Terminal ANSI Escape Sequences - Broken after 10.5.2 update

I have an application which uses terminal interaction relying on ANSI escape sequences. After installation of 10.5.2, my application continues to work until I re-compile it. Then the escape
sequence processing no longer works. I have not yet gone to the debugger but I suspect one
or more of the include files. Anyone have any ideas? BTW: The application is http://sourceforge.net/projects/mumps/
Ray Newman

Use cvs to download the lot then:
bsdmake depend
bsdmake all
usually works.
Ray Newman

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MacBook Pro with Retina 13" Late 2013 thunderbolt port broken after 10.9.4 update

One of Thunderbolt Port (near USB port) was broken after 10.9.4 update.
I usually use mini Display Port to Display Port cable to connect my external screen, it works fine before 10.9.4 update. After 10.9.4 update, I tried to connect the external screen with the same cable, and the main screen of my MacBook Pro with Retina Display twinkling once so I'm sure the external screen was identified, but no video signal output.
I went to local Apple Premium Reseller (there is no Apple Store in Taiwan) and the they told me all of Thunderbolt Port was fine, they test with their own 10.9.2 copy and it seems ok. After that, I tried to re-install 10.9.4, downloading directly from Apple, the system re-install progress was complete but the Thunderbolt Port issue still there.
I connect to the broken Thunderbolt Port with Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter, and it works fine, so I believe the only problem is that there is no video signal output from the Thunderbolt Port (near USB port one).
What should I do now?
Model: MacBook Pro with Retina 13" Late 2013

I can confirm that problem, too: Im' working with a Dell U2713HM display, connected via display port. Since 10.9.4 Update i'm experiencing random black screens and/or display going to energy saving mode. Today i've had this issue twice: Display going black and after disconnecting the macbook von all cables screen of the macbook remaining black. Holding Power Button for about 10 s restarts the macbook. After 5 minutes the same problem appeared again.

ANSI escape sequence for "Command" key?

I know there are escape sequences for ctrl (^), alt (~), shift ($), etc that can be used from the command-line, but I'm wondering if there's an equivalent way to invoke the command key (or the apple key or whatever you wish to call it) from a terminal?
I'd appreciate any advice, thanks!

Hi Evan,
   This is more than a failure of terminology. The use of certain key sequences cause the terminal to produce certain characters that are just like letters except that many processes take special action when these characters are encountered. These characters are called "control characters."
   For instance, type <Control>-v to "tell the shell" to not take special action on the next character produced. Then, if you type <Control>-c, the terminal will produce an End-of-Text character, ANSII character 3, and the shell will accept it as a literal character. However, it has no symbol for that character so it displays a pair of characters, "^C", in its place. Internally though, there is no carat and no 'C'; there is only the number three, which is the ANSII code for the End-of-Text character.
   The bash shell will substitute control characters for certain escape sequences in expanding words of the form $'string'. For instance, consider the following command:
echo $'\003' | cat -v
^C
Above, the first line is a command that you can cut-and-paste into your terminal. The second line is the output you would see if you execute the command. Bash replaces the $'\003' word with the literal control character and then "cat" converts that character to the pair of characters, "^C", to show you what had been there.
   Of course there are still terminology problems; you are not using the word "emulate" correctly. However, if there was such a meaning, I think that one would say that the character sequences "emulate" the control character, not the other way around.
   On the other hand, when you modify a key with the "Command" key, Macintosh programs treat that as an attempt to invoke a function of that program. No character is produced. In fact technically, the program never even sees the keystrokes. The system intercepts the key event and converts it to an AppleEvent.
   One tool on Macs specializes in producing AppleEvents and that is AppleScript. Fortunately, Apple wrote a utility to grant the shell access to AppleScript and that is the "osascript" command. That allows you to sort of imbed AppleScript in a shell script and that would allow you to send any program any event that the system would generate in response to a command key sequence.
Gary
~~~~
   "Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us
   than a cage is to a cockatoo."
      -- George Bernard Shaw

DVD export broken after 10.0.1 update

A project which I have previously exported to DVD in Final Cut Pro 10.0 can no longer be exported after 10.0.1 update.
