clean work environment, I have learned you can replace just the digitizer. But it is pathetic that the gorilla glass had a nasty shatter, not crack, but SHATTER and the LCD works fine.
I have called numerous cell phone repair places. And they have given me the estimate of $220-250. This is absolutely ludicrous. I might as well buy a new one. Be this a warning to all people who buy this phone. This phone is amazing, when it works. But please do NOT skip out on the insurance. The most you will have to pay with it is $100. Do not make my mistake. Do not rely or trust the Gorilla glass.
Motorola is so very much designed to scam its customers. Physical damage voids the warranty. Are you kidding me? The most common problem, voids the warranty. And it must always be the customers fault. No, nothing goes wrong in manufacturing. Nothing. I will suck it up and probably use it with the cracked screen until Motorola gives me a better offer or I just cant stand it anymore and just get the f***ing repair. It makes me grit my teeth that Motorola offers the lowest price on screen repair.
38.
John says:
April 15, 2012 at 8:02 am
My 3-month old Razr screen cracked (never been dropped) when I had the audacity to press the lower left button with right hand while holding in my left. Apparently, the “Gorilla glass” is not designed for the rigors of, you know, using the thing like a phone and pushing buttons. Store basically called me a liar and told me not to bother sending it in, they’d send it back. I plan on a claim (probably arbitration, since they usually make you sign away your right to sue). I’ll see how it goes. This phone felt for three months distinctly like a beta version they rushed to market in time for holiday shopping season.
39.
John says:
April 15, 2012 at 3:35 pm
As a follow up to my prior post, the Verizon agreement says you can either arbitrate or pursue in small claims court. There is a dispute resolution form on verizon’s website you can use to initiate the process. I’ll try to come back and weigh as I navigate the process with thoughts/issues.
40.
Kereen says:
April 16, 2012 at 9:31 pm
I’ve had this phone for just over two weeks. I was pushing some icons up to trash and the screen cracked – I now have a nice thumb-sized crack near the power button. As with everyone else, Motorola and Verizon decided there was nothing they could do other than charge me more money. Glad to know that the $$$ I spend on a cell phone account means nothing to them.
41.
chupper says:My daughter has had her Razr for about 9 months now. About two weeks ago she picked up her phone in the morning on her way to school when she noticed two cracks, both starting at the camera lens. One goes completely to the bottom and the other goes sharply to the side. She has never dropped it and me and my husband went over it with a fine tooth comb. We looked under a magnifying glass and could no find any reason for the glass to crack. Not one ding, scratch or bang. Our daughter really takes good care of her stuff, but we still wanted to make sure before we sent it in for repairs. Well we did and we got a reply from Motorola with a picture of the cracks saying this was customer abuse and that it is not covered under warranty. Even though they did not find any physical damage to back it up. Well I e-mailed them back and told them I did a little research and found pages of people having the same problems. Well I did not hear from them until I received a notice from Fed Ex that they were sending the phone back. NOT FIXED!!! I went to look up why and guess what there is no case open any more for the phone. It has been wiped clean. I put in the RMA # it comes back not found, I put in the ID #, the SN# and all comes back not found. Yet a day earlier all the info was there. I know there is a lot more people like me and all of you, but they just don't want to be bothered so they pay to have it fix, just to have it do it again. Unless they have found the problem and only fixing it on a customer pay only set up. I am furious and will not be recommending this phone to anyone. And to think I was considering this phone for my next up grade! NOT!!!!
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About the template FSCM9.1 FP2 Peopletools 8.52.03 (v4 - July 2012)
Hello,
Just tested quickly this new template delivered 2 months ago (July 2012).
As far as I undestand, it is just a recut of the one delivered in April 2012. At least it solves the main issue I reported in that other About the template FSCM9.1 FP2 Peopletools 8.52.03 (v3) about the network prompt missing.
But I still have remarks/issues on the template FSCM9.1 FP2 Peopletools 8.52.03 (v4) released earlier in July 2012.
