Safari keeps crashing !!!!
Hi,
I've been using X for a while now and despite the odd hiccup I've come to like it (even tho initially I thought I'd hate it!) - but I am by no means a MacOSX expert.
The only thing that really drives me insane is Safari. It keeps crashing. It will go a day or so with no flaws and then suddenly for 2 -5 days in a row it will crash every 5 minutes or so with no warning - this happens on a variety of sites and I can't pin it down. Someone advised me to look in the crash log. I did and it means nothing to me!! I've pasted a small chunk of it here:
2004-04-14 19:05:26.094 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:05:28.536 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:08:47.608 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:16:16.233 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:16:46.822 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:18:52.207 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:20:18.973 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:21:24.186 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:28:15.092 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
Apr 14 19:28:18 Mulder-Scully crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/anyuser/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
2004-04-14 19:29:05.989 Safari[397] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:29:09.324 Safari[397] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:31:32.945 Safari[397] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
Apr 14 19:31:36 Mulder-Scully crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/anyuser/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
2004-04-14 19:32:36.964 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:32:41.325 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:33:56.364 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:34:39.706 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
Apr 14 19:36:00 Mulder-Scully crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/anyuser/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
can anyone help me before I dust off my old Pentium II 400
I've been using X for a while now and despite the odd hiccup I've come to like it (even tho initially I thought I'd hate it!) - but I am by no means a MacOSX expert.
The only thing that really drives me insane is Safari. It keeps crashing. It will go a day or so with no flaws and then suddenly for 2 -5 days in a row it will crash every 5 minutes or so with no warning - this happens on a variety of sites and I can't pin it down. Someone advised me to look in the crash log. I did and it means nothing to me!! I've pasted a small chunk of it here:
2004-04-14 19:05:26.094 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:05:28.536 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:08:47.608 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:16:16.233 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:16:46.822 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:18:52.207 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:20:18.973 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:21:24.186 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:28:15.092 Safari[389] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
Apr 14 19:28:18 Mulder-Scully crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/anyuser/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
2004-04-14 19:29:05.989 Safari[397] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:29:09.324 Safari[397] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:31:32.945 Safari[397] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
Apr 14 19:31:36 Mulder-Scully crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/anyuser/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
2004-04-14 19:32:36.964 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:32:41.325 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
2004-04-14 19:33:56.364 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Attempt to read 1 byte(s) past end of data at offset 0x86
2004-04-14 19:34:39.706 Safari[404] GIF decompressor: Unknown GIF label (0x0a) at offset 0x2b
Apr 14 19:36:00 Mulder-Scully crashdump: Crash report written to: /Users/anyuser/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
can anyone help me before I dust off my old Pentium II 400