Wierd Cal behavior

Suddenly my calendar colors are all messed up. I reset them and they immediately revert. ***? Running 10.8.5 on 2011 MB pro

Thanks for your help so far, but still no joy.
It will not boot from an OS9 installer CD. I tried both internal optical drives (connected to an ACARD PCI ATA card) and an external SCSI drive (set to ID=3 and properly terminated). I also tried pressing the reset button, both with and without the battery installed and mains power connected. I uninstalled XPF and reinstalled it with no change. I tried both XPF 3 and XPF 4. My bus is NOT overclocked.
More details:
I have two HD, connected to the ACARD PCI card. Each has two partitions, on OSX (10.3.9) and another for OS9.2.2. I also have one HD connecte4d to the internal ATA bus with OSx (10.2.8) installed in the first 8 GB partition, and the remainder having another OS9.2.2 installed. Although I do a lot of fiddling with my Macs, I can't think of any hardware changes which could have triggered this.
This Mac has been rock stable with 10.3.x since XPF first was available to enable it to be run on a beige, so I am really puzzled.

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Do all the instances have unique ids? Are the duplicate buttons displayed as Movie Clips (check the Properties tab)? If you're using goto actions anyway, why are you using buttons?

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And now I'm afraid to ever update the OS again.
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The system apparently finds something on the CD, that it needs, so it can start from the system 10.5.8 that's installed on my HD.
That's wierd.
In one sense this suggests to me that I was probably right in thinking that a clean system install was a good idea; it seems like there might be something awry in the old system, since as soon as I do the Migration Assistant, any further software update, hoses the OS.
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Kernel Version: Darwin 9.8.0
Just wondering if this might ring a bell with some Genius out there, who might have a simple fix, versus re-clean installing, then software updating to 10.5.8, then reinstall all my apps, then do the security update, and hold my breath.....over and over again, until I hopefully hit the right combination.
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Wierd VPN behavior

I have a VPN server in my internal network, forwarded to the outside thru the actiontec fios router.
It works fine, but the wierd thing is, whenever i connect from a client machine, that machine becomes the only machine that can ever connect again - until i reboot the router.
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[BUG in coreutils-8.15] - Wierd 'du' behavior on my server ...

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┌─[23:39:09]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› du -csxh /tmp/*
6.8M /tmp/CI
11M /tmp/CI_BEFORE_SED
6.8M /tmp/CI_w-o_mce
4.0K /tmp/cron.fAq4LB
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8.0K /tmp/screens
12K /tmp/test
4.0K /tmp/yaourt-tmp-d
4.0K /tmp/yaourt-tmp-root
81M total
┌─[23:39:23]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› du -csxh /media/tars/
1.7G /media/tars/
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┌─[23:39:44]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› du -csxh /media/tars/*
0 total
┌─[23:39:48]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› ls -1 /media/tars/|wc -l
40
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┌─[23:43:26]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› du -csxh /media/*
37M /media/backups
4.6G /media/gentoo
1.7G /media/tars
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EDIT: I ran 'strace' and got lines for each file within that directory that looks like this:
fstatat64(AT_FDCWD, "/media/tars/root-archlinux_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=11314753, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
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EDIT: Edited the subject to be more relevant to the issue.
Last edited by ViruSzZ (2012-03-09 01:24:30)