_1. First of all, there a lot of errors reported in /var/log/messages_
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526918.883:3): avc: denied { read } for pid=92 comm="restorecon" name="libc.so.6" dev=xvda2 ino=21 scontext=system_u:sys
tem_r:restorecon_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526918.910:4): avc: denied { execute } for pid=92 comm="restorecon" path="/lib64/libc-2.5.so" dev=xvda2 ino=20 scontext=
system_u:system_r:restorecon_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526921.489:5): avc: denied { read } for pid=296 comm="pam_console_app" name="ld.so.cache" dev=xvda2 ino=94143 scontext=s
ystem_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526921.489:6): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=290 comm="pam_console_app" path="/etc/ld.so.cache" dev=xvda2 ino=94143 sc
ontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526921.530:7): avc: denied { read } for pid=293 comm="pam_console_app" name="libc.so.6" dev=xvda2 ino=21 scontext=system
_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526921.530:8): avc: denied { execute } for pid=293 comm="pam_console_app" path="/lib64/libc-2.5.so" dev=xvda2 ino=20 sco
ntext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input3
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is unknown type 15 (usb?), fd1 is unknown type 15 (usb?)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: floppy0: Unable to grab IRQ6 for the floppy driver
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: md: Scanned 0 and added 0 devices.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: md: autorun ...
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: md: ... autorun DONE.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on xvda2, internal journal
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526929.896:9): avc: denied { execute } for pid=965 comm="restorecon" path="/lib64/libc-2.5.so" dev=xvda2 ino=20 scontext
=system_u:system_r:restorecon_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on xvda1, internal journal
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on xvdb1, internal journal
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526930.647:10): avc: denied { execute } for pid=989 comm="setfiles" path="/lib64/libc-2.5.so" dev=xvda2 ino=20 scontext=
system_u:system_r:setfiles_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=file
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526942.398:11): avc: denied { net_admin } for pid=990 comm="setfiles" capability=12 scontext=system_u:system_r:setfiles
_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:setfiles_t:s0 tclass=capability
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: hrtimer: interrupt took 35229469 ns
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Adding 2104504k swap on /dev/xvda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2104504k SS
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: warning: process `kudzu' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.23.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: libcxgbi:libcxgbi_init_module: tag itt 0x1fff, 13 bits, age 0xf, 4 bits.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: libcxgbi:ddp_setup_host_page_size: system PAGE 4096, ddp idx 0.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Chelsio T3 iSCSI Driver cxgb3i v2.0.0 (Jun. 2010)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (cxgb3i)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: cnic: Broadcom NetXtreme II CNIC Driver cnic v2.2.14 (Mar 30, 2011)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI Driver bnx2i v2.6.2.3 (Jan 06, 2010)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (bnx2i)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (tcp)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (iser)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (be2iscsi)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: warning: `mcstransd' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526970.336:12): avc: denied { sys_tty_config } for pid=1374 comm="consoletype" capability=26 scontext=system_u:system_r
:consoletype_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 tclass=capability
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: RPC: Registered udp transport module.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
Sep 13 05:03:00 localhost automount[1769]: lookup_read_master: lookup(nisplus): couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master
Sep 13 05:03:59 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347527039.771:13): avc: denied { sys_tty_config } for pid=2029 comm="consoletype" capability=26 scontext=system_u:system_r
:consoletype_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 tclass=capability
Sep 13 05:04:00 localhost NET[2061]: /sbin/dhclient-script : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Sep 13 05:04:01 localhost kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Sep 13 05:04:01 localhost NET[2219]: /opt/oracle/psft/vm/oraclevm-template.sh : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Sep 13 05:04:08 localhost NET[2472]: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Sep 13 05:06:08 localhost restorecond: Reset file context /etc/resolv.conf: system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0->system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: Slow work thread pool: Starting up
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: Slow work thread pool: Ready
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: FS-Cache: Loaded
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: svc: failed to register lockdv1 RPC service (errno 97).
