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Hello, sberlin. I tried the above instructions (adding the PATH... line), but I'm afraid it made no difference. LW continues to crash at startup. It starts and crashes as soon as I tell the tip of the day to go away.

I can't post the crash log here as it is too long. However, I will e-mail it as suggested in the earlier message.

Thanks,
Ernest

editing prelude didn't help

Quote:

Originally posted by sberlin
In this file, underneath the first line that reads "#!/bin/sh", add a line that reads: "PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH" without the quotes.

So the first two lines of the file should read:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

Just upgraded to Pro (3.6.14), am running OS X 10.2.8. Downgraded to QT 6.3, performed a clean boot, repaired permissions, etc.

My install logs are virtually identical to candyangel's -- and editing the prelude script didn't fix the problem -- any other ideas?

M

ps: console log for launch attempt post-prelude-edit:

Nov 8 19:20:44 Computer /sbin/autodiskmount[183]: disk1 hfs no no LimeWire /Volumes/LimeWire

2003-11-08 19:20:49.718 Installer[533] Setting package as non OSInstall
Nov 8 19:20:55 Computer authexec: executing /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Resources/runner

2003-11-08 19:21:14.511 Installer[559] Setting package as non OSInstall
Nov 8 19:21:19 Computer authexec: executing /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Installation.framework/Resources/runner

/Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/prelude: dirname: command not found
/Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/prelude: /LimeWire: No such file or directory
/Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/prelude: exec: /LimeWire: cannot execute: No such file or directory

Quote:

Originally posted by grateful fellow
the bsd installation worked for me -- i was having the same issues as the other folks (one bounce in 10.2.8, etc.), but all is back to normal, running LW 3.6.14 just fine. thanks for the great info!!

worked for me too!

sorry I didn't see that post before I posted my last complaint :-)

We'll be adding a workaround to future installers to ensure that LimeWire will run on systems that do not have the BSD subsystem installed. However, I strongly suggest that you do install it, as there are most likely many other programs out there that rely on this information.

Confirmed that BSD *is* installed on my G4. Still having problems starting LW.

Ernest

rkpasi, THANK YOU so much for your help. The BSD install seemed to fix the problem for me. Limewire is now working fine under OS 10.2.8.

Sam, thanks so much for helping as well. It's good to know future versions won't require BSD. When I went through the reinstall, it said "you only need to install BSD if you are installing the developers package". So I didn't bother. Maybe that's why it doesn't install as a default?
Ah well, At least I know what happened now.

Ernest, I hope your problem gets sorted out soon. I'm sure someone will figure out something.

This forum has a great bunch of helpful people, and I want to thank everyone for their help.

~Candy