Sporadic bug?

I see this pop up once in about 4 debugging trials when working on my recording video application:
I'm using the new lccs_Playbackfix.swc and flex 4.1. Right now my goal is to create a visual indicator to whether the current video is being recorded or not. I don't believe this error has any direct connection to what I'm doing with the Image displaying the recording status. Just thought this might help you guys out, or maybe it's just me.
Tue Apr 26 12:14:44 GMT-0500 2011 LCCS SDK Version : 1.4.0 Player Version : WIN 10,1,85,3
12:14:44 GMT-0500 requestInfo https://na2.collaboration.adobelivecycle.com/twvending/videochat?mode=xml&glt=g:&x=0.36452 626436948776
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12:14:44 GMT-0500 authentication request complete
12:14:44 GMT-0500 requestInfo https://na2.collaboration.adobelivecycle.com/twvending/videochat?gak=cmVuZ2EqbmExcioxMmY5M mNlNTExNio1NTE1QTIyWTNONjFRQVBYQUY1VzRERVM3MA==&mode=xml&x=0.608354658819735
12:14:45 GMT-0500 #TicketService# ticket received: v48ixl3z5v4v
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<origin>fms6.acrobat.com</origin>
<proto_ports>rtmfp:1935,rtmps:443</proto_ports>
<retry_attempts>2</retry_attempts>
</fms>
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12:14:45 GMT-0500 .displayName [string]= Eric Bloms 2
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at com.adobe.rtc.sharedManagers::StreamManager/onItemReceive()[/Users/arun/Work/aponnusa_the oden.corp.adobe.com_1666/main/connect/cocomoPlayer10/src/com/adobe/rtc/sharedManagers/Stre amManager.as:1786]
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at com.adobe.rtc.sharedModel::CollectionNode/http://www.adobe.com/2006/connect/cocomo/messaging/internal::receiveItem()[/Users/arun/Wor k/aponnusa_theoden.corp.adobe.com_1666/main/connect/cocomoPlayer10/src/com/adobe/rtc/share dModel/CollectionNode.as:777]
at com.adobe.rtc.messaging.manager::MessageManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/connect/cocomo/messaging/internal::receiveItem()[/Users/arun/Wor k/aponnusa_theoden.corp.adobe.com_1666/main/connect/cocomoPlayer10/src/com/adobe/rtc/messa ging/manager/MessageManager.as:718]
at com.adobe.rtc.messaging.manager::MessageManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/connect/cocomo/messaging/internal::receiveItems()[/Users/arun/Wo rk/aponnusa_theoden.corp.adobe.com_1666/main/connect/cocomoPlayer10/src/com/adobe/rtc/mess aging/manager/MessageManager.as:593]
at com.adobe.rtc.session.managers::SessionManagerBase/receiveItems()[/Users/arun/Work/aponnu sa_theoden.corp.adobe.com_1666/main/connect/cocomoPlayer10/src/com/adobe/rtc/session/manag ers/SessionManagerBase.as:456]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
               xmlns:rtc="http://ns.adobe.com/rtc"
               width="100%" height="100%" currentState="logon" applicationComplete="loadComplete()" >
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout paddingBottom="6" paddingLeft="6" paddingRight="6" paddingTop="6" />
    </s:layout>
    <s:states>
        <s:State name="default" />
        <s:State name="logon" />
    </s:states>
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import com.adobe.rtc.archive.ArchiveManager;
            import com.adobe.rtc.events.SessionEvent;
            import com.adobe.rtc.session.managers.SessionManagerPlayback;
            import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
            import flash.utils.Timer;
            import mx.core.Application;
            import mx.core.FlexGlobals;
            import mx.events.FlexEvent;
            import mx.utils.Base64Encoder;
            [Bindable] var roomURL:String = "<urlhere>";
            [Bindable] var displayName:String = "Guest";
            [Bindable] var isPriviledged:Boolean = false;
            protected function loadComplete():void
                SetFlashVariables();
                // Attach the cleanUp function to a javascript function myFlexFunction()
                ExternalInterface.addCallback("myFlexFunction",cleanUp);
                // For Internet Explorer, FireFox, Safari or other
                currentState = "default";
                session.archiveID = "session";
                session.login();
            protected function SetFlashVariables():void
                //Read in the roomUrl from the flash vars. If they fail, set an Error label and set
                //the room to default - videochat.
                try
                    var flashVars = this.loaderInfo.parameters;
                    roomURL = "<urlhere>" + flashVars.room;
                    if(flashVars.room == null)
                        roomURL = "<urlhere>";
                catch(error:Error)
                    roomURL = "<urlhere>";
                //Read in the userName from the flash vars. If failure, then name the user "Guest"
                try
                    displayName = flashVars.userName;
                catch(error2:Error)
                //Read in the priviledged boolean from flash vars. If failure, set isPriviledged to false
                try
                    isPriviledged = flashVars.isPriviledged;
                catch(error3:Error)
                    isPriviledged = false;
            protected function session_Loaded():void
                aPublish.publish();
                //Set the username that appears to display name
                session.userManager.setUserDisplayName(session.userManager.myUserID, displayName);
                //Only record the conversation if the call is not priviledged
                session.archiveManager.recordSession = isPriviledged ? false : true;
                if(isPriviledged)
                    eyeballImage.source = "@Embed('assets/norecord.png')";
                else
                    eyeballImage.source = "@Embed('assets/record.png')";
            public function cleanUp():void
                session.archiveManager.recordSession = false;
                var tenSecs:Timer = new Timer (1000, 15);
                tenSecs.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTick);
                tenSecs.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, onTimerComplete);
                tenSecs.start();
            public function onTimerComplete(event:TimerEvent):void
                session.archiveManager.recordSession = false;
            public function onTick(event:TimerEvent):void
                trace("tick " + event.target.currentCount);
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <fx:Declarations>
        <rtc:AdobeHSAuthenticator id="auth" userName="<userhere>" password="<passhere>" />
    </fx:Declarations>
    <s:HGroup horizontalAlign="center" width="100%">
        <s:Label id="teamLabel" text="TEAM Video Conference" fontSize="16" fontWeight="bold" />
    </s:HGroup>
    <rtc:ConnectSessionContainer id="session" roomURL="{roomURL}"
                                 authenticator="{auth}" autoLogin="false"
                                 height="80%" width="100%" includeIn="default"
                                 creationComplete="session_Loaded()" label="Label" name="Name">
        <rtc:WebCamera top="10" left="10" bottom="10" right="10" />
        <rtc:AudioPublisher id="aPublish" />
        <rtc:AudioSubscriber id="aSubscribe" />
        <mx:HBox horizontalAlign="right" width="100%">
            <mx:Image id="eyeballImage" source="@Embed('assets/record.png')" height="32" width="32" top="10" z="10" />
        </mx:HBox>
    </rtc:ConnectSessionContainer>
</s:Application>
Thanks again for the help,
   -Eric