Further investigation showed that this is not happening with coreutils-8.14-1. I have installed 8.15-1 by running Syu on 2012-02-25 and after downgrading it to 8.14 'du' is working as expected.
┌─[00:14:41]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› du -csxh /media/tars/*
1.1M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_01_Mar_2012.tar.gz
1.1M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_02_Mar_2012.tar.gz
1.1M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_03_Mar_2012.tar.gz
1.2M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_04_Mar_2012.tar.gz
1.2M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_05_Mar_2012.tar.gz
1.2M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_06_Mar_2012.tar.gz
1.2M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_07_Mar_2012.tar.gz
992K /media/tars/etc-archlinux_27_Feb_2012.tar.gz
1008K /media/tars/etc-archlinux_28_Feb_2012.tar.gz
1.0M /media/tars/etc-archlinux_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz
3.1M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_01_Mar_2012.tar.gz
3.3M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_02_Mar_2012.tar.gz
3.5M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_03_Mar_2012.tar.gz
3.7M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_04_Mar_2012.tar.gz
3.9M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_05_Mar_2012.tar.gz
4.2M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_06_Mar_2012.tar.gz
4.4M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_07_Mar_2012.tar.gz
2.5M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_27_Feb_2012.tar.gz
2.7M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_28_Feb_2012.tar.gz
2.9M /media/tars/mysqlbackup_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_01_Mar_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_02_Mar_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_03_Mar_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_04_Mar_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_05_Mar_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_06_Mar_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_07_Mar_2012.tar.gz
148M /media/tars/public_html_27_Feb_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_28_Feb_2012.tar.gz
155M /media/tars/public_html_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_01_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_02_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_03_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_04_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_05_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_06_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_07_Mar_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_27_Feb_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_28_Feb_2012.tar.gz
11M /media/tars/root-archlinux_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz
1.7G total
and strace with codeutils-8.14-1 gives:
fstatat64(AT_FDCWD, "/media/tars/root-archlinux_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=11314753, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
write(1, "11M\t/media/tars/root-archlinux_2"..., 5011M /media/tars/root-archlinux_29_Feb_2012.tar.gz
I don't know why is this happening though and 'stat /media/tars' shows that it's a simple directory with tarballs in it.
┌─[00:19:16]-[root@stavrovski]-[~]
└─› stat /media/tars/
File: `/media/tars/'
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 807h/2055d Inode: 6668599 Links: 2
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
is this a bug in coreutils-8.15-1 or my vps is buggy?
Thanks

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egg
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Well, I restored our NWDI system from an archive backup taken just prior to defining the new XSS Track. I then carefully followed the ESS NWDI Cookbook instructions to create the XSS Track and to import everything (SAP-JEE, SAP-BUILDT, SAP-JTECHS, and SAP-PCUI) except for SAP_ESS. I then archived to tape everything again. That was yesterday.
Today, I kicked off the import of SAP_ESS. So far, so good- it imported into the repository and is now in the process of Activation in the CBS. There have been no problems with threads stuck in the CBS queue in the QUEUED state.
Of course, it has been only 2 hours so far.
About the CBS properties for BUILD_TOOL_JDK_HOME,
JDK_HOME_PATHS and idleStart. Aside from idleStart, i have left them unchanged. But will keep this in mind should the previously mentioned wierd CBS behavior return.
Disk space is a little tight right now. I had 4 GB free before the import of SAP_ESS. Now i have 2 GB free, which seems to be holding. We have a script running to archive and delete the oracle redo logs since they are being generated at a pretty fast rate.
Once i know one way or the other about the success of this, i will post a message.
thank you everyone for your help so far!
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Premiere CC doesn't display/update windows sometimes in Windows 8

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I'm wondering if there are some FMS settings that are overriding or are not working well with my client side buffer settings. Is this possible?

