Basic vewrsion crashes on startup
 

Howdy,

I'm trying to be a new user, but no luck. LimeWire's installer said it installed successfully, but the app crashes at startup (during "Loading HTML Engine")

G4 Mac, 350mHz, 512mb RAM, OS 10.3.9

Any Help appreciated,
Ken N.

hmmm, i've got exactly the same problem using OSX 10.3.9, powerPC G4 1Ghz, 1GB DDR SDRAM...

But i guess, it doesn't have anything to do with the system.. I think, there's a fault in the javascript or something... I hope we'll get some help soon... ;)

me too...
 

I'm having the same problem on my G4 powerbook with the 1.64 ghz and 1 gig ram...

I'm on Tiger OS X .4

Try this
 

EDIT: The below steps should not be necessary for LW versions 4.9.25 and later. LW 4.9.25 beta ships with the JavaApplicationStub from OS X 10.2.7. If you're a LW Pro user, there is also a Pro version of the beta. Of cousre, if you're reeding this a long time after this edit, the official version of LW may also be 4.9.25 or later.
/EDIT:

The problem seems to stem from LW shipping with the JavaApplicationStub from OS X 10.1. For some people, this stub causes LW to crash while creating the user's LW preferences directory.


The easiest solution is to manually replace

/Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/LimeWire

with a copy of

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub


I've edited the following instructions to use the GUI instead of the command line:

The easiest way to do this if you're not familiar with the OS X command line is the following.

(1) Go to Macintosh HD -> System -> Library -> Frameworks -> JavaVM.framework -> Versions -> Current -> Resources -> MacOS

(2) Now control-click JavaApplicationStub and select "copy 'JavaApplicationStub'".

(3) Next go to Macintosh HD -> Applications -> LimeWire

(4) Control-click on the LimeWire application and select "Show Package Contents"

(5) Go to Contents -> MacOS

(6) Control-click inside the MacOS folder and select "Paste item".

(7) Inside the MacOS folder, rename LimeWire to OldLimeWire and then rename JavaApplicationStub to LimeWire

If you're familiar with the OS X command line, this can be done in one step. However, it can be very confusing if your'e not used to the command line.

I tried to run that sript but nothing happens...what am I doing incorrectly..

cp /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub/Application/Limewire/Limewire.app/Contents/MacOS/Limewire

Where exactly do I need space etc....

My bad; I should have posted how to do this through the GUI. I've edited my previous post to reflect this.

First of all, there should be a space between JavaApplicationStub and /Applications.

Secondly, you left off the final s on Applications.

Third, the OS X command line is case-sensitive and you didn't capitalize LimeWire properly.

You should have 3 things in one command, each seperated by a space
(1) cp

(2) /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub

(3) /Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/LimeWire

So bringing it all together, if you can stretch your streen wide enough and stretch your terminal wide enough, it should look like one line with two spaces in it:
cp /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub /Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/LimeWire

Thanks, kmag. Had the same problem -- was getting an "unexpectedly quit" error on startup on my G4 (OS 10.3.9). Your suggestion did the trick!!

Jxb

Howdy,

I'm getting: "no such file or directory"

Re: Try this
 

Wow. It worked!

I've been trying to figure out a solution to this problem for about three weeks, and NOTHING has been working. I was getting ready to put on some purple galoshes and do a rain dance in my office. You're a life saver.

Howdy,

All right! It worked now. Many thanks to KMAG.
Now Ijust need a manuak to figure out how it works.

Thanks again.

Ken --
I found it easier to go with the GUI method rather than the command line route. One little typo & you'd get the "no such file/directory" error.
Summarizing/restating kmag's solution:

From the "Macintosh HD" icon on the desktop, navigate down into System -> Library -> Frameworks -> JavaVM.framework -> Versions -> Current -> Resources -> MacOS. Whew!!
Then COPY the "JavaApplicationStub" file.
Next go to Macintosh HD -> Applications -> LimeWire, and <Ctrl>-click on the LimeWire icon. Select "Show Package Contents" from the menu that pops up. In the window that pops up, go into the Contents folder, then into the MacOS folder.
Now PASTE the "JavaApplicationStub" file in here.
Finally, RENAME the file "LimeWire" to something else (e.g. "OldLimeWire"), and RENAME "JavaApplicationStub" to "LimeWire".

Hope this didn't confuse things more. Thanks again to kmag!

Hi jxb,

That looks like a lot of work, but thanks anyway.

As it turned out (I'm ashamed to admit), I had uninstalled LimeWire without realizing it (duh! ;-/). I reinstalled it, then I recopied and pasted kmag's command line back into the Treminal and it fired up fine after that.

Now I just need to figure out how to use it....

Tried what you said twice , no help . Icon bounces in dock and disappears.........Mac OSX.3.9 on G3 imac

Suggestions?

Also note that LW 4.9.25 beta ships with the JavaApplicationStub from OS X 10.2 instead of OS X 10.1. If you don't want to manually replace the stub used by LW, you can try downloading LW 4.9.25 (or later).

On my OS X 10.3.9 machine, I was unable to reproduce the bug with the new LW beta. I was able to trigger the bug with older versions of LW.

I Just installed 10.4.2 and now LimeWire wont boot either. I get the two bounces and then nothing. I moved that java file that was mentioned earlier, that didn't help. I tried to remove and reinstall still nothing, whats going on?

help with directions
 

From directions below i did all up until it asked me to rename files... how do i do so? I clicked on name a cursor never came up for me to try to rename????

From the "Macintosh HD" icon on the desktop, navigate down into System -> Library -> Frameworks -> JavaVM.framework -> Versions -> Current -> Resources -> MacOS. Whew!!
Then COPY the "JavaApplicationStub" file.
Next go to Macintosh HD -> Applications -> LimeWire, and <Ctrl>-click on the LimeWire icon. Select "Show Package Contents" from the menu that pops up. In the window that pops up, go into the Contents folder, then into the MacOS folder.
Now PASTE the "JavaApplicationStub" file in here.
Finally, RENAME the file "LimeWire" to something else (e.g. "OldLimeWire"), and RENAME "JavaApplicationStub" to "LimeWire".

Once i get to the paste JavaApplicationStub i dont have the option to paste?
what am i doing wrong? I control copy and it works but i cant paste

Problem
 

hey man im having the same problem. when i enter your script into terminal it gives me this.

cp: /Applications/LimeWire/LimeWire.app/Contents/MacOS/LimeWire: Permission denied

I gots ur fix
 

put sudo in front of cp.
than when prompted type your admin password.
It'll work like a charm.

not working for me
 

Hey i have version 10.4.10 and it's not working for me still. It keeps freezing and not working for me everytime I do an action, I tried using this post to help, but it hasn't worked.