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ShapeShifter and MenuBar oddity

· Troubleshooting · 14 posts · Jul 23, 2005 — Jul 25, 2005 View original thread ↗

#1 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 02:08

Hi,

I've already sent a request to Unsanity about this but they seem mostly overwhelmed nd maybe someone can help me with my problem.

I'm using ShapeShifter under Tiger (10.4.2) and the theming of the menubar is incomplete, I mean that on every reboot the Apple's menu items (keyboard, clock and spotlight) do not get themed. I've other items which are not menu items per se (Synergy, StuffIt and Konfabulator) that do correctly get themed.

When I trash the content of the ShapeShifter Cache (~/Library/Caches/ShapeShifter) things get back to normal for a few reboots but soon the problem reappears). If I apply a new theme in the PreferencePane (with the option to restart the menu items selected), it works until I reboot (sometimes the first reboot is ok but not next one).

The only mention of ShapeShifter I got in the console is the following:
SystemUIServer[216]: Welcome to the WSX:Carbon
SystemUIServer[216]: [Haxies Crash Guard] Looks like this application has crashed before, not loading haxie com.unsanity.shapeshifter for it.

The first line is for WindowShade, the second, I suspect, is the cause of my trouble. Unfortunatelly the message is rather cryptic as it doesn't mention which process got broken (neither do I find another mention of a crash). Neither do I know how I can get rid of it.

I nether had this issue under Panther and I believe it only occured recently.

Anyway, my partially-themed menu bar is not aethetically nice.

Does anyone know what is going on and how I can circumvent this problem?

iMac G5 (2nd generation) - 10.4.2

Many thanks,

Raf

#2 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 02:09

You logged off and back on?

#3 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 02:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randman

You logged off and back on?

I rebooted which is equivalent. The problem seems intermittent, yesterday I trashed the cache folder, restarted, re-selected a theme, restarted and it was ok. I restarted another time just to be sure that the problem didn't occur again. And this morning when my iMac booted, the problem re-occured. If I reboot, it doesn't go away.

I've seen no crash report in either /Library/Logs or ~/Library/logs.

Raf

#4 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 04:41

Raphael, are you using Snapz Pro?

#5 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 04:55

Yes, I do.

Would you like me to post all items that I have that are not Apple's own software? If you like I can search for it.

Raf

#6 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 06:18

Removing SnapzPro from the Login Items solved the issue. Thanks for the tip.

However, do you know if you can solve this conflict between ShapeShifter and SnapzPro?

I remember an issue existing with MightyMouse under Panther (multiple cursors on screenshots). However this apparently got solved with 2.0.2version of SnapzPro.

Thanks for your help,

Raf

#7 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 06:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raphael

I had the same problem. SnapzPro always kicks
the menubar out of whack when it launches. But
it's a pain to have to launch it manually when needed.

Think SnapzPro should have an option to switch
off its splash - very in your face company advertising.
I think the splash is in the 'Snapz Pro X.rsrc' file - maybe
needs a hack if its a simple 'cut and paste' job.

#8 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 - 23:35

The incompatibility with Snapz Pro is fixed for an upcoming ShapeShifter 2.1.2 release.

#9 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 - 00:53

Alternatively you can set Snapz Pro to use a key combo other than Command Shift 3 or Command Shift 4. And then God should be in His heaven and all should be right with the world.

#10 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 - 02:59

Smegger,
Rosyna,

Many thanks for your quick answers and your quick fix.

I'll be waiting for the 2.1.2 to be released. My cmd-Fx keys are almost all used either by DragThing or by Apple's own shortcuts.

As an old user (think I started on Mac Pluses with 6.0.3 a long time ago, I'm still used to apple-shift-3 (I know I know Apple recommends cmd and not Apple for the key).

Anyway, many thanks.

Raf

#11 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 - 10:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raphael

I'll be waiting for the 2.1.2 to be released.

No need to wait. http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shapeshifter

Now go get some tacos.

#12 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 - 10:40

Thanks, it works fine now... just got nervous when I didn't saw my menu extras, but it turns out their display is just delayed until a certain point.

Many thanks for the quick feedback,

Raf

#13 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 - 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raphael

Thanks, it works fine now... just got nervous when I didn't saw my menu extras, but it turns out their display is just delayed until a certain point.

Many thanks for the quick feedback,

Raf

Well, delayed until it relaunches.

And did you get some tacos?

#14 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 - 13:49

Tacos... not yet... still wondering what I'lll be doing tonight... a DVD in the DVD player, chips and orange juice...

Anyways still need to fix my DVD storage problem (but then we might go off-topic)

Raf