Hi Eric,
You're right, there is a sporadic issue, not related to your feature -
we're going to be fixing this up for the next release. We can update the SWC
posted here once the bug fix has been checked in on our side.
thanks for reporting this issue!
nigel

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Originally Posted by UNCHeelYeah
I also do system scan with MacKeeper, and it scans, says system is excellent.
You don't need MacKeeper, either. You really don't need "cleaner" or "maintenance" apps to keep your Mac running well, and some of these apps can do more harm than good. Most only remove files/folders or unused languages or architectures, which does nothing more than free up some drive space. It will not make your Mac run faster or more efficiently, since having stuff stored on a drive does not impact performance, unless you're running out of drive space.
Mac OS X does a good job of taking care of itself, without the need for 3rd party software.
Your problem, and the OP's is a graphics problem, likely having to do with the screensaver, not a malware problem.
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Dec 26, 2011, 08:13 AM
#5
UNCHeelYeah
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Dec 2011
Norton Antivirus, and what does it mean?
I suppose one reason I developed a concern that there was more here than meets the proverbial eye, so to speak was a message that I have received through Norton on multiple occasions. The last message of similar stated messages reads as follows (Norton Antivirus 2.2.1 (5) ): "Vulnerability blocked, December 13th, 2011, 8:57 P.M. When I click on "View Recent Activities", a window is opened that is titled "Activity Log." There, four columns are listed, titled from left to right "Date", "Event Type", "Result", and "Details." Under the December 13th episode, It lists "Portscan" under Event type, "Result" gives an IP Address (192.168.x.xxx), and "Incoming" under details.
I am admittedly a neophyte in the Mac world, having switched over from Windows 7 to Mac recently, but am intent on educating myself to the not-so-subtle differences. The above information that Norton displayed would lead one to believe that their antivirus software is protecting my iMac, and that its subsequent removal would have perhaps disastrous results ( i.e. - my iMac would be susceptible to said "Vulnerability", whatever it is, and that "Incoming would NOT be blocked). I had a conversation with Norton because previously, every time the stated "Vulnerability" attempted access, I was interrupted by a pop-up screen informing me of this. The Norton representative was able to turn off the pop-up screen notification, but stated that it would continue to log episodes of the "Vulnerability" when it attempted to portscan and access. So am I to understand that uninstalling Norton would leave my computer no less vulnerable to this vulnerability? It is confusing to me.
Furthermore, I suppose I did wonder if this vulnerability threat had anything to do with the issue of the black screen erasure with the mouse. I will attempt to post a picture of the screen as it was being erased with the mouse, and perhaps a short movie as well. As previously stated, I do not have a screen saver enabled. Thank you for your input, any information is helpful to me! _
~Marc
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=317412&d=1324905189
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Dec 26, 2011, 11:19 AM
#6
gswilder
Thread Starter
macrumors regular
Join Date: Oct 2007
Ditto & FYI Workaround
UncHeel...
Thanks for posting the picture. It is same as my iMac problem. On my iMac, it happens 100% of the time. On my MBA, it happens randomly like yours.
I began to notice if certain programs were running, when it went into screen saver and sleep mode, this didn't happen. And when I woke it up, I got a message that said "could not be logged off due to Firefox or Sketchbook Pro, etc. So that got me to thinking. So....
Over the weekend, I disabled "logoff after xx minutes of activity" in system preferences. That seems to fix the issue. I still have it set to require a password after the screen saver/sleep mode kicks it. But I disabled the logoff toggle.
Still not sure what this is an issue, but seems to be a work around. I just want to make sure my iMac is still going into sleep with these new settings. Including the monitor sleep.
Any thoughts based on this new information?
Thanks again
Greg
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Dec 26, 2011, 11:52 AM
#7
GGJstudios
macrumors G4
Join Date: May 2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by UNCHeelYeah
The above information that Norton displayed would lead one to believe that their antivirus software is protecting my iMac, and that its subsequent removal would have perhaps disastrous results
You have to remember that many antivirus apps consider cookies to be a "vulnerability" or "threat", when they're not. The only malware in the wild that can affect Mac OS X requires the user to actively install it. As long as a user is reasonably careful about where they get software, there is no need for 3rd party antivirus apps to protect Mac OS X from malware. Just make sure your firewall is enabled (System Preferences > Security > Firewall), and disable Java in your browser (Safari > Preferences > Security > Enable Java (uncheck))
Quote:
Originally Posted by gswilder
I just want to make sure my iMac is still going into sleep with these new settings. Including the monitor sleep.
You can let it sleep without logging off. That way, your apps/documents are still open when you wake it up, rather than having to relaunch apps and reopen documents. Recovery from sleep is much faster than from logging off.
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Dec 27, 2011, 03:02 PM
#8
rda2w
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Oct 2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by gswilder
UncHeel...
Thanks for posting the picture. It is same as my iMac problem. On my iMac, it happens 100% of the time. On my MBA, it happens randomly like yours.
I began to notice if certain programs were running, when it went into screen saver and sleep mode, this didn't happen. And when I woke it up, I got a message that said "could not be logged off due to Firefox or Sketchbook Pro, etc. So that got me to thinking. So....
Over the weekend, I disabled "logoff after xx minutes of activity" in system preferences. That seems to fix the issue. I still have it set to require a password after the screen saver/sleep mode kicks it. But I disabled the logoff toggle.
Still not sure what this is an issue, but seems to be a work around. I just want to make sure my iMac is still going into sleep with these new settings. Including the monitor sleep.
Any thoughts based on this new information?
Thanks again
Greg
I have had the same problem on my mid-2010 iMac since upgrading to Lion and it's been driving me nuts. The relation to automatic Logoff makes sense to me now that I look at my settings. The logoff was occurring after sleep and it's the only thing I haven't tried yet. I had previously thought it was related to Sleep but it never occurs if I force it to sleep. It only occurs after the system was left unattended and went through it's normal steps of screensaver then sleep. I'll try disabling the automatic Logoff and see if it fixes the problem for me too.
-BA
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Dec 29, 2011, 10:58 AM
#9
rda2w
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Oct 2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by rda2w
