Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.2.6

Numeric writes "Apple has released 10.2.6 update, which you can read in detail. Here's a partial list: Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.2.5 in which a kernel panic message may appear if certain USB hubs or devices are connected. Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.2.5 in which English is the default language and Asian language scripts are not be available in the International preference pane, if a script's font is not available. Address Book now supports the Sony Ericsson T610 phone."

Re:Kind of a small list

[Tumbleweed]

They're probably spending most of their time getting 10.3 (Panther) ready for release. It's gonna be interesting seeing if Panther really _will_ be available in a 64-bit variant for use on the PPC970 machines.

Good...

[jnetsurfer]

...Hopefully this will fix my problems using my Rio and my Nikon. I had about a 50% chance I'd get a kernel panic when I tried to use either of them...

Re:Kind of a small list

[stefanlasiewski]

It is a small list of fixes. 10.2.5 was released less then 3 weeks ago, if memory serves.

Apple just needed to get the 10.2.6 patch out quickly, because it was a pretty signifigant bug for some people.

Since the fix is probably at the kernel level, the fix warrants it's own patch version.

This was my first real experience with an OS X problem. Took me 3 hours to figure out that my Godmother's G4 was crashing because of the USB hub. Pro bono, but at least I got some homecooked meals and some education out of the exchange :)

Slightly Off Topic...

[macmurph]

10.2.5 really fixed my v.92 powerbook modem 'modem on hold' feature.

In 10.2.3, when someone would call while Im online, I would get a message saying "an unknown caller is calling, answer, ignore". I would click answer, and I couldnt hear anyone half the time.

In 10.2.4, if someone called while I was online, I would get a kernel panic and lose all of my work... ouch.

In 10.2.5, when someone calls, I can actually click the answer button and talk to them every single time. Im really happy someone is working on this over at Apple.

Im downloading 10.2.6 right now. We'll see what changes that brings. I hope it allows you to resume your connection from the modem menuling. Im tired of digging around for the resume dialog behind all of my windows. I also would love if it put downloads on hold... when Im downloading something, it usually just kicks me offline when someone calls.

And no resumable downloads in Camino... whats up with that?

Slightly off topic, but it should be an update.

[General Sherman]

Okay, so disc burning from the finder is nice, right? It's easy to do, and it doesn't take over your computer while you do it, and it's just nice not to have to use another program. Same with iTunes, great to be able to burn in your playlist order and all that.

The only problem is that to do this, you need to have a supported drive. Huge bummer. They hardly ever add more compatible drives to the list.

My only question is, why don't they go the normal route and allow companies to make drivers for the finder/iTunes so they can use their drives? This would make it easier for Apple for one, and I'll bet a lot more drives would become supported. It just seems like they're doing this wayy too closed.

Just a rant from someone with an unsupported drive (gotta use Toast...)

Re:Repair Permissions

[sharkman67]

I installed the update and after restart picked up an additional 250MB of disk space. I know this because I didn't have enough drive space (500MB) required for the system update as well as QT 6.2. I made just enough space to install the upadates and upon reboot had almost 800MB available.

The only permissions out of whack were: ./System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.uti, ./private/var/db/locate.database and ./private/var/run/utmp

Re:Appears to re-introduce the DNS bug

[Alrescha]

I generally don't reply to AC postings (as I don't usually see them), but between the mis-information and the request, an exception seems called for.

In spite of the AC claiming that this is not a OS bug, I beg to differ. In:

http://docs.info.apple.comarticle.html?artnum=1202 10

Apple says:

"Addresses an issue in which domain name lookups could fail if the DNS server responded with a very large reply packet."

Since Akamai's servers appear to work fine for just about everyone else, and Apple did choose to issue a fix, the implication is that they had a bug. I haven't read anything that points to Akamai - and I did a *lot* of googling trying to sort this out.

Yes, it's possible that Akamai changed their servers at the same moment that I upgraded to 10.2.6, but I don't think that is as likely as Apple dropping a fix on the floor by accident.

What I do know is that last night I upgraded to .6, and today browsing is near impossible, just like it was before .5

A.

ibook slow burner issue

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder if it fixes the ibook slow burning issue...

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/ibook_slow_co mb o_drive.html

http://forums.macnn.com/search.php?s=a8d165af82f 13 7b4966564255d42a84e&action=showresults&searchid=24 3238&sortby=&sortorder=

there is some scary speculation that it's an issue with the IDE bus itself and that no patch will ever be able to fix it. I don't remember seeing this come up on /. yet - anyone ehere had this problem??

correct URL is...

[bblackfrog]

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=254 05 [apple.com]

I agree with Alrescha: it looks like this 10.2.5 bug fix was somehow dropped on the floor with 10.2.6.

To see this ugly bug again is very frustrating. I've been wrestling with this problem since the 10.2 release, when it was apparently introduced with Rendezvous. Rendezvous uses multi-cast DNS, and required significant changes to the DNS code.

btw, why does the Slashdot server insist on inserting a space between the "254" and the "05" in the first line of my submission...???