...Well, I don't know if it triggers others problems yet, but the last line could reveale an error within the /etc/hosts file which has not been properly modified during deployment (especially IPV6, it probably should be removed) :
[root@psovmfscmfp2 /]# more /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
192.168.1.150 psovmfscmfp2.phoenix.nga psovmfscmfp2
[root@psovmfscmfp2 /]#_2. Now about the COBOL_
Despite I choosed to install Microfocus, COBOL does not work. Sample COBOL processes such as PTPDBTST and PTPDTTST finished in error.
The log is empty, here below the output from the file $PS_CFG_HOME/psft/pt/8.52/appserv/prcs/PRCSDOM/LOGS/stdout (psadm2) :
=================================Error===============================
Message: Process 10899 is marked 'Initiated' or 'Processing' but can not detect status of PID
Process Name: PTPDBTST
Process Type: COBOL SQL
Session Id: 9313
=====================================================================
OprId = VP1Note that I successfully tested AEs and SQRs.
Here is the command line fired that I can see from the process monitor > parameter (nga is being my run control id) :
PSRUN PTPDBTST ORACLE/F91TMPLT/VP1/OPRPSWD/nga/10899//0 I used the following trace setting on the PTPDBTST's process parameter (override) to see what happens :
%%DBTYPE%%/%%DBNAME%%/%%OPRID%%/%%OPRPSWD%%/%%RUNCNTLID%%/%%INSTANCE%%//%%DBFLAG%%But it does not generate more logs...
I also use "RCCBL Redirect =1" in psappsrv.cfg (reconfigure and restart appdom), then start the COBOL through menu PeopleTools > Utilities > Debug > PeopleTools Test Utilities, and run a "Remote Call Test".
I received "COBOL Program PTPNTEST aborted (2,-1) FUNCLIB_UTIL.RC_TEST_PB.FieldChange PCPC:2143 Statement:26", but it generated two empty files (PTPNTEST_VP1_0913064910.out and PTPNTEST_VP1_0913064910.err).
Next step, checking the folder $PS_HOME/cblbin, it is...er... empty... does this mean COBOL have not been compiled ? Hmmm, I'm pretty sure I replied 'yes' when it was prompted though (still have the screenshots)...
And we can see several folders dated from today and license seems ok from Microfocus directories :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 tools]$ cd /opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 svrexp-51_wp4-64bit]$ ls -lrt
total 264
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10455 Nov 19 2009 ADISCTRL
dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 terminfo
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 xdb
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11949 Nov 19 2009 eslmf-mess
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 include
dr-xr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 lang
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 es
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 dynload
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 deploy
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 dynload64
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 dialog
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 cpylib
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 28672 Nov 19 2009 lib
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 snmp
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 src
dr-xr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 demo
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 docs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 Sep 13 05:13 license.txt
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 12719 Sep 13 05:13 install.orig
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13006 Sep 13 05:13 install
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Sep 13 05:13 lmf
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 05:13 aslmf
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Sep 13 05:15 etc
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 12288 Sep 13 05:15 bin
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 svrexp-51_wp4-64bit]$ more license.txt
I
ORACLE-30DAYDEV64
01030 A0780 014A6 7980B A17CSo let's assume it has been properly installed and let's compile the COBOLs. Here we go :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 svrexp-51_wp4-64bit]$ cd $PS_HOME/setup
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./pscbl.mak
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Convert all files for Unicode ....
Conversion Summary for Source Codes in :
Source: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cbl/
Target: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cblunicode/
Number of Copy Libraries Read: 71
Modified: 71
Not Modified: 0
Number of Programs Read: 44
Modified: 44
Not Modified: 0
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL files were converted for Unicode successfully
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCBLAE.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak: line 249: cob: command not found
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.gnt': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.int': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.lst': No such file or directory
...What about env. variables ? COBDIR, COBPATH and COBOL do not appears anywhere in PATH...