I have had the same problem on my mid-2010 iMac since upgrading to Lion and it's been driving me nuts. The relation to automatic Logoff makes sense to me now that I look at my settings. The logoff was occurring after sleep and it's the only thing I haven't tried yet. I had previously thought it was related to Sleep but it never occurs if I force it to sleep. It only occurs after the system was left unattended and went through it's normal steps of screensaver then sleep. I'll try disabling the automatic Logoff and see if it fixes the problem for me too.
-BA
I can only declare partial success with unpicking "logoff after xx". It solved the pixelated screen issue but now the computer is not sleeping. I guess I'll have to uncheck file sharing now.
-BA
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Feb 6, 2012, 06:26 PM
#10
ougrad1764
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Apr 2010
Any updates?
Just wanted to see if there had been any changes since the last posting in this thread. I'm experiencing the same issue as OP on my 2011 13" MacBook Air w/ OS X 10.7.3, as well as on my parents' mid-2010 iMac (running OS X 10.7.2).
I can't seem to pin down the cause and have tried the steps suggested previously. Thanks!
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Feb 21, 2012, 10:03 PM
#11
wchp
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Feb 2012
Still having the same issue here as well.
Have any of you tried a clean install of OSX?
Before I try a full reinstall I did an install on a external drive with no aps, just the bare install and I could not replicate the issue.
I continue to question if this is a graphics card firmware issue or and OS issue.
A reinstall (overlay) of the OS did not resolve the issue.
I have screen shots as follows:
1) Paint pixels on screen
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p227/wchp/iMac27%20Graphics%20Problem/photo1. jpg
2) Click Icon
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p227/wchp/iMac27%20Graphics%20Problem/photo2. jpg
3) Type in PWD
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p227/wchp/iMac27%20Graphics%20Problem/photo3. jpg
4) Logged in:
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p227/wchp/iMac27%20Graphics%20Problem/photo4. jpg
Last edited by grapes911; Feb 21, 2012 at 10:12 PM. Reason: replaced img with timg
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Yesterday, 12:21 AM
#12
jrobin
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Feb 2012
Having the same issue
I have four MacBooks and a MacBook Air. I am seeing this issue on two MacBooks both running Lion 10.7.3. One is a newer i5 MacBook the other is an early 2010. The only common denominator I can think of is they are both set up with Parental Controls and they are set to logoff after X amount of time. The other MacBooks don't have this "pixel painting to revel the login screen issue" I also don't see it on our iMacs or the MacMini. Only the two with the issue are set to auto logoff. So the above poster is most likely on to something. I will give it a try by turning off the auto logoff on the two MacBooks in question. If that solves the problem then I will assume its a bug that needs to be addressed.
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Yesterday, 12:30 AM
#13
ougrad1764
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Apr 2010
reinstall (overlay) of the OS did not resolve the issue
wchp - Thank you for following up and posting the screenshots. They match exactly what I was experiencing (and what UNCHeelYeah reported previously). I can confirm that I experienced the issue even following a clean reinstall of Snow Leopard on my MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011).
jrobin - "I will give it a try by turning off the auto logoff on the two MacBooks in question. If that solves the problem then I will assume its a bug that needs to be addressed."
Good thinking! Thanks for taking the time to test with your machines. This will help provide further validation of what gswilder (OP) tried as well in reply #6. Interesting about Parental Controls, too.
Side note:
Since I recently joined the Apple Developers program, I did a clean install of SL on my MBA then upgraded via the App Store to Mountain Lion to "kick-the-tires" if you will. Interestingly, I've not yet experienced any issue related to waking from sleep with a black screen and pixilation, even while running all the same apps I had previously. I'll report here (and file a bug report with Apple) if I do see this issue pop-up in ML. I'll be reinstalling SL in a few weeks and will report back if/when the black screen and pixelation issue reappears. I'll be sure to note the applications left running at the time the computer went to sleep.
Last edited by ougrad1764; Yesterday at 12:44 AM. Reason: Follow-up to jrobin (reply came in while I was typing mine)
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Yesterday, 09:04 AM
#14
evillanueva
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Feb 2012
I have experienced the same issue with my brand new MBA Late 2011.
I recently found out that this only happens when DISPLAY is set to go to sleep minutes before the "Log out after X minutes of inactivity". I had "Display sleep" option set to 5 minutes and "Log out after 10 minutes of inactivity" and this causes the display to go to sleep first (screen goes black) and then, 5 minutes later, it logs out.
If "Display sleep" is off and "Log out after X minutes of inactivity" is on, the issue does not replicate. So Im thinking it has something to do with the screen being black at the moment it logs out. Can you try and replicate that?
Thanks
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Yesterday, 01:39 PM
#15
wchp
macrumors newbie
Join Date: Feb 2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by evillanueva
I have experienced the same issue with my brand new MBA Late 2011.
I recently found out that this only happens when DISPLAY is set to go to sleep minutes before the "Log out after X minutes of inactivity". I had "Display sleep" option set to 5 minutes and "Log out after 10 minutes of inactivity" and this causes the display to go to sleep first (screen goes black) and then, 5 minutes later, it logs out.
If "Display sleep" is off and "Log out after X minutes of inactivity" is on, the issue does not replicate. So Im thinking it has something to do with the screen being black at the moment it logs out. Can you try and replicate that?
Thanks
Just tested this premise and yes, you are correct.
IF: Screen saver ON after 5m AND require password immediately AND Sleep (Display) after 30m AND Logout after 60m I am able to reproduce the problem.
IF: Screen Saver ON after 5m AND require password immediately AND Sleep (Display) after 30m AND Logut after xx NOT enabled, problem goes away
IF: Screen Saver ON after 5m AND require password immediately AND Sleep (Display) OFF AND Logut after 60M enabled, problem goes away
So on my machine (iMac 27, 3.4/i7, 16GB/1333, Radeon 6970m/2048MB, OSX 10.7.3
It would appear that if I am running Monitor Sleep and it kicks in prior to LogOff then I am able to reproduce this artifact. Only Display sleep with immediate login OR Loguot should be used but not both.
The only other thing to test is is I leave display sleep on, and screen saver on but with NO immediate password and enable logoff if the problem goes away.
Testing for another day.
I have linked this entire thread to a Apple support ticket and will report back on Apples response

