Software Update is broken

majormattmajormatt
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
It stops midway and quits

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    same here

    also, after installer is authorzied, it quits as well....whassup!?
  • Reply 2 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    also, fixing disk permissions did nothing
  • Reply 3 of 12
    neutrino23neutrino23 Posts: 1,562member
    Are you talking about 10.2.6? I just updated a Pismo and a G4 Powermac without trouble. Before updating I repair permissions, run MacJanitor and fsck. Don't know if it helps but can't hurt.
  • Reply 4 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    well, right now, i have 10.2.5. whenever i run software update, it just bounces once or twice, and then goes away...not even a "the application has unexpectedly quit"! Also, the installer quits unexpecditly (it says) after I authorize it...this is making Nebagakid ANGRY!
  • Reply 5 of 12
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    Ditto problem here.



    Updating from 10.2.3 to 10.2.5 worked on a few machines but on 2 I have this error.

    Fixed one by booting from the 10.2 cd and fixing permissions.

    The last mac just doesn't want to know about it.

    Will Re-format and install the bugger this weekend.



    Dobby.
  • Reply 6 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    i did the MacJanitor AND the Jaguar Cache Cleaner



    nada!
  • Reply 7 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    i tried to install over a network, on a "nice" computer, yet, it would not let me!



    Does anyone have any fixes besides "re-install"



    becuase, like, I did that last week, and it is getting really tiring to do it!
  • Reply 8 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    also, creating a new USER does not work!
  • Reply 9 of 12
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    try running sw update as root from the terminal
  • Reply 10 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Paul

    try running sw update as root from the terminal



    how?
  • Reply 11 of 12
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Nebagakid

    how?



    I dont know

    try typing cd and dragging sw update to the terminal

    then press return

    then type sudo "the name of the sw update app".app

    input your password

    go



    im not 100% that will work... but it is something like that...
  • Reply 12 of 12
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    well, that is too late, i am in the process of reinstalling everything (download 10.2.6 combo-er from clean install)
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