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ env|grep -i cobol
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$Let's set the env variables as we could expect to be (page 27, step 17 of the given doc), and retry to compile the COBOL :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/bin:$PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./pscbl.mak
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Convert all files for Unicode ....
Conversion Summary for Source Codes in :
Source: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cbl/
Target: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cblunicode/
Number of Copy Libraries Read: 71
Modified: 71
Not Modified: 0
Number of Programs Read: 44
Modified: 44
Not Modified: 0
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL files were converted for Unicode successfully
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCBLAE.cbl ...
Micro Focus LMF - 010: Unable to contact license manager. This product has been unable to contact the License Manager. Execution of this product has been terminated. This product cannot execute without the License Manager. Contact your license administrator or refer to the 'Information Messages' chapter of the License Management Facility Administrator's Guide.
cob64: error(s) in compilation: PTPCBLAE.cbl
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.gnt': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.int': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.lst': No such file or directory
...Ok, maybe a bit better, at least it is trying to contact LMF. Probably the LMF is not started. Let's try to start it :
[root@psovmfscmfp2 microfocus]# ./mflmman
MF-LMF:Thu Sep 13 07:19:37 2012: LMF Starting
[root@psovmfscmfp2 microfocus]#Good, it is starting, it means it wasn't (sic). Now retry to compile :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/bin:$PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./pscbl.mak
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Convert all files for Unicode ....
Conversion Summary for Source Codes in :
Source: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cbl/
Target: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cblunicode/
Number of Copy Libraries Read: 71
Modified: 71
Not Modified: 0
Number of Programs Read: 44
Modified: 44
Not Modified: 0
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL files were converted for Unicode successfully
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCBLAE.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCURND.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPDBTST.cbl ...
<snipped>
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPWLGEN.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL programs have been successfully compiled.
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : The COBOL executables were copied to /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
rm: cannot remove `/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/src/cblunicode/CECCRLP1.cbl': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/src/cblunicode/CECCRLUP.cbl': Permission deniedIt looks better, I think the last lines marked with "Permission denied" can be safely be ignored.
Those files are owned by psadm3 with a read only for other users (sic). But more concern, I'm wondering why it looks into apptools (???) whereas I'm using psadm1 (tools only, COBPATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin).
Anyway, seems the *.gnt files required to run the COBOLs programs are now in bin :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ls /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
PTPCBLAE.gnt PTPDTTST.gnt PTPECOBL.gnt PTPLOGMS.gnt PTPRATES.gnt PTPSQLGS.gnt PTPTESTU.gnt PTPTSCNT.gnt PTPTSLOG.gnt PTPTSTBL.gnt PTPTSWHR.gnt
PTPCURND.gnt PTPDTWRK.gnt PTPEFCNV.gnt PTPMETAS.gnt PTPRUNID.gnt PTPSQLRT.gnt PTPTESTV.gnt PTPTSEDS.gnt PTPTSREQ.gnt PTPTSUPD.gnt PTPUPPER.gnt
PTPDBTST.gnt PTPDYSQL.gnt PTPERCUR.gnt PTPNETRT.gnt PTPSETAD.gnt PTPSTRFN.gnt PTPTFLDW.gnt PTPTSEDT.gnt PTPTSSET.gnt PTPTSUSE.gnt PTPUSTAT.gnt
PTPDEC31.gnt PTPECACH.gnt PTPESLCT.gnt PTPNTEST.gnt PTPSHARE.gnt PTPTEDIT.gnt PTPTLREC.gnt PTPTSFLD.gnt PTPTSTAE.gnt PTPTSWHE.gnt PTPWLGEN.gnt
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$Have a try to link COBOLs :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./psrun.mak
./psrun.mak - linking PSRUN for oel-5-x86_64, Version 2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek ...
./psrun.mak - Successfully created PSRUN in directory: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin
./psrun.mak - linking PSRUNRMT for oel-5-x86_64, Version 2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek ...