Thank you so much wchp, this is brilliant. I have had this annoying problem for a long time. I eventually rang Mac support, they did not know how to fix the problem as you have suggested so they instigated many hardware replacements which eventually left my iMac severely crippled. They eventually replaced it with the latest model. But I spent two months working with a disabled computer which really interfere with my work.
Your solution appears to have solved my problem, at least so far, but I am hopeful that it is a permanent fix. I hope that your suggestions are taken up by Apple support. This may solve many users problems and avoid Apple making expensive fixes that don't actually work.
I thought that the new iMac would not have the 'Wake up from sleep by painting in the login window' problem but it did, this really annoyed me. Anyway now the problem appears to be solved, it's not I will repost and keep working on it. Thanks again.

(BUG REPORT) Kudos to the Dev Team OS 2.0 Rocks Major Improvement

Kudos to the BB Playbook OS 2.0 Dev Team (Excellent Release!!)I want to give my personal thanks as a loyal blackberry customer to the Developer/ Coding Team over at RIM. I am thoroughly impressed with the update. I absolutely love the reader feature. The new home screen and folders is implemented wonderfully. Also, it appears battery life has been improved (No easy task). Great job.
There are a few little bugs to be fixed for the next maintanence update.
1. Flash is not polished, it's only partially working.
The daily show (with John Stewart) (www.thedailyshow.com)(full episodes link), and several other flash video webistes have trouble with the controls (play, pause). The controls either don't show, or don't function, or neither, or function sporadically. Also, possibly an app could be created so that a flash video stream would open in a separate window allowing the controls to function correctly if there is some reason it is difficult in the web browswer. I can get the daily show playing but, pausing it, or fastforwarding, now that's a challenge. Make the buttons larger maybe (I don't know if that's possible, not familiar with flash.)
2. Media Player: The media player has some bug in the code that is causing it to become choppy when scrolling through the list of songs. I have some album art, and maybe that has something to do with it. But I didn't notice it before the update.
Also, it may be a neat idea to add some different color backgrounds to the music player skin(Hot pink, or something) to take care of the lady geeks, women buy stuff too, think all girl dorm room full of playbooks. Also, it is kind of a less than sexy music player skin (Unlike the new home screen wow, very polished.) Also, because all my music doesn't have album art, it makes the music player look strange. Some of the icons have only 3 of 4 pictures filled in Looks weird.
Also, when fast forwarding with the slider bar clicking with my finger causes a slight pop in the earphones (It needs to mute, then fastforward, then unmute, then play.) Imagine a playbook hooked up at a wedding to a 5000 dollar soundsystem, pop, then bye bye speakers.
3. Book Reader Power Mode - I was using "Book Reader" app from the app store and I noticed something that could be fixed. The truth is that when people read ebooks, the power managment settings should be a little different. I suggest adding a 3rd power managment mode that the ebook reader apps can access. That way, every time I open an ebook it sets the screen to stop going dim every 30 seconds like I would use for messages and general use throughout the day. It should stay the same in this mode rather plugged in or not. The screen brightness should not be affected by the power plug either. "Nothing like waking the wife up with the flashlight tablet because it was going dead and you decided to plug it in while reading your technical manual at 2am."
4. Silent on schedule (Totally Silent, VIP Vibrate, VIP ring) (A feature that I wished both my bold 9700, and playbook had was a feature I'll call silent on schedule. The idea is simple, for the most part people know what time they need their phone to shut up and be quiet. Why can't RIM integrate silent mode with our calenders. A simple checkbox in the calender options and your phone (and playbook) will automatically stay silent, except for VIPs. It goes without saying that your ringer should go to normal at the end of the meeting, or court appearance (lots of lawyers use blackberry), lot's of students would appreciate this too. It would save us from having to constantly be changing our ringing mode all day. If I were RIM I would patent that one. (If you do, and want to send me a new touch screen phone as a thanks that's cool with me, but not required, just free thoughts for you to use however you want.)
