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Anonymous
2005-02-27
2013-04-16
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2005-02-27

    I get the following errors when I try and start Firefox 1.0.1 from a Terminal:
    /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin: can't map file: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/MRJPlugin.plugin ((os/kern) invalid argument)
    ### MRJPlugin:  getPluginBundle() here. ###
    ### MRJPlugin:  CFBundleGetBundleWithIdentifier() succeeded. ###
    ### MRJPlugin:  CFURLGetFSRef() succeeded. ###

    Perhaps this has something to do with Apple's Security Update 2005-002: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

    Can anyone confirm or advise how to resolve this?

    Thanks.

     
    • Steven Michaud

      Steven Michaud - 2005-02-27

      This error happens very frequently (all the time?) on OS X (all
      versions), with Firefox, Mozilla and Camino (all versions), and all
      plugins (not just the MRJ Plugin).  It has nothing to do with the Java
      Embedding Plugin (or with any of the other plugins).

      Ultimately it's a bug in the Mozilla-family browsers, I suppose.  But
      it's completely benign (it has no ill effects).  You can ignore it.

      For more information do a search at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ on
      the string "can't map file".

       
    • Steven Michaud

      Steven Michaud - 2005-02-27

      I should also have mentioned that I've (briefly) tested the JEP
      (version 0.9.0) with Apple's 2005-02 security update, and as far as I
      can tell it works fine.

      But the 2005-02 update does contain things also found in the "WebStart
      and Java Plugin Update 1.4.2" that's available via Apple's Developer
      Connection.  So the 2005-02 update will presumably break earlier
      versions of the JEP.

      (Since the 2005-02 update seems to be a replacement for "WebStart and
      Java Plugin Update 1.4.2", I'm not sure why the latter is still
      available.)

       
      • Anonymous

        Anonymous - 2005-02-28

        Okay, thanks for the reassurances. The bug in Bugzilla is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200945 for future reference.

        I was worried that I had stomped my Java installs and was trying to do a clean re-install (what version is /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A anyways?). Unfortunately after I installed the Security Update 2005-002 I could never get the Java Update 1.4.2 Update 2 to install again, even though it states that "[a]ny previous Java 1.4.2 installation will be completely replaced. "

        I am okay now, but does anyone have advice on how I could to a clean install of Java if I wanted to?

         
    • Steven Michaud

      Steven Michaud - 2005-02-28

      > but does anyone have advice on how I could to a clean install of
      > Java if I wanted to?

      Basically, you can't -- you have to reinstall the OS.  But the least
      horrifying way of reinstalling the OS on OS X 10.2/3 seems to be the
      "archive and install" (aka "archive install"):

      http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

       

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