./psrun.mak - Successfully created PSRUNRMT in directory: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$The err files are empty :
-rw-r--r-- 1 psadm1 oracle 0 Sep 13 07:26 psrun.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 psadm1 oracle 0 Sep 13 07:26 psrunrmt.errSo far, so good now. We are able to test again the sample COBOL... until next failure.
Yes, unfortunately, it fails again. But good thing, the log is not empty now :
PSRUN: error while loading shared libraries: libcobrts64.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directoryThat's probably coming from some missing libraries during the psprcs.cfg configuration. Let's use the same env. variables settings as for psadm1 when compiling COBOLs.
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COBDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ export PATH=$COBDIR/bin:$PATH
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ ./psadminReconfigure, restart prcs and re-test... SUCCESSFULLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Log from PTPDBTST process shows :
SUCCESSFUL DATABASE CONNECTION
SUCCESSFUL DATABASE DISCONNECTWhat a pain !
I did not go further, but we could expect the same issue within the Application COBOLs, since the cblbin directory is also empty out there.
According to psprcs.env, there're two values for COBDIR and the one for the applications cobol is empty :
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$ more psprcsrv.env
INFORMIXSERVER=192.168.1.149
COBPATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/cblbin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/bin/interfacedrivers::/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/appserv:/opt
/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/jre/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/bea/tuxedo/bin:.:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/oracle-client/11.2.0.x/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/oracle-clie
nt/11.2.0.x/perl/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin/sqr/ORA/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/verity/linux/_ilnx21/bin:/hom
e/psadm2/bin:.
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$ ls /opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/cblbin
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$ ls /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
PTPCBLAE.gnt PTPDTTST.gnt PTPECOBL.gnt PTPLOGMS.gnt PTPRATES.gnt PTPSQLGS.gnt PTPTESTU.gnt PTPTSCNT.gnt PTPTSLOG.gnt PTPTSTBL.gnt PTPTSWHR.gnt
PTPCURND.gnt PTPDTWRK.gnt PTPEFCNV.gnt PTPMETAS.gnt PTPRUNID.gnt PTPSQLRT.gnt PTPTESTV.gnt PTPTSEDS.gnt PTPTSREQ.gnt PTPTSUPD.gnt PTPUPPER.gnt
PTPDBTST.gnt PTPDYSQL.gnt PTPERCUR.gnt PTPNETRT.gnt PTPSETAD.gnt PTPSTRFN.gnt PTPTFLDW.gnt PTPTSEDT.gnt PTPTSSET.gnt PTPTSUSE.gnt PTPUSTAT.gnt
PTPDEC31.gnt PTPECACH.gnt PTPESLCT.gnt PTPNTEST.gnt PTPSHARE.gnt PTPTEDIT.gnt PTPTLREC.gnt PTPTSFLD.gnt PTPTSTAE.gnt PTPTSWHE.gnt PTPWLGEN.gnt
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$The directory "/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/cblbin" is owned by psadm3 and hosted on the database server (nfs mounted), so I assume we also need to set proper values for env variables, and compile the COBOLs before being able to use them.
To resume what I did to make the COBOLs working on this PSOVM :
1. As root, start LMF (this has to be done only once)
cd /opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/microfocus
./mflmman
2. As psadm1, set proper env. variable and compile (setting env variable has to be done each time you want to compile COBOLs)
export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COBDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=$COBDIR/bin:$PATH
cd $PS_HOME/setup
./pscbl.mak
./psrun.mak
3. As psadm2, set proper env. variable and reconfigure psprcs.cfg, restart, restart (setting env variable has to be done each time you want to start the process scheduler, so probably better to append these in the .bash_profile)
export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COBDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=$COBDIR/bin:$PATH
cd $PS_HOME/appserv
./psadmin
4. Same as step 2, but with user psadm3.
HTH,
Nicolas.
PS: will it be the same issue on the HCM template delivered at the same time ? To be tested as well.
PS2: and yes, I tested it twice before posting, result is same.