5. Strange WiFi (The playbook has a strange issue where sometimes the wifi displays near zero. I don't know if this is software or hardware. My MBP and Bold 9700 have no such issue. It's a cisco/linksys router with dual g/n.
6. Before I forget, the web browswer is now awesome. Load times are acceptable. I would like to add though that of all the web browswer's the style, and color of this one is not what I would call "in fashion."
7. Idea: create an over the air sync system for the blackberry bridge. It should always keep the contacts, calender and maybe photos updated. Since, someone surely has a patent on this one, let me suggest a workaround called 1 at a time. Do an initial sync via usb to both devices on the desktop manager. Then only one device has to ever be connected to sync to laptop, as the other one syncs over bluetooth one item (contact, calender entry, photo at a time.)
8. Not always on bluetooth. Something tells me that it is not the most secure thing to leave the bluetooth constantly running and connected giving those keys over the air. Maybe it could connect at intervals (or upon status change (message, new contact, calender entry)). This might also save battery too. Just a thought.
I know how easy it is to forget about style, when mechanics are tinkiering around with the insides, but make the fastest car ugly, and no one will buy it. Also, Bill Gates was asked while in the presence of Steve Jobs what was the one thing Steve had he wished he had... Bill Gates said roughly "I wish I had Steve's eye for Style."
The truth is as technology advances, it will fade to the background. Fashion will be where people meed the device. People love a good running car, but gorgeous get's em into the showroom.
Oh yea, like the new keyboard a lot.

Have I mentioned how much i love my playbook now Great job on os 2.0

MacBook Pro - Bluetooth and Speaker bug

Hello,
I've bought a new speaker (JBL Pulse) one day ago in order to use it like speaker for my Macbook pro.
Here it is, I need to use a bluetooth connection if I want to use my JBL speaker. My bluetooth is able to see my speaker, so they are connected. Everything works fine but after 1min, I can't explain why but the connection between them is broken. And it does it every time.
So first of all, I've tried other devices. My iphone is ok, my ipad is ok, I've tried with 2 other Macbook and everything works well. So I've concluded that the bug comes from my computer.
I have a magic mouse so I thought that maybe my mouse could create some disruption. I have disconnected my mouse but the bug is still here.
Then, I've called apple support.
The guy told me to do many things like reboot the macbook and other stuff like that. At the end he told me to reinstall my OSX. So i did it and the bug is still here.
Then I have even tried to delete the file inside my DD thinking that maybe it could help. but I have still the same problem.
It's not the first time that I have some troubles with my bluetooth. Sometimes it happens that my magic mouse is disconnected while I'm using it. Or even sometimes when I try to click on the bluetooth icon it doesn't even answer. And I have to restart my computer.
I'm a little bit frustrated because my macbook pro is in very good condition and it's a young one (almost one year). I don't have a lot of stuff inside.
A friend tried to solve the problem but he thinks that the problem comes from my "network card".
Thank you for your help and If you have any idea, do not hesitate Thanks
I wanted to go to the apple store but still not open in my city... (frustrated again ^^) So I'm gonna call them Monday morning if I'm still without any solution

I have the same problem with my older white Apple Wireless Extended Keyboard, which had been working fine with my 2009 iMac. But I experience the issue sporadically with my new Mac Mini. I've read reports of people resolving some BT issues by turning off "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" in the Advanced pane of the Bluetooth System Preferenes Pane.
There are also people having the issue on iOS devices using various Apple BT keyboards. No help, but interesting to note that it's happening across various devices, keyboard models, and OSs.

