limewire for osx build 10.3.9 wont work
 

hi

anyone found that limewire 4.8.1 wont work in the new os x 10.3.9 seeds? using the latest 10.39. build 7W94 and limewire wont start at all? no error message nothing

matt

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Wait 'till 10.3.9 is out....

I have 10.3.9 and Limewire won't work, the icon bounces a few times in the Dock but the program never starts.

I have the same problem,too.
Anyone help?

iMac G5
OSX 10.3.9,7W98
Darwin 7.9.0

My two macs don't have any problems with LW and os x 10.3.9. reinstall java security update http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300980


If that doesn't work the other possibility to fix the problem is to download and install the 10.3 -> 10.3.9 combo update http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...pdate1039.html


bonne chance ;)

LW runs fine after the 10.3.9 update here. Hope the combo works to repaor the java problem.

I, too, am having a problem launching LW after installing the updates. Interestingly, I found that if I attempted to double-click the file "limewire.plist" in the ~/library/preferences folder, it launched iTunes.

I'll try some of the suggestions I've seen posted.

Thanks!
Tom

Mac OS X Combined Update 10.3.9 checksum error
 

Just downloaded the combined update. When trying to mount the disk image, it reports a checksum error.

begin with the security update, many forums reported that it worked.

MacFixit reports that the 10.3.9 update breaks Java and suggests a workaround:

http://www.macfixit.com/

I know that solution, but installing the security update is much faster and easier, try it!

Aha! Thanks for the info Tom. Should be handy for those, like http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36368 whose java was already broken. Looks like for others a bad java was revealed by 10.3.9.

Tried that, et voilà, but the security update won't install on my HD. When I attempted to do so, the installer said that my drive didn't include any software that needed updating.

I had to manually unpack the Java and install the components manually.

Merci, mon ami!
Tom

Ok then, content que cela fonctionne! / Glad it works!

Ciao ;)

Just downloaded the Security Update, and everything is working fine now. Thanks!

Don't work
 

I tried ALL these solutions. No one works. My G4 dual dont launch Limewire. On my other DD, with MacOsx 10.3.8 all is fine. Grrr !

lw 4.8.1pro couldnt be running better.

panther
10.3.9 build 7W98

powerbook 1.5, 1gb/ram

never had trouble with lw pro, tops.

if u got airport extreme u need 2:
-allow port 6346 in utilities>airportadmin
-allow same port through mac firewall
-limewire prefs>advanced>firewall>manual port>enter 6346.....

Limewire won't work with OS 10.3.9
 

I find the same problem. Limewire icon bounces a few times and ...nothing. I am guessing the new security updates are doing some port blocking?
Is anyone working on this? What will Tiger do to Limewire?

Call your local Apple support hotline and ask them for instructions on how to fix Java. The recent update to 10.3.9 broke Java, again, like almost every earlier update. It's easy enough to fix, but they continue to release updates that break it. If enough people complain, then maybe they'll start taking Java seriously.

Is it a joke ?
 

In anno domini 2005, there is no reason to call (at which cost ?) an Apple hotline who is always useless, being maintained by students reading prefabricated notices, nor to disassemble a java installer to place manually its elements.

But it seems it's not entirely the Apple fault : other programs, such edonkey 2000, are running wthout any problem.

It is 100% Apple's fault. They broke the language that LimeWire requires to run. They've done it before, they'll do it again, unless people call and complain. There's no need to disamble anything. You just need to download and install the security update manually. Their Software Update doesn't work right. Call Apple and complain that they're breaking your computer.

Sorry for the incrimination, I have not the source code !

BUT I have downloaded the java update and intalled it manually and... NOTHING.

Nota : I am french, using a french MacOsX, and there is NO french Java update.

Jibe: cela n'a pas d'importance que ton os x soit en français, toutes les mises à jour apple sont multilingues / doesn't matter that your os x isn't english, the apple updates apply on all language os x systems

Ciao ;)

Limewire Tech has confirmed the problem is a Java security update. The link is below.

"Please download the latest Java Security update:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...34orlater.html

Thanks,
Zenzele"
:)

Good !
 

Finally, of all the remedies, the only one which is efficient for me, has been to repair the authorizations, then to download and execute only this security update (and no other one) :

http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/np...005-002Pan.dmg

Thanks to all !