Edited by: N Gasparotto on Sep 13, 2012 5:17 PMFortunately, the COBOL issue does not exist on PSOVM HCM9.1 FP2 PT8.52.06 delivered in July 2012 (v3). COBOL are properly compiled (tools and app COBOLs), cblbin is not empty and they run successfully on the first shot.
Nicolas. -
when I try to make a new video, a window comes up that says,"The operation could not be completed," and then under it, it says,"No other information is available about the problem," what is happening and how do I fix it?
Hi
And without info - it's near to impossibly to help. Try my general troubleshooting note:
Troubleshooting note
When iMovie doesn't work as intended this can be due to a lot of reasons
iMovie Pref files got corrupted - trash it/they and iMovie makes new and error free one's
problem in iMovie Cache folder - trash Cache.mov and Cache.plist
Creating a new User-Account and log into this
This forces iMovie to create all pref. and cache files new and error free
Event or Project got corrupted - try to make a copy and repair
a Codec is used that doesn't work (even though iMovie and/or iDVD tries to / they fail in the end)
version miss match of QuickTime Player / iMovie / iDVD
preferences are wrong - Repair Preferences
other hard disk problem - Repair Hard Disk (Disk Util tool - but start Mac from ext HD or DVD)
External hard disks - MUST BE - Mac OS Extended (hfs) formatted to work with Video
( UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - works for most other things - but not for Video )
USB-flash-memories - usually do not work
Net-work connected hard disks - usually do not work (most often not fast enough and WRONGLY FORMATTES as DOS etc)
iPhoto Library got problems - let iPhoto select another one or repair it. Re-build this first then try to re-start iMovie. When iMovie starts-up it first look trough this iPhoto library and if faulty it all Halt’s.
This You do by
First - close iPhoto
Secondly - on start up of iPhoto - Keep {cmd and alt-keys down}
Thirdly - now select all five options presented
THEN - WAIT a long long time (>20 hours are not strange)
free space on Start-Up (Mac OS) hard disk to low (<1Gb) - I never go under 25Gb free space for SD-Video (4-5 times more for HD)
external devices interferes - turn off Mac - disconnect all of them and - Start up again and re-try
GarageBand fix - start GB - play a few notes - Close it again and now try iMovie
Screen must be set to million-colors
Third-party plug-ins doesn't work OK
Run "Cache Out X", clear out all caches and restarts the Mac
Let Your Mac be turned on during one night. At about midnight there is a set of maintenance programs that runs and tidying up. This might help
Turn off Your Mac - and disconnect Mains - for about 20-30 minutes - at least this resets the FireWire port.
In QuickTime - DivX, 3ivx codec, Flip4Mac, Perian etc - might be problematic - temporarily move them out and re-try
(I deleted the file "3ivxVideoCodec.component" located in Mac HD/Library/Quicktime and this resolved my issue.)
buenrodri wrote
I solved the problem by removing the file: 3ivxVideoCodec.component. after that, up-dated iMovie runs ok.
Last resort: Trash all of iMovie and re-install it
Yours Bengt W -
Oracle Security : what do you think about the following policy violation ?
If you install OEM10, you will be able to see if you violate some security guidelines :
Interresting is revoking UTL_FILE from public, which is critical. Also revoke UTL_TCP and UTL_SMTP. This is going to upset an expert I know...
Take care about the failed login attempts. If you set it to 10 to the default profile, and if your DBSNMP password is NOT the default password, then Oracle will lock your account after node discovery!
In Solaris, you can disable execution of the user stack with the system parameters set noexec_user_stack=1
set noexec_user_stack_log=1. I did not find how to do it on AIX. However, those settings may have side effects.
About the ports, it complains about open ports, even if this is the port oracle listener is using! Simply ignore most of the violations there.
About JAccelerator (NCOMP), it is located on the "companion" CD.