Bug in WLS 9.1 clustering?

I am in the process of testing WLS 9.1, and I'm seeing some strange behavior in a clustered environment. Since we are only in development, I've been performing in-place redeployments for the various EARs that we're testing. Sometimes this works fine, but other times it appears to corrupt the deployment on one of the managed servers. If I look at the server logs I can see that the applications are being redeployed on both managed servers, but when I look at the actual application logs it appears that the MDBs on one of the servers are not getting destroyed and recreated properly. As a result, when we attempt to perform some processing and a JMS message happens to go to the "corrupted" server, strange "NoClassDefFoundError" exceptions and other errors are thrown. However, the EAR seems to work properly on the other managed server as well as on my local machine so I know that there is no problem with it. This only happens sporadically; I cannot recreate it "on demand". Is this a bug? (By the way, we had no trouble running our cluster in WLS 9.0 so I assume that the cluster configuration is not the problem.)
          Regards,
          Sabrina

I have a similar problem with WLS 9.1. When I deploy an ear file, i can see the login page, but, when I login it throws an error saying "internal server error". When I check my stage folder, entire ear file is copied there, its not expanded. I dont have any problem with 9.0. Is this a bug in 9.1?
          when i deploy a .war file it says "Cannot set web app root system property when WAR file is not expanded". but, when i expand it and deploy, it works fine.
          I have already opened a case on this. I did not get any response from BEA. Its urgent for us. Did anyone of you solve this issue. If yes, please let me know the resolution.
          I really appreciate any help on this.
          Thanks a bunch
          Sarat

Flex 4 FTE Charts Legend text is missing/sporadic

I have enabled "Use Flash Text Engine in MX components" for my flex project.
The reason I want to do this is two fold:
1) I don't want to have to embed a font twice to just set embedAsCFF seperately for each.
2) The other reason is that FTE seems to handle unicode characters and I want to support that possibility even if my embedded font doesn't support it
The problem I am running into however is that the textual portion of charts and labels seem to sporadically show there values. For example when the page loads I may see 2 out of 3 legends textual values. The crazy part is that the legend values will just plain disappear/reappear sporadically while I am on the page. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason on what ones will show up because I can load the application multiple times and different labels will show and others won't.
If I disable "Use Flash Text Engine in MX components" on my project then these labels show up fine but I loose the FTE needs stated above.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well I am starting to believe that this is an actual bug now. I took Adobe's pie chart example from here and all I did was create a new project with it and enabled "Use Flash Text Engine in MX Components" in my compiler settings. I didn't even bother with adding an embedded font since the issue seems to occur without it in this simple example.
The first image shows how the legend is missing labels after loading the application. The second image is what happened after I moved my mouse over the larger portion of the pie chart, notice that some legend values disappeared. Also every time I load the application there will be different labels shown/missing so it appears to be completely random.
I made a simple fxg example of this but doesn't appear i can attach it to this post unfortunately.

Frustrated with iCal 3--please fix the obvious bugs!

I read that Apple actually looks at these posts, otherwise I would suffer in silence. So here goes...
After adopting iCal for all of my calendar needs and being able to rely on version 2 to work, I upgraded to Leopard and iCal 3. Now, I am frustrated with obvious bugs and very worried about the integrity of my calendar data (which is EXTREMELY important).
Some things that do not work or seem to work sporadically in iCal 3:
1. Delete events/to-do's after n days. Nothing. And why is this option applied globally rather than to specific calendars?
2. Publish calendars upon modification. Usually works; sometimes quits for no apparent reason.
3. Reliable syncing (OK, maybe this is an iSync problem).
Other frustrations:
1. Very slow operation. Slow to create event, slow to edit event, slow to even change from month to month.
2. Very slow or even crashes when I double-click on an event.
3. I seem to need to double-click after I enter an event to fill in all the info I want.
4. No easy way to archive (and restore) old events.
Please, Apple, do not lose your focus on software excellence, as you pursue lucrative new markets! Your recent software releases (like iCal, iSync, AirDisk, TimeMachine, etc.) are beginning to remind me of, gasp, Microsoft. They almost work.
Excuse me for venting on this forum.

I have all of the same issues Jeff. What gives?? This needs immediate fix.

Why are the 3 maints done twice now? Tiger 10.4.11 bug?