Apple now has an official article on how to fix the 10.3.9 Java breakage:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301380

Yes, after I updated to 10.3.9 Limewire will not start at all.

Lime wire pro with OS X 10.3.9
 

when finish downloaded the 10.3.9. go to
OS X site download the latest security patch.
restart the OSX ..now open the Lime wire PRO. should work fine.

This is what i did .

Yep
 

It's true. I did this and it worked great. Just follow the link, manually download the update, go through the installer, and restart your computer. Works great now.

10.3.9 issue(I am an Apple Certified Tech)
 

Downloading the latest security update and installing it will correct the problem.

limewire for osx build 10.3.9 won't work
 

Yes! I just download 10.3.9 last night and now the limewire icon shows but nothing happens (it just bounces around on the dock). Did you find a solution?

Read above, fix is posted
 

Read up fix is posted

I've also had problems since updating to OS 10.3.9. Software updater now has a Java updater for the 10.3.9 and now LimeWire is working fine - thankfully!

Apple finally release a Java update and I finally can open LimeWire, right now i'm downloading a song at 26kb/s with TurboCharged lines. I'm running LimeWire 4.8.1jum 406 Pro in Mac OS X 10.3.9

FINALLY!!!!!! :cool:

Limewire Still Doesn't Connect
 

I had been using 4.0.8 Pro and don't use it very often. When I tried to start it the other day, it wouldn't. I have read all the posts concerning the problems with 3.9 and Java. I have installed all the Apple updates and restarted several times. I switched to the latest free version of Limewire. Now it opens but can't connect. Are there possibly some System preferences that should be set to accomodate Limewire, although I never had to worry about that in the past? Thanks.

It's the Apple fault: Java on MacOSX is made and supported only by Apple, and this port of Java is a standard part of OSX.

So it's up to Apple to fix the installers for the updates of its own OS. The fact that other apps work without such problem is that these apps don't use Java.

(But note: Safari needs Java on MacOSX and Safari is now the default browser for MacOSX; I don't think that Apple will consider that upgrading Java incorrectly and breaking Safari is not an important problem. Can Apple seriously think about OSX without a working browser?)

Today Apple released an official fix.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...acosx1039.html

Use Software Update to install, or the link to the standalone installer is also provided.

There is also a link to the more technical details of what went wrong (FYI Philippe)

Quote:

To reduce the memory footprint of Java applications, the HotSpot Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Mac OS X makes use of a Java Shared Archive (JSA). The JSA contains the preprocessed internal HotSpot JVM representations of common standard Java classes that would otherwise be found and processed from the standard classes.jar file. Mac OS X 10.3.9 has exposed an issue in the use of the JSA, by which the virtual memory location of libhotspot.dylib can become incompatible with the current JSA. This can result in Java crashing on every execution.

Thanks for the technical quote...

Still Can't Connect
 

As I said earlier, I have done all the updates, and have done them several times. I have deleted preferences, restarted, and still can't connect.

Now can connect
 

All of a sudden, Limewire did connect. Something finally worked.

I finally resorted to this. Mama Mia, what a pain! You have to change permissions add nauseam to move things into place. A small shortcut I found is to check the info on each folder containing things you are considering moving first and compare it with the equivalent old one with things to be replaced. If they are the same, skipping them saves time, and mine is working.

The other things (SecUpd2005-002, JavaUpdateforMacOSXv10.3.9) got me able to launch Limewire again, but after time it always became too unresponsive

I wrote:After further testing, Limewire Pro 4.8.1 is obviously still unresponsive after time, but definitely seems less so and I am getting quite a bit more downloads. For me it was probably worth it despite the extraordinary bother, but still has not really solved the problem.

i have a powermac g4 dual 1.25ghz proccessors and im running 10.3.9

Ok, now i have tried everything in this thread and related to this thread... java isnt broken (i dont think) because when i go into terminal and type java -version i get this

java version "1.4.2_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_05-141.4)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-38, mixed mode)

i then got both security updates and restarted my computer and limewire still wont work... i then deleted limewire and all of its components and reinstalled it... limewire is still not working.

the exact problem with limewire is when i open it up, i get the "please wait while limewire initializes" and it closes by itself... no "Unexpectedly quit" screen pops up or anything.

if someone could help me it would be greatly appreciated.