The symptom is that, athough it plays back fine in the Viewer, after doing Share -> DVD, the burned DVD ends up with these choppy sections where it loops the same 0.3 seconds or so over and over. This occurs after about 4 minutes of playback (it is an 8 minute video).
I've burned multiple DVDs, and deleted the projects render files and re-rendered, and tried multiple DVD players, all to no avail.
This is my first attempt to burn a DVD since applying the update from App Store, which is why I surmise the update may be involved.
Visually it looks a lot like a disc with a bad scratch where it gets in a loop. But as far as I can tell, Final Cut Pro is actually burning the DVD fine, and it is actually writing the same 0.3 second of video over and over. That is, if I put it into a DVD player, I can fast forward from 03:00 to 07:00, and it is still looping the same snippet of video.
Has anybody seen this problem? Any advice for how to fix. Thanks.

This may or may not be related, but its worth mentioning as it relates to what may be a change in the update. I did a test export "Share" > "DVD..." on a project. It worked very well. DVD played just fine on a few devices.
Same project after the update and it fails to share a DVD now. It opens the Share Monitor app and after a few seconds FCPX shows me this:
First, lets take a moment to appreciate the inherent humor in FCPX telling me I've failed. Funny. Moving on...
Restarted FCPX - no change.
Deleted "Shared Items" folder, in my FCP Project folder - no change.
Restarted Lion - no change.
Realization iLife in Lion no longer comes with iDVD - not happy.
Any advice?

Trying to send ANSI escape sequence to a VT-100 term

I am writing an application that you can telnet to via a vt-100 terminal like the default windows telnet client. I would like to have the ability to clear the screen, set colors etc. I found that the ANSI sequence to clear the screen is <ESC> [2J and that the unicode char for the ANSI <ESC> is 0x1B, but whenever I try to use the unicode assignment
\u0x1B [2J
I get the following error message during compilation
illegal unicode escape
Can anyone offer some suggestions either what I am doing wrong with the unicode, or a different way to send an ANSI <ESC> char to a telnet session?

I'm glad I could help :)
This question wasn't boring, it could have been a lot worse: you could have asked how the screen is cleared, or how to make a native win32 executable of your class files, or why i=i++ is not the same as i=i+1, or how to set the classpath on your system, or do your homework for you :)
Or, the worst of all:
"Hi, this is my code:
<over a hundred lines of ugly unformatted uncommented code>
It doesn't work. Why?"

Remote desktop broken after 10.9.3 update

After the 10.9.3 update, remote desktop is completely broken...
The ard status monitor display : Apple Remote Desktop is disabled. I try a clean install (app + system library coreservice remote management + user library pref ans aap support deleted.
After the Remote Desktop 3.7.2 installed from the Apple Store when i try to launch the application i get this message : The remote desktop client does not mach the administrator software version. Check for update.
And this is the problem : there is no updates available !!!!
I have try to install some 3.7.1 client from some dmg, but all false : ARD agent validate multiple error ( on log) error 6405, fatal error 5, error 100, error 6404, broken pipe, fatal error 0
Now i am back to the clean uninstall and with the new Remote Desktop 3.7.2 with the desktop client not matching and not running...and without any update available.
thanks for help !

Nice idea and helping really !!!!
On safe mode, i could install an old remote desktop client (3.6.x) - and the client works fine as client.
Next i get the last Remote Desktop Admin from the Apple Store and it run also always in safe mode. No error, but all my setting were lost. With the Remote Desktop Admin running i created a new client installer and quit the Admin app for updating the client to the last release (3.7.1). I test all in safe mode (running as admin and as client) and finally reboot the computer to quit the safe mode.. and finally all was running again.
I don't know why during the 10.9.3 update Remote Desktop was corrupted...
Now i need to put back my remote client, but this not really a problem.
Thank a lot th Deadzak for his genius intuition.

Quicktime X broken after security and Safari updates.

Ran software update yesterday and updated Safari to 5.1.1 and got the latest security update. Now Quicktime X is broken. Still have the app but the icon is missing and it won't start. My old QT 7 still seems to work fine. Tried repairing permissions and restarting several times. Any other ideas? Wish they would just allow us to download and install QT X...

