When I try and access the help function under X I get really strange things. First sometimes it says that it can only read html. Sometimes it just quits. I tried reinstalling X wi…

There have been numerous problems reported with UFS volume format. On a HFS++ volume, which is what I am using, the ProjectBuilder help files work with out any problems.

I really, REALLY need to find a way to get OpenLDAP (www.openldap.org) to run on OS X PB as well as a compilied version of PHP4 with LDAP enabled. I could support a community min…

I have some perl scripts that use the GD.pm module to create graphics "on the fly". To run them on MacOS X I'll need to install some software like gd.lib and other stuff. I'd also…

Ok we all know how to get shared memory rights shmget().... well OS X PB does not have ipcs to see if your app leaves any shared memory behind... or ipcrm to remove the shared mem…

The Developer Tools for Mac OS X Public Beta have been posted. Sign up for a free ADC Online account at http://connect.apple.com/, then log in and click on download software. Le…

So, what is included in this 70 Meg beast? --T ------------------ ____________________ This space for rent

In OSX, under the "application" menu, is the system wide "Preferences..." menu item. It, in my carbon app, is currently dimmed. I know that there is a 'pref' apple event that one…

I am trying to build gcc into my system, but I cant seem to get the host type correct. Does anyone know what it is offhand?

why do you need to build it when CC is EGCS (gcc) ? as many people have said before, go to your /usr/bin directory and cp cc gcc.

hi, just downloaded the developer tools from the apple site. when i try and install them, installation goes smoothly until the very last step when the installer starts writing fil…

I'm going to move this one over to Mac OS X Developer . Click through to find your post.

Same error. Don'know what to do. Logs are not telling anything...

It is a decompression issue in stuffit expander. let stuffit make the tar file (called 3.7.19.DownloadSoftware.1.1.1) you must remove the pkg file that was made if appropriate!!!…

Oh, and BTW you may need to be root to rm that file. [i.e. from the command line] ------------------ Henry Feldman NYU School of Medicine

The installer crashes on me just when it has started the installation of the files. The log file tells the following: object is a folder! object is a folder! Oct 12 23:13:42 Instal…

Approx same pb, all files not copied. I'll try again from new OS X Install later. Anyone got this problem too?

I had the bompath problem and tried to do the "tar -xvf filename" command but it didn't work just gave me a bunch of errors and it kept giving me these errors until I forced it to …

Hmmm...Same problem....None of the posted methods worked....But after SU to root from a command line (and after tar -xvf + gnutar -zxvf) - the orginally unstuffed package decided t…

Ok...worked. But looks like you have to be logged in as ROOT - to get access OR install these tools.... Tj

Had the same problem. The easiest way to solve this is just to use MacOS9 with its Stuffit Expander to unstuff the downloaded file and then it will work. There must be something w…