RSS is causing my Safari to crash

Question

Whenever I click on most RSS feeds it crashes and this is what it says on the log.
Date/Time: 2005-08-21 11:15:06.446 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.2 (Build 8C46)
Report Version: 3
Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Parent: WindowServer [66]
Version: 2.0 (412.2.2)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: WebBrowser
Source Version: 4120202
PID: 2091
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x3c9f1000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib      0x90022268 strcat + 168
1 com.apple.Foundation      0x9289daf8 _NSMethodExceptionProem + 144
2 com.apple.Foundation      0x929504d0 -[NSObject doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 36
3 com.apple.Foundation      0x92876cec -[NSObject(NSForwardInvocation) forward::] + 176
4 libobjc.A.dylib      0x909b20d0 objcmsgForward + 176
5 com.apple.SyndicationUI      0x99f1a8f0 -[FeedProtocol _generateDataForURL] + 1504
6 libobjc.A.dylib      0x909b2214 objc_msgSendv + 180
7 com.apple.Foundation      0x9287ea28 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 944
8 com.apple.Syndication      0x99ecedb4 ThreadPerformerDoInvocations + 432
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation      0x9074bc8c __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 384
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation      0x9074b1bc __CFRunLoopRun + 452
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation      0x9074ac3c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
12 com.apple.HIToolbox      0x93129ac0 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
13 com.apple.HIToolbox      0x931290cc ReceiveNextEventCommon + 244
14 com.apple.HIToolbox      0x93128fc0 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96
15 com.apple.AppKit      0x93603e44 _DPSNextEvent + 384
16 com.apple.AppKit      0x93603b08 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
17 com.apple.Safari      0x00007038 0x1000 + 24632
18 com.apple.AppKit      0x9360006c -[NSApplication run] + 472
19 com.apple.AppKit      0x936f08bc NSApplicationMain + 452
20 com.apple.Safari      0x000026e0 0x1000 + 5856
21 com.apple.Safari      0x00057190 0x1000 + 352656
This is only the first thread, this post won't let me post the whole thing, but email me if you want the whole thing to analyze. Anyway, RSS works with Cnn.com and a couple of others, but it crashes on most others. Any suggestions? Brian

Answer 1

Brian, I get the same thing when reading RSS feeds. But for me, I can read the feeds for a while, then I click on a feed, Safari stops, and crashes. It doesn't effect anything else. I can restart Safari and go back to that feed and it works. And it will work merrily for a while, then it will happen again. I haven't seen a pattern. I have trashed the plist, reset Safari, and emptied the Cache. Nothing seems to help.
I also checked the Console and found this:
SyndicationAgent[990] WARNING: SQLArticleSource: Can't initialize with missing URL
I don't know what it means, but maybe someone else here can interpret it.
Thanks.
-Gary