Sorry to say but this did not work for me. I was able to find an installation of QTP 7.6.4 (which still has the Quicktime Preferences menu option). However, I was not able to install the older version of QTP even after trashing QTP app, and its associated preference files and rebooting my MacBook Pro. The installation program displayed a message that a new version of Quicktime was detected and would not allow me to continue the installation of the previous version. I then found a program called Pacifist http://www.charlessoft.com/ that allowed me to do the installation.
My reference movies are now behaving as they should. Unquestionably there is a problem with Quicktime Player 7.6.6 which Apple really should address right away.
BTW, after doing this, my Pro key seems to be intact. I just purchase Final Cut Studio upgrade. I guess I leave QT 7.6.4 and ignore software updates fopr Quicktime until I see 7.6.8.
Unfortunately, I'll have a difficult time explaining this to my clients. In effect, this screw up by Apple makes it inadvisable for me to provide reference movies with alternates for my clients.

VPN broken after 10.6.4 Update / Security Update 2010-005

I have a MacMini Server that was running 10.6.3 in use as a gateway for the last 3 or 4 months and everything has been working just fine. However, after applying 10.6.4 and Security Update 2010-005 the iChat and VPN services broke.
I was able to fix the iChat service by using serveradmin in Terminal - Server Admin was showing the correct name of the iChat server, but serveradmin reported a different (incorrect) name. My only guess is that one of the updates somehow changed that setting behind the scenes.
I have yet to be able to fix the VPN (L2TP) issue, though. I can connect internally (to 10.0.1.1) with no problem. I can connect with via iPhone over 3G no problem. I cannot connect externally from a 10.5.8 or a 10.6.4 client - any attempt always fails with a timeout. The VPN log shows nothing, but the system log shows:
Sep 24 14:18:33 gateway racoon[90950]: Connecting.
Sep 24 14:18:33 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
Sep 24 14:18:33 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
Sep 24 14:18:36 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
Sep 24 14:19:03: --- last message repeated 8 times ---
Sep 24 14:19:03 gateway racoon[90950]: IKEv1 Phase1: maximum retransmits. (Phase1 Maximum Retransmits).
Sep 24 14:19:03 gateway racoon[90950]: Disconnecting. (Connection tried to negotiate for, 29.171451 seconds).
Sep 24 14:19:03 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Phase1 Failure-Rate Statistic. (Failure-Rate = 100.000).
It would seem that the response to the initial handshake is being blocked. However, serveradmin has this to say about ipfilter:
gateway:/ *******$ sudo serveradmin settings ipfilter|grep VPN
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN ISAKMP/IKE:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:action = "allow"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:readOnly = yes
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:protocol = "gre"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:dest-port = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:readOnly = yes
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:protocol = "esp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:dest-port = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:oldDescription = "Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:protocol = "udp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:dest-port = "1701"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:oldDescription = "PPTP VPN"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:protocol = "tcp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:dest-port = "1723"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:protocol = "udp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:dest-port = "500"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:protocol = "udp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:dest-port = "4500"
Which seems to be correct to me.
As with the iChat problem, everything seems to be correct as reported by Server Admin. I have been hunting for the incorrect setting using serveradmin, but so far everything there seems to be correct as well.
One last item that I just discovered today, and which is probably a huge hint (and I just don't know how to connect the dots), is that when I stop the VPN service (it's running on the gateway server), the entire office loses it's connection to the internet. Turn VPN back on, and the internet is back.
I think my server is deeply, deeply disturbed, but I am not ready to wipe it clean and start over again. I sure would appreciate any insights on this one....

I have a MacMini Server that was running 10.6.3 in use as a gateway for the last 3 or 4 months and everything has been working just fine. However, after applying 10.6.4 and Security Update 2010-005 the iChat and VPN services broke.
I was able to fix the iChat service by using serveradmin in Terminal - Server Admin was showing the correct name of the iChat server, but serveradmin reported a different (incorrect) name. My only guess is that one of the updates somehow changed that setting behind the scenes.
