Mail and iChat not starting up anymore

[philipz]

List,


Since a couple of days my system (eMac, OS X 10.2.8) doesn't start iChat and Mail anymore...
The icon bounces in the dock, but nothing starts. System log file shows a crash occurs (same for both applications), but not too many details
I reset NVRam already and tried reinstalling/updating the original packages with Pacifist, but nothing helps...

I'm not sure what the prebinding error messages tell me, but I read somewhere that these are not to worry about, correct?

Is there anything else I can check or try? Anyone else that has/had this issue?

Thx a lot,

Phil

Aug 29 23:30:05 D576D9C0 crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/sannevm/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Mail.crash.log
Aug 29 23:30:09 D576D9C0 /usr/libexec/fix_prebinding: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail could not be launched prebound.
Aug 29 23:30:09 D576D9C0 /usr/libexec/fix_prebinding: update_prebinding (finding dependent libraries for /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/InstantMessage.framework/Versions/A/InstantMessage): can't open file: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/InstantMessage.framework/Versions/A/InstantMessage (No such file or directory)
Aug 29 23:30:09 D576D9C0 /usr/libexec/fix_prebinding: The file /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/InstantMessage.framework/Versions/A/InstantMessage does not exist
Aug 29 23:30:09 D576D9C0 /usr/libexec/fix_prebinding: As a result, fix_prebinding will not attempt to prebind the application.
Aug 29 23:30:09 D576D9C0 /usr/libexec/fix_prebinding: 2004-08-29 23:30:09 +0200: prebinding for Mail done.



Date/Time: 2004-08-29 23:30:05 +0200
OS Version: 10.2.8 (Build 6R73)
Host: D576D9C0.kabel.telenet.be

Command: Mail
PID: 433

Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01220

Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x8fe01220 in halt
#1 0x8fe0323c in load_library_image
#2 0x8fe060d4 in load_images_libraries
#3 0x8fe02688 in load_executable_image
#4 0x8fe013b0 in _dyld_init

PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x8fe01220 srr1: 0x0002f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x8fe0a004 ctr: 0x8fe28ebc mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x00000004 r1: 0xbffffbb0 r2: 0x2800428c r3: 0x000000c2
r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x000000c2 r6: 0x0000290a r7: 0x726e6f20
r8: 0x66696c65 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0xbffff92b r11: 0x00000026
r12: 0x8fe71aea r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x0000440c r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0xbffffe54 r17: 0x00000001 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00003de0
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x000c22fc r25: 0x00000002 r26: 0x00000002 r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00001dec r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x8fe484d8 r31: 0x8fe09e6c

[Clytie]

Have you tried repairing the bindings using PantherCacheCleaner? Download it at

Northern Softworks (http://www.northernsoftworks.com/panthercachecleaner.html)

and save everything to disk before running its tasks. It comes with a good manual which explains each task clearly and briefly (rare combination :) ).

After doing this, and a restart, you will have had a good clean-out anyway, and it may fix your problem.

Support the shareware, if you think the product worthwhile: I find it excellent.

Good luck :)

from Clytie

[philipz]

I did a dowload of PantherCacheCleaner (although the system is on Jaguar it didn't complain anyway) and let it run and check/repair the volumes; no result...
From here I think the only thing I can do is do a reinstall of the system :eek:

[yellow]

From here I think the only thing I can do is do a reinstall of the system :eek:

Not yet.

Log in as another user and check to see if they work/crash there. If they work, then the problem is with your user. If they crash, then you're probably looking at a reinstall.