URGENT issue! iChat crashes/doesn’t function properly with vanilla.catalog

[dead2sin]

I had an issue pointed out to me recently where you can launch iChat but when you try to message someone, it sends the message, doesn’t show their name or that you sent it, but they still receive it. After that, iChat promptly crashes and refuses to open again.

I built an image using the install CD + the vanilla.catalog file from the repo and it still did this. I’m currently building an image with just the install CD and 10.5.7 to see if a specific update breaks this.

Anyone else ever run into this? iChat opens fine, but if you add an AIM account and try to message, it starts crashing.

Thanks!

Nate 🙁

[Rusty Myers]

Are you using a retail copy of Leopard or are you using a cd from a computer?

[dead2sin]

Good question, I’m not sure. Its a 10.5.0 DVD Image, not sure if its retail or not though.

Will a OEM one cause an issue like this? I was reading that if you have certain updates installed, the distribution scripts from Apple will see it and not install certain things, so I’m curious if this was the issue. (I did a fresh install, updated to 10.5.7). We’ll see if that fixes it or not though.

We have licenses for all our computers on campus, but I’m not sure if Apple gave us a Retail DVD or not. I have a CPU drop-in disc that I could use. It is pretty much retail, is it not?

Thanks,

Nate

[dead2sin]

I’ve gotten a retail disc image now that I’m using to build images and it didn’t resolve the issue.

I did, however, build an image without the 10.5.7 combo updater and iChat works fine (so it was a plain 10.5.0 install). I’m suspecting there are some issues with how InstaDMG is installing 10.5.7.

As Larkost illuded to, the distrubution scripts look at the current system, so as such, I moved the BOM files for iChat and 10.5.7 in hopes that it will fix the iChat issue. If this doesn’t fix the issue, I’m king of at a loss for what would cause this. Perhaps I can check the install options for 10.5.7 and see if there is anything there that might cause issues (But it shouldn’t, considering that the default install of 10.5.7 works great if you install it manually).

Nate

[dead2sin]

I’ve tried building an image, I removed the ichat bom and it still didn’t work.

Clearly there is an issue with the 10.5.7 update that causes iChat to get pooched. I’m not sure what is causing this, but it is extremely frustrating. This is putting a complete halt on all my image building because if iChat doesn’t work in a regular vanilla image, there is no point doing anything else until I get it resolved.

I tried a fresh install of OS X 10.5 updated to 10.5.7 and it did the same thing.

I’m not sure where to go from here. I love InstaDMG, but this is a show stopper for me. I personally prefer Adium, but I won’t force everyone to use it (Adium doesn’t do video chat and screen sharing).

Any ideas? I’m willing to try anything at this point.

Thanks,

Nate

[dead2sin]

I am going to try rev200 of InstaDMG. I read its a good solid candidate for version 1.5, so perhaps it will work for me.

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