I have yet to be able to fix the VPN (L2TP) issue, though. I can connect internally (to 10.0.1.1) with no problem. I can connect with via iPhone over 3G no problem. I cannot connect externally from a 10.5.8 or a 10.6.4 client - any attempt always fails with a timeout. The VPN log shows nothing, but the system log shows:
Sep 24 14:18:33 gateway racoon[90950]: Connecting.
Sep 24 14:18:33 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
Sep 24 14:18:33 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
Sep 24 14:18:36 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
Sep 24 14:19:03: --- last message repeated 8 times ---
Sep 24 14:19:03 gateway racoon[90950]: IKEv1 Phase1: maximum retransmits. (Phase1 Maximum Retransmits).
Sep 24 14:19:03 gateway racoon[90950]: Disconnecting. (Connection tried to negotiate for, 29.171451 seconds).
Sep 24 14:19:03 gateway racoon[90950]: IKE Phase1 Failure-Rate Statistic. (Failure-Rate = 100.000).
It would seem that the response to the initial handshake is being blocked. However, serveradmin has this to say about ipfilter:
gateway:/ *******$ sudo serveradmin settings ipfilter|grep VPN
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN ISAKMP/IKE:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:action = "allow"
ipfilter:ipAddressGroupsWithRules:array_id:any:rules:_arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:action = "allow"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:readOnly = yes
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:protocol = "gre"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP\: GRE - Generic Routing Encapsulation protocol:dest-port = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:readOnly = yes
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:protocol = "esp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ESP - Encapsulating Security Payload protocol:dest-port = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:oldDescription = "Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:protocol = "udp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP - Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol:dest-port = "1701"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:oldDescription = "PPTP VPN"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:protocol = "tcp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol:dest-port = "1723"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:protocol = "udp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: ISAKMP/IKE:dest-port = "500"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:readOnly = no
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:protocol = "udp"
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:name = ""
ipfilter:standardServices:arrayid:VPN L2TP\: IKE NAT Traversal:dest-port = "4500"
Which seems to be correct to me.
As with the iChat problem, everything seems to be correct as reported by Server Admin. I have been hunting for the incorrect setting using serveradmin, but so far everything there seems to be correct as well.
One last item that I just discovered today, and which is probably a huge hint (and I just don't know how to connect the dots), is that when I stop the VPN service (it's running on the gateway server), the entire office loses it's connection to the internet. Turn VPN back on, and the internet is back.
I think my server is deeply, deeply disturbed, but I am not ready to wipe it clean and start over again. I sure would appreciate any insights on this one....

Bonjour broken after 10.8.5 update

I have a home network consisting of 4 Macs. 3 are running the latest version of 10.6. The fourth computer, a MacBookPro 4,1 (early 2008) is running 10.8. After installing the 10.8.5 update on the MacBook Pro, I'm now unable to connect to the other computers on the network via Bonjour, or to see/print to any shared printers. None of the other computers have any trouble seeing one another or printing, the MBP alone seems to be the issue. I can ping other machines from the MBP, and Remote Desktop works.
I've tried switching wifi on/off, rebooting, deleting the network location and recreating it from scratch, and flushing the cache using dscacheutil, all without success. I'm able to see the shared computers in the sidebar in the Finder, but if I click on them the connection times out.

Bomjour is mDNSResponder. They're one and the same.
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click the line of text below on this page to select it:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}' | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. You can then close the TextEdit window. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
{ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; echo; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; echo; sudo crontab -l; } 2> /dev/null | open -ef
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before taking this step. If that’s not possible, skip to the next step.
Step 3
{ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'; echo; crontab -l 2> /dev/null; } | open -ef
Step 4
ls -A /e*/{cr,la,mach}* {,/}Lib*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts .la* 2> /dev/null | open -ef
Important: If you formerly synchronized with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of login items' | open -ef
Remember, steps 1-5 are all copy-and-paste — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.

IChat Server broken after 10.6.3 Update

Jabberd is unable tostart after the update. Any ideas?