Not sure how to get this code to you. There is no option here to attach a file. Trying to post inline here. Hope it comes out ok.
This is a simple player. The simplest. No frills. Just insert your RTMP url to your FMS and your stream name in the string variables "rtmpURL" and "streamName" at the top, compile and run.
Here is a deployment of this player connected to my CDN where the file is currently playing:
http://dcast.dyventive.com/cast/simple_player/player.html
Also, attached is an image I took when I ran the program and hit the refresh button in the browser. Note the giant bufferLength numbers in the debug panel.
Again note, I do not get this problem linking directly to a recorded file. I see this problem when playing a file on a server or with a live stream.
Can you see anything obviously wrong?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
     xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
     layout="absolute"
     backgroundColor="#333333"
     initialize="init()">
     <mx:Script>
         <![CDATA[
             //Note: the method "connect()" on line #49 starts the area with the important connection code
             import mx.containers.Canvas;
             import flash.media.Video;
             import flash.net.NetConnection;
             import flash.net.NetStream;
             private var vid:Video;
             private var nc:NetConnection;
             //Path to your FMS live streaming application
             private var rtmpURL:String = "Insert your URL"; //Will be used to connect to your FMS
             private var buffer:Number = 5; //NetStream.bufferTime property will be set with this.
             private var streamName:String = "Insert your server side stream name here"; //This determines the channel you're watching on the server.
             private var ns:NetStream;
             private var msg:Boolean;
             [Bindable]
             private var canvas_video:Canvas;//Will display some live playback stats
             private var intervalMonitorBufferLengthEverySecond:uint;
              private function init():void
                 vid=new Video();
                 vid.width=720;
                 vid.height=480;
                 vid.smoothing = true;
                 uic.addChild(vid);
                 connect();
             public function onSecurityError(e:SecurityError):void
                 trace("Security error: ");
             public function connect():void
                 nc = new NetConnection();
                 nc.client = this;
                 nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
                 nc.connect(rtmpURL);
             public function netStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void
                   switch (e.info.code) {
                     case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
                         netconnectionStatus.text = e.info.code;
                         reconnectStatus.text = "N/A";
                         trace("Connected successfully");
                         createNS();
                         break;
             public function createNS():void
                 trace("Creating NetStream");
                 ns=new NetStream(nc);
                 ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStreamStatusHandler);
                 vid.attachNetStream(ns);
                 //Handle onMetaData and onCuePoint event callbacks: solution at http://tinyurl.com/mkadas
                 //See another solution at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/metadata_cue_points/
                 var infoClient:Object = new Object();
                 infoClient.onMetaData = function oMD():void {};
                 infoClient.onCuePoint = function oCP():void {};
                 ns.client = infoClient;
                 ns.play(streamName);
                 ns.bufferTime = buffer;
                 ns.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
                 function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void {
                     trace(event.text);
                 //Set up the interval that will be used to monitor the bufferLength property.
                 //monPlayback() will be the funciton that will do the work.
                 intervalMonitorBufferLengthEverySecond = setInterval(monPlayback, 1000);
             public function netStreamStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void
                  switch (e.info.code) {
                     case "NetStream.Buffer.Empty":
                         netstreamStatus.text = e.info.code;
                         textAreaDebugPanel.text += "Buffer empty:\n";
                         trace("Buffer empty: ");
                         break;
                     case "NetStream.Buffer.Full":
                         netstreamStatus.text = e.info.code;
                         textAreaDebugPanel.text += "Buffer full:\n";
                         trace("Buffer full:");
                         break;
                      case "NetStream.Play.Start":
                          netstreamStatus.text = e.info.code;
                          textAreaDebugPanel.text += "Buffer empty:\n";
                         trace("Play start:");
                         break;
             //Get the current ns.bufferLength value, format it, and display it to the screen.
             //"bufferLen" is the key var here.
             public function monPlayback():void {
                 var currentBuffer:Number = Math.round((ns.bufferLength/ns.bufferTime)*100);
                 var bufferLen:String = String(ns.bufferLength);//Here is the actual bufferLength reading.
                                                                //Use it to show the user what's going on.
                 pb.value = currentBuffer;//updates the little buffer slider on the screen
                 bufferPct.text = String(currentBuffer) + "%";
                 bufferTime.text = String(ns.bufferTime);
                 bufferLength.text = String(ns.bufferLength);
                 //Dump the bufferLen value to the debug panel.
                 textAreaDebugPanel.text += bufferLen + "\n";
                 trace("Buffer length: " + bufferLen);
         public function onBWDone():void
             //dispatchComplete(obj);
         ]]>
     </mx:Script>
     <mx:Canvas id="monitor"
         y="10" right="50">
         <mx:Text x="0" y="25" text="Buffer:" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="0" y="50" text="Buffer Time:" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="0" y="75" text="Buffer Length:" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="0" y="100" text="NetConnection netStatus:" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="0" y="125" text="NetStream netStatus:" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="0" y="150" text="Reconnect:" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:HSlider x="145" y="25" id="pb" minimum="0" maximum="100" snapInterval="1" enabled="true"/>
         <mx:Text x="100" y="25" height="20" id="bufferPct" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="145" y="50" height="20" id="bufferTime" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="145" y="75" height="20" id="bufferLength" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="145" y="100" height="20" id="netconnectionStatus" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="145" y="125" height="20" id="netstreamStatus" color="#FFFFFF"/>
         <mx:Text x="145" y="150" height="20" id="reconnectStatus" color="#FFFFFF" text="N/A"/>
     </mx:Canvas>
     <mx:UIComponent id="uic"
          x="50" y="10"/>
      <mx:TextArea id="textAreaDebugPanel"
          width="300" height="300"
          right="50" top="300"
           valueCommit="textAreaDebugPanel.verticalScrollPosition=textAreaDebugPanel.maxVerticalScro llPosition"/>
</mx:Application>

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