luddite
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:13 pm
I have 10.3.9 installed on my clamshell iBook. Recently the Terminall app started crashing at launch. I've repaired permission with Disk Utility and Onyx to no avail. I've also tried starting up the iBook in single-user mode, but just get a repeating error message like this (from memory):
alk
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:34 pm
Hmm. Is this a new install of 10.3.9? Have you changed your shell from bash to something else?
Peace,
Drew
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luddite
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:37 pm
Old install, haven't changed anything... the only thing I use on this one is Telnet and Lynx. Everything ran fine until *suddenly* Terminal refused to launch.
Is it possible to reinstall the Unix stuff without touching OS X???
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alk
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:00 pm
Did you ever try the command chsh?
Try renaming ~/.cshrc and ~/.login (if they exist) to something else.
Peace,
Drew
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luddite
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:43 pm
Cory5412
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:13 am
I do believe you can reinstall the unix bits without the rest of the system. They're called BSD Tools or some such shenanigans. (CD 1 or 2 of a 10.3 set) Once reinstalling them you will probably want to reinstall the combo updater too.
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alk
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:05 am
I'm still leaning towards a configuration problem. I had similar difficulties on one of my Macs at one point where Terminal would quit on launch, and it turned out to be a problem with how I had configured the app. Unfortunately, I can't quite remember just what the problem was and how I fixed it.
What exactly is the error that is displayed when you launch the Terminal app? Can you ssh into the Mac remotely?
Peace,
Drew
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Bunsen
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:28 pm
Download iTerm. A MUCH better Terminal app
luddite
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:00 pm
luddite
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:02 pm
luddite
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:14 pm
Okay, I can connect but I immediately get disconnected after "Welcom to Darwin".
I reinstalled all the BSD packages with Pacifist, but that didn't help either...[/img]
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luddite
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:34 pm
Update:
Never figured out what was wrong, but other apps started crashing at launch (oddly enough, only ones that come bundled with OS X), so I wound up reinstalling OS X completely... problem solved.
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