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'presence' added to chain 'in-sess' (order 11 index 12 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'deliver' added to chain 'in-sess' (order 12 index 13 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'session' added to chain 'in-router' (order 0 index 14 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'validate' added to chain 'in-router' (order 1 index 1 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'presence' added to chain 'in-router' (order 2 index 12 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'privacy' added to chain 'in-router' (order 3 index 2 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'privacy' added to chain 'out-router' (order 0 index 2 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-last' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 0 index 0 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-ping' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 1 index 6 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-time' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 2 index 15 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-version' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 3 index 16 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'amp' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 4 index 9 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'disco' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 5 index 8 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'announce' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 6 index 11 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'help' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 7 index 17 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'echo' added to chain 'pkt-sm' (order 8 index 18 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'roster' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 0 index 3 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'presence' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 1 index 12 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-vcard' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 2 index 5 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'amp' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 3 index 9 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'deliver' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 4 index 13 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'vacation' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 5 index 4 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'offline' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 6 index 10 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'disco-publish' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 7 index 19 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-last' added to chain 'pkt-user' (order 8 index 0 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'session' added to chain 'pkt-router' (order 0 index 14 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'disco' added to chain 'pkt-router' (order 1 index 8 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'active' added to chain 'user-load' (order 0 index 20 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'roster' added to chain 'user-load' (order 1 index 3 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'roster-publish' added to chain 'user-load' (order 2 index 21 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'privacy' added to chain 'user-load' (order 3 index 2 seq 3)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'disco-publish' added to chain 'user-load' (order 4 index 19 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'vacation' added to chain 'user-load' (order 5 index 4 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'active' added to chain 'user-create' (order 0 index 20 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'template-roster' added to chain 'user-create' (order 1 index 22 seq 0)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'active' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 0 index 20 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'announce' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 1 index 11 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'disco-publish' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 2 index 19 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'offline' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 3 index 10 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'privacy' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 4 index 2 seq 4)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'roster' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 5 index 3 seq 3)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'vacation' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 6 index 4 seq 3)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-last' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 7 index 0 seq 3)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-private' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 8 index 7 seq 1)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: module 'iq-vcard' added to chain 'user-delete' (order 9 index 5 seq 2)+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: version: jabberd sm 2.1.24.1-326.5+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi jabberd/sm[41756]: shutting down+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi org.jabber.jabberd[41754]: ERROR: router died. Shutting down server.+
+Mar 30 19:32:38 rudi com.apple.launchd[1] (org.jabber.jabberd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds+
+Mar 30 19:32:48 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[E]: Error -- jabberd service failed to start+
+Mar 30 19:32:48 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[W]: some jabberd processes failed to start+
+Mar 30 19:32:48 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[N]: waiting for jabberd to finish shutdown...+
+Mar 30 19:32:48 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[N]: jabberd service shutdown completed.+
+Mar 30 19:32:48 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[E]: Error -- failed to start service: jabberd+

I'm sorry, the copied Log doesn't reflect the Problem, here we go again.... So why is jabberd connecting to localhost again? I can't get this to work right now...
Thanks in advance,
Thomas
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/c2s[42096]: starting up+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/c2s[42096]: modules search path: /var/jabberd/modules/jabberd2+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/c2s[42096]: initialized auth module 'sqlite'+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/sm[42094]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/sm[42094]: shutting down+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: starting up (interval=60, queue=60, keepalive=0, idle=86400)+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/c2s[42096]: [domainname] configured; realm=domainname, registration disabled+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/c2s[42096]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/c2s[42096]: shutting down+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: [4] [router] write error: Broken pipe (32)+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: connection to router closed+
+Mar 30 19:41:02 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting reconnect (3 left)+
+Mar 30 19:41:04 rudi jabberd/resolver[42093]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:04 rudi jabberd/resolver[42093]: shutting down+
+Mar 30 19:41:04 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:04 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: [4] [router] write error: Broken pipe (32)+
+Mar 30 19:41:04 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: connection to router closed+
+Mar 30 19:41:04 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting reconnect (2 left)+
+Mar 30 19:41:06 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:06 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: [4] [router] write error: Broken pipe (32)+
+Mar 30 19:41:06 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: connection to router closed+
+Mar 30 19:41:06 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting reconnect (1 left)+
+Mar 30 19:41:08 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: attempting connection to router at 127.0.0.1, port=5347+
+Mar 30 19:41:08 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: [4] [router] write error: Broken pipe (32)+
+Mar 30 19:41:08 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: connection to router closed+
+Mar 30 19:41:08 rudi jabberd/s2s[42098]: shutting down+
+Mar 30 19:41:08 rudi org.jabber.jabberd[42092]: ERROR: router died. Shutting down server.+
+Mar 30 19:41:08 rudi com.apple.launchd[1] (org.jabber.jabberd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 4 seconds+
+Mar 30 19:41:11 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[E]: Error -- jabberd service failed to start+
+Mar 30 19:41:11 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[W]: some jabberd processes failed to start+
+Mar 30 19:41:11 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[N]: waiting for jabberd to finish shutdown...+
+Mar 30 19:41:11 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[N]: jabberd service shutdown completed.+
+Mar 30 19:41:11 rudi servermgrd[82]: servermgr_jabber[E]: Error -- failed to start service: jabberd+

Wiki Server content with spaces in URL broken after 10.6.5 update

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It looks like you can restore function by changing %20 to a space, per:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12572029
This will not be fun. There needs to be a fix for this!
