JaS 10.4.8.AMD.SSE3 issue with package installation

[Robert364]

Hello,

Wanted to install the JaS 10.4.8.AMD.SSE3 but when I got it it arrived as a package. Package that seems to open/launch only with the Apple installer.

 

But Apple installer is not working (not responding actually... ).

Apparently I am not the only one with problem of Apple Installer not working properly and found no asnwer...

 

So question is: there a way to use another way or soft or trick to install package(s) generally without the Apple installer and more specifically the JaS.10.4.8 package by bypassing the Apple installer ? This would seriously help.

 

Or may be JaS has made a repack of this packaged-patch as an application and not a package ?

 

Any idea is welcome.

 

Thanx

 

Robert

[hilloki]

Go to /Applications/Utilities and make Installer open with rosetta. That should fix the problem.

[Robert364]

Hello,

Nope! Not Working I tried already.

-ie for me rosetta starts automatically if you launch an application from the frinder right ? (I suppose I am correct). So Yes, the installer launches and then I can browse - from the Apple Installer Open Windows- and click on the wanted package.... But then problem starts right here.

First it takes ages - about 6 min exactly for the Open window to give me back the control - during that time I can see the nice colorfull rotating hypnotising thing...

While checking on the console I get this:

519: Can't checkin with server named com.apple.metadata.mdserver, error 0x10000004

552: Can't checkin with server named com.apple.metadata.mdserver, error 0x10000004

552: Can't checkin with server named com.apple.metadata.mdserver, error 0x10000004

 

Then finally I can click on open - then the Apple installer opens the package and I have a window which offers to click to 'continue' but whatever happens (click or no no click) i get back to the rotating colorfull disk and this time forever ( waited more than 35 min then I Killed the app ( force quit)).

 

What's interesting is that none of teh console or system log seems to react at all during that time...

 

Any idea ?

 

Thanx

 

Robert

[Robert364]

I found that the problem is comming from spotlight...

So i tried the little test:

 

Amon:~ rfv$ touch test

Amon:~ rfv$ mdls test

test -------------

220: Can't checkin with server named com.apple.metadata.mdserver, error 0x10000004

mdls: could not find test.

Amon:~ rfv$ sudo mdutil -i off /

Password:

/:

Could not set indexing status for volume.

Amon:~ rfv$ sudo mdutil -E /

/:

Error, no index found for volume.

Amon:~ rfv$

 

 

So we can see that index is clearly not working. So I tried the recommended solution:

 

delete /Library/Spotlight (Done in the finder)

 

delete /.Spotlight-v100/*.*

Done In the terminal actually as:

 

rm -rf /.Spotlight-V100/

rm -fr /private/var/tmp/mds/

 

But then after reboot i again get mds to run at 90% of my resources..

So final solution from: smellyhippie

 

In the Terminal, I did this:

 

$ sudo su

# chmod 0000 /Library/Spotlight

# chmod 0000 /System/Library/Spotlight

# chmod 0000 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle

# chmod 0000 /System/Library/PreferencePanes/Spotlight.prefPane

# chmod 0000 /System/Library/Services/Spotlight.service

# chmod 0000 /System/Library/Contextual Menu Items/SpotlightCM.plugin

# chmod 0000 /System/Library/StartupItems/Metadata

# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdimport

# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdcheckschema

# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdfind

# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdls

# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/mdutil

# chmod 0000 /usr/bin/md

 

 

This modif can be erased by repairing disk permissions on OS drive with disk Utility

 

So the story with Spotlight and mds running all the time doing a mess has finally stopped and the finder and other 'open' windows are now reacting normally.

 

BUT UNFORTUNATELY this did not solve the Apple installer package issue. The same happens while trying to use Apple Installer - ie after opening the package i got the rotating color disk for ever and nothing happens.

 

Any idea ????

 

Thanx for advise.

 

Robert

[buwie]

Using Rosetta solved it for me, but before that i used the cli version of installer;

 

sudo installer -pkg /path/to/package.pkg -target /

[Robert364]

Well done buwie. It seems that yes. I can install package using the terminal command line.

Thanx a lot.

 

Bye

RFV

 

PS: after installing the JaS10.4.8 pacth the Spotlight/mds has calmed down - there may be a relation...

[xtraa]

hey, thanks

 

This solved my Finder issues with the new kernel. It always gave me the beachball

and took about 2 minutes on any "open-file"-rightclick action.

 

Additionally. I had to do this:

 

In Terminal type

 

SPOTLIGHT=-NO-

 

Then to get rid of the existing index, run these two commands from Terminal:

 

mdutil -i off /

mdutil -E /

 

The first command disables indexing on the boot volume, and the second erases the existing template. You can then use Activity Monitor to kill any mds or mdimport processes or else just reboot. Futzing with permissions will probably break OS updates that try to update files in the zeroed-out directories and of course won't survive a repair-permissions run.

If you later change your mind and decide you want Spotlight after all, it's easy to reactivate. Set

 

SPOTLIGHT=-YES-

 

in /etc/hostconfig, then run in Terminal:

 

mdutil -i on /

 

and reboot.

 

See http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...050504012104186 for details.