I've noticed that recently in Tiger 10.4.11 the daily, weekly and monthly tasks are done twice * in the same job*. Can some of you check your Console Logs and see if you are seeing something similar to below? Makes no sense. I wonder if this is a bug in the latest update to Tiger since it didn't used to do this (but I'm not sure from when.) I'm curious. Is there any way to track down why this is happening. Where ARE these scripts hidden?
Thanks,
Al
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monthly.out
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Tue Jan 1 13:08:24 PST 2008
Doing login accounting:
total 688.48
al 688.48
Rotating log files: wtmp install.log
Rotating fax log files:
-------->[DOES IT OVER AGAIN]<----------------
Doing login accounting:
total 0.00
Rotating log files: wtmp install.log
Rotating fax log files:
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daily.out
==============
Sat Jan 12 03:14:54 PST 2008
Removing old log files:
Removing scratch and junk files:
Removing scratch fax files
msgs: /var/msgs/bounds: No such file or directory
Backing up NetInfo data
Checking subsystem status:
disks:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 97349872 29394344 67699528 30% /
Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):
mail:
postqueue: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
-Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
C00CA385144 748 Tue Oct 16 03:26:12 [email protected]
(connect to qsxxxxxxxxx[xxxxxxx]: Operation timed out)
[email protected]
-- 0 Kbytes in 1 Request.
network:
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
lo0 16384 <Link#1> 9518 0 9518 0 0
lo0 16384 127 localhost 9518 - 9518 - -
lo0 16384 localhost ::1 9518 - 9518 - -
lo0 16384 localhost fe80::1 9518 - 9518 - -
gif0* 1280 <Link#2> 0 0 0 0 0
stf0* 1280 <Link#3> 0 0 0 0 0
en0 1500 <Link#4> 00:16:cb:90:c2:c3 10872 0 8790 0 0
en0 1500 alan-xxxx fe80::216:cbff:fe 10872 - 8790 - -
en0 1500 192.168.1 192.168.1.107 10872 - 8790 - -
en1 1500 <Link#5> 00:16:cb:ba:6c:7c 0 0 0 0 0
wlt1 1500 <Link#6> 0 0 0 0 0
fw0* 2030 <Link#7> 00:16:cb:ff:fe:69:b1:b4 0 0 0 0 0
en2 1500 <Link#8> 00:1c:42:00:00:00 0 0 0 0 0
en2 1500 alan-xxxx fe80::21c:42ff:fe 0 - 0 - -
en2 1500 10.37.129/24 10.37.129.3 0 - 0 - -
en3 1500 <Link#9> 00:1c:42:00:00:01 0 0 0 0 0
en3 1500 alan-xxxxx fe80::21c:42ff:fe 0 - 0 - -
en3 1500 10.211.55/24 10.211.55.3 0 - 0 - -
ruptime: no hosts in /var/rwho.
Rotating log files: system.log
---------> [DOES IT OVER AGAIN]<----------------
Removing scratch and junk files:
Removing scratch fax files
msgs: /var/msgs/bounds: No such file or directory
Backing up NetInfo data
Checking subsystem status:
disks:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 97349872 29394440 67699432 30% /
Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):
mail:
postqueue: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
-Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
C00CA385144 748 Tue Oct 16 03:26:12 [email protected]
(connect to xxxxxxxxx[xxxxxxxxxx]: Operation timed out)
[email protected]
-- 0 Kbytes in 1 Request.
network:
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
lo0 16384 <Link#1> 10549 0 10549 0 0
lo0 16384 127 localhost 10549 - 10549 - -
lo0 16384 localhost ::1 10549 - 10549 - -
lo0 16384 localhost fe80::1 10549 - 10549 - -
gif0* 1280 <Link#2> 0 0 0 0 0
stf0* 1280 <Link#3> 0 0 0 0 0
en0 1500 <Link#4> 00:16:cb:90:c2:c3 10881 0 8811 0 0
en0 1500 alan-xxxxx fe80::216:cbff:fe 10881 - 8811 - -
en0 1500 192.168.1 192.168.1.107 10881 - 8811 - -
en1 1500 <Link#5> 00:16:cb:ba:6c:7c 0 0 0 0 0
wlt1 1500 <Link#6> 0 0 0 0 0
fw0* 2030 <Link#7> 00:16:cb:ff:fe:69:b1:b4 0 0 0 0 0
en2 1500 <Link#8> 00:1c:42:00:00:00 0 0 0 0 0
en2 1500 alan-xxxx fe80::21c:42ff:fe 0 - 0 - -
en2 1500 10.37.129/24 10.37.129.3 0 - 0 - -
en3 1500 <Link#9> 00:1c:42:00:00:01 0 0 0 0 0
en3 1500 alan-xxxx fe80::21c:42ff:fe 0 - 0 - -
en3 1500 10.211.55/24 10.211.55.3 0 - 0 - -
ruptime: no hosts in /var/rwho.
Rotating log files: system.log
================
weekly.out
================
Sat Jan 12 03:14:54 PST 2008
Rebuilding locate database:
Rebuilding whatis database:
makewhatis: /usr/share/man/man1/fetchmailconf.1.gz: No such file or directory
Rotating log files: ftp.log lpr.log mail.log netinfo.log ipfw.log secure.log
access_log error_log/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd restarted
---------> [DOES IT OVER AGAIN]<----------------
Rebuilding locate database:
Rebuilding whatis database:
makewhatis: /usr/share/man/man1/fetchmailconf.1.gz: No such file or directory
Rotating log files: ftp.log lpr.log mail.log netinfo.log ipfw.log secure.log
access_log error_log/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd restarted