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Hello,
Since I updated my 10.5.6 system to 10.5.7, the automatic sleep function doesn't work anymore. Screen goes black but harddisk keeps running (little light doesn't pulse).
I tried to repair permissions, reset SMC like described elsewhere in the forum, without any success.
Finally, I reinstalled 10.5 using the "Archive and install" option. Then applied the 10.5.6 combo update. And automatic sleep worked again.
After a few days, with the coming of Safari 4.0 final version (which only work with 10.5.7...), I decided to give it a try and applied the 10.5.7 combo update.
And guess what...
Automatic sleep is broken again...
If anybody has a solution, I would be happy to read it.
Thanks in advance

Some clues point to my external LaCie DVD±RW DL...
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after applying the 10.4.11 update (Intel) my export settings dialog fails to launch in quicktime.
I goto export -> options -> settings and get nothing
here's my terminal output:
my-computer:~ my$ /Applications/QuickTime\ Player.app/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime\ Player; exit
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I also cannot export to any quicktime formats from other programs since this seems to be a related issue. . .
I've tried updating quicktime along with everything else. . .
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Hi Scott,
Welcome To The Apple Discussion Pages.
I have just got my Intel MacBookPro and updated it to 10.4.6 and it works fine over Bonjour
Both are now on 10.4.6 which maybe a help.
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Instead i noticed frequent crashes of printers.cgi, pstops, pap, jobLogFilter05AE (whatever that is) in the console.
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In a kind of brute force - couldn't bother with archive install 'n stuff - i manually copied the files back and - surprise - printing worked again.
I am not a tech savvy person, i don't know what i'm doing when copying files back and forth from invisible system folders like /etc, /usr or whatever. Actually i really think i should not have been bothered with that first hand.
Since i am curious, still a bit of a believer in Apple, thinking "it sure was my fault" and already made good experiences with reapplying combo updates if something's hosed i tried the combo updater again. Guess what. Same results and procedures as before. Bummer.
Since i am still curious i searched through my files and found a cups-1.2.7.dmg from last year. This will be involved in my next attempt to get a proper CUPS installation when i'm in the mood.
By the way: same update, different issue.
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Applejacked and memtested the machine over night. No more problems with the shmem-****. (Your favourite 4* word here)
Never give up on a failing system.

Hey jens
I have a similar problem than yours, the one you had with your powerbook G4. although i have a mac book pro.
after 10.4.11 a lot of my applications (itunes, ical, addressbook, activity monitor, greenfoot, system profiler) are crashing at start. i had problems with cups before (because i installed a different version) and they got solved when i installed version 1.3
I read only about updating the prebindings. and when i do :
sudo update_prebinding - debug -root / -force
i get many many lines like this one :
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all of them say could not link BLA because the libcups.2.dylib is not prebound.
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At this point i only wish to uninstall cups as it has only given me trouble and nothing else.
Is there a good way to do this ? (googling uninstall cups 1.3 mac does not give me anything ...)
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thanks!
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