Ok, Waiting for your feedback
Regards
Laurent
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[High] Insufficient Number of Control Files Configuration Database Checks for use of a single control file
[High] Open ports Security Host Check for open ports
[High] Remote OS role Security Database Check for insecure authentication of remote users (remote OS role)
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[High] HTTP Server Access Logging Security HTTP Server Check that HTTP Server access logging is enabled
[High] Web Cache Access Logging Security Web Cache Check that Web Cache access logging is enabled
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[Medium] Default passwords Security Database Test for known accounts having default passwords
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[Medium] Web Cache Writable files Security Web Cache Check that there are no group or world writable files in the Document Root directory.
[Medium] HTTP Server Writable files Security HTTP Server Check that there are no group or world writable files in the Document Root directory
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[Medium] SYSTEM privileges to PUBLIC Security Database Check for SYSTEM privileges granted to PUBLIC
[Medium] Well-known accounts Security Database Test for accessibility of well-known accounts
[Medium] Execute Stack Security Host Check for OS config parameter which enables execution of code on the user stack
[Medium] Use of Unlimited Autoextension Storage Database Checks for tablespaces with at least one datafile whose size is unlimited
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[Informational] Not Using Spfile Configuration Database Checks for spfile not being used
[Informational] Use of Non-Standard Initialization Parameters Configuration Database Checks for use of non-standard initialization parameters
[Informational] Flash Recovery Area Location Not Set Configuration Database Checks for flash recovery area not set
[Informational] Installation of JAccelerator (NCOMP) Installation Database Checks for installation of JAccelerator (NCOMP) that improves Java Virtual Machine performance by running natively compiled (NCOMP) classes
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[Informational] Not Using Undo Space Management Storage Database Checks for undo space management not being used
[Informational] Users with Permanent Tablespace as Temporary Tablespace Storage Database Checks for users using a permanent tablespace as the temporary tablespace
[Informational] Rollback in SYSTEM Tablespace Storage Database Checks for rollback segments in SYSTEM tablespace
[Informational] Non-System Data Segments in System Tablespaces Storage Database Checks for data segments owned by non-system users located in tablespaces SYSTEM and SYSAUX
[Informational] Users with System Tablespace as Default Tablespace Storage Database Checks for non-system users using SYSTEM or SYSAUX as the default tablespace
[Informational] Dictionary Managed Tablespaces Storage Database Checks for dictionary managed tablespaces (other than SYSTEM and SYSAUX)
[Informational] Tablespaces Containing Rollback and Data Segments Storage Database Checks for tablespaces containing both rollback (other than SYSTEM) and data segments
[Informational] Segments with Extent Growth Policy Violation Storage Database Checks for segments in dictionary managed tablespaces (other than SYSTEM and SYSAUX) having irregular extent sizes and/or non-zero Percent Increase settingsInterresting is revoking UTL_FILE from public, which is critical. Also revoke UTL_TCP and UTL_SMTP. This is going to upset an expert I know...Okay, as this is (I think) aimed at me, I'll fall for it ;)
What is the point of revoking UTL_FILE from PUBLIC? Yes I know what you think the point is, but without rights on an Oracle DIRECTORY being able to execute UTL_FILE is useless. Unless of course you're still using the init.ora parameter
UTL_FILE_DIR=*which I sincerely hope you're not.
As for UTL_SMTP and UTL_TCP, I think whether a program is allowed to send e-mail to a given SMTP server is really in the remit of the e-mail adminstrator rather than the DBA.
Look, DBAs are kings of their realm and can set their own rules. The rest of us have to live with them. A couple of years ago I worked a project where I was not allowed access to the USER_DUMP_DEST directory. So every time I generated a TRC file I had to phone up the DBA and a couple of hours later I got an e-mail with an attachment. Secure yes, but not very productive when I was trying to debug a Row Level Security implementation.
I have worked on both sides of the DBA/Developer fence and I understand both sides of the argument. I think it is important for developers to document all the privileges necessary to make their app run. Maybe you don't have a better way of doing that than revoking privileges from PUBLIC. Or maybe you just want to generate additional communication with developers. That's fine. I know sometimes even DBAs get lonely.
Cheers, APC -
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