Don't get excited – I don't have an answer, I'm just posting to tell you that you are not alone. I only have this 'doubling' with periodic daily. I cannot be sure when it started, but I think probably in one of the early iterations of Tiger. I spent much time and effort back then trying to track down the reason but failed. The doubling is sporadic, showing a double entry in daily.out on some days, not on others, with no discernible pattern, rhyme or reason that I could fathom. When there is just one entry the date stamp is spot on; when there are two entries the first is always 6 or 7 seconds before the appointed time, the second spot on. An example (my 'daily' is set for 5:05 am)…
==============
 daily.out
 ==============
Sun Feb 10 05:04:53 GMT 2008
Removing old log files:
Removing scratch and junk files:
Removing scratch fax files
msgs: /var/msgs/bounds: No such file or directory
Sun Feb 10 05:05:00 GMT 2008
Removing old log files:
Removing scratch and junk files:
Removing scratch fax files
msgs: /var/msgs/bounds: No such file or directory
==============
My current suspicion/guess… I do re-boot to move from one volume to another on some days and not on others. It is well known that launchd has never quite got it right concerning the running of periodic tasks following computer sleep. I never sleep my Mac, but I wonder if what you and I are noticing is a related 'glitch' with launchd's timings. I realise that I should have kept notes of when I re-booted but at those times I have been too involved with what I was doing to remember! Does this possibly give you a clue? If I am right then the 'glitch' is hidden in the inner workings of launchd's mathematics and that would explain why we have not been able to find a 'culprit'.
It would be good if you could do what I should have done ( ) – keep an eye on re-boots. I would feel happier to know that the glitch was down to Apple and launchd and not due to anything 'wrong' at my end. I expect you would feel the same.
PS "An early iteration of Tiger" would fit in with the switch from cron to launchd.

Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream() bug?

Hello
I have a problem with Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream() sporadically returning null when my app is running via JNLP using Win XP/build 1.6.0_20-b02 and tomcat 6-20/JnlpDownLoadServlet.
The code is:
final InputStream resourceStream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(name);I have added a map that counts the number of non null streams returned by getResourceAsStream. Here is the output when running with tracing level 5:
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x.x.x.x:8080/MDA/webstart/VTSDBClient-SOK.jar | C:\Users\xxx\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\61\6b90d63d-4feb6af0-1.7-SNAPSHOT-.idx
cache: Read manifest for http://10.10.20.64:8080/MDA/webstart/VTSDBClient-SOK.jar: read=117 full=14269
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x.x.x.x:8080/MDA/webstart/VTSDBClient-SOK.jar | C:\Users\xxx\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\61\6b90d63d-4feb6af0-1.7-SNAPSHOT-.idx
Weird! data/eez-de.shp has been loaded 77 time(s) previously but is now null
Loader is com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoaderSo getResourceAsStream managed to open the file 77 times before it suddenly returns null.
From the trace it looks like it happens when the cache is doing " Reading Signers from 1024 ..." the second time for VTSDBClient-SOK.jar. Could it be related to bug 6911763 (http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6911763)?
What causes the cache to reread the Signers in general and is there a way to provoke it?
Thanks
Carsten

Just a tad more info on this.
Each time Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream() returns null there is a:
network: SyncFileAccess.openLock: handled OverlappingFileLockException, remainint TO : 10000in the log.
My does does spawn multiple threads that accesses different resources located in the same jar file in the client. Could it be a problem with using Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream() from multiple threads and a slow respose from the JNLPDownLoadServlet and some locking scheme used by the JNLP cache?
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x:8080/MDA/webstart/aislayer.jar | C:\Users\x\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\52\5e675934-678dbaa9-1.5-SNAPSHOT-.idx
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/eez-dk.shp
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x:8080/MDA/webstart/aislayer.jar | C:\Users\x\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\52\5e675934-678dbaa9-1.5-SNAPSHOT-.idx
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/eez-se.shp
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x:8080/MDA/webstart/aislayer.jar | C:\Users\x\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\52\5e675934-678dbaa9-1.5-SNAPSHOT-.idx
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/12nm.shp
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x:8080/MDA/webstart/aislayer.jar | C:\Users\x\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\52\5e675934-678dbaa9-1.5-SNAPSHOT-.idx
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/eez-pl.shp
cache: Reading Signers from 1024 http://x:8080/MDA/webstart/aislayer.jar | C:\Users\x\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\52\5e675934-678dbaa9-1.5-SNAPSHOT-.idx
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/danm_nav.shp
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/europ_nav.shp
BinaryFile: trying to figure out how to handle [3] data/eez-de.shp
network: SyncFileAccess.openLock: handled OverlappingFileLockException, remainint TO : 10000

[svn] 2142: swfutils: Somehow a Java 1.5 API (Integer.valueOf(int)) slipped into the 30x branch, and has only sporadically caused build problems.

Revision: 2142
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-06-18 15:17:01 -0700 (Wed, 18 Jun 2008)
Log Message:
swfutils: Somehow a Java 1.5 API (Integer.valueOf(int)) slipped into the 30x branch, and has only sporadically caused build problems.
* By "somehow" I mean it was my injection :)
* Apparently this compiles in 1.4.2 on a Mac, go figure? I assume Windows JDK doesn't accept it.
* Replaced it with 'new Integer(int)'
Reviewer: Matt, community folks
Bugs: n/a
QA: no
Doc: no
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/branches/3.0.x/modules/swfutils/src/java/flash/swf/tools/SwfxPrinter.java

Revision: 2142
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-06-18 15:17:01 -0700 (Wed, 18 Jun 2008)
Log Message:
swfutils: Somehow a Java 1.5 API (Integer.valueOf(int)) slipped into the 30x branch, and has only sporadically caused build problems.
* By "somehow" I mean it was my injection :)
* Apparently this compiles in 1.4.2 on a Mac, go figure? I assume Windows JDK doesn't accept it.
* Replaced it with 'new Integer(int)'
Reviewer: Matt, community folks
Bugs: n/a
QA: no
Doc: no
Modified Paths:
flex/sdk/branches/3.0.x/modules/swfutils/src/java/flash/swf/tools/SwfxPrinter.java

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