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Rifty - 17 Sep 2005 07:19 GMT

Safari can't open page.... The error was: POSIX error: Cannot allocate
memory" (NPOSIXErrorDomain: 12)

Any ideas how to get past this? It happened the first time I opened
Safari vers. 2.0.1 in OSX.4.2.

Rifty

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Steve B. - 17 Sep 2005 07:49 GMT

Rifty said:

> Safari can't open page.... The error was: POSIX error: Cannot allocate
> memory" (NPOSIXErrorDomain: 12)
>
> Any ideas how to get past this? It happened the first time I opened
> Safari vers. 2.0.1 in OSX.4.2.

I would (in order):

1) restart Safari

2) log out and back in

3) reboot computer

4) repair permissions

5) trash "com.apple.Safari.plist" from the prefs. folder

6) run Disk Warrior

7) panic

HTH,
Steve = : ^ )

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Bill Robbins - 17 Sep 2005 21:29 GMT

You could also try downloading and running FireFox so that you can
compare it's response to Safari's on the same site:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

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> HTH,
> Steve = : ^ )

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Rifty - 19 Sep 2005 05:31 GMT

> You could also try downloading and running FireFox so that you can
> compare it's response to Safari's on the same site:

Thanks for that, Bill. I had no trouble with Firefox with the same
settings, but for some reason Firefox can act very flakey on this
machine and therefore I want Safari to work too. It's an old iMac just
about at the end of its working life and I'm having a few issues with
it.

Rifty

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Bill Robbins - 22 Sep 2005 00:33 GMT

> Thanks for that, Bill. I had no trouble with Firefox with the same
> settings, but for some reason Firefox can act very flakey on this
> machine and therefore I want Safari to work too. It's an old iMac just
> about at the end of its working life and I'm having a few issues with
> it.

I know the feeling, I'm facing the same situation, except that my iMac
is not really all that old - only four or five years. However given I
use it is a small business, I have to keep updating software making the
machine run slower and slower. The problem with Apples is that they
just refuse to die - 2 PB1400s, 1 Apple IIgs and even one Apple II+ -
they just fade away into the depths of my "shed". I still make use of
the PB1400s, or at least one of them, and the Apple IIs were still
running fine when I had to put them away for lack of space.

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Rifty - 19 Sep 2005 05:31 GMT

> Rifty said:
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> 1) restart Safari

Tried that!

> 2) log out and back in

Ditto

> 3) reboot computer

Ditto

> 4) repair permissions

Ditto, with Applejack.

> 5) trash "com.apple.Safari.plist" from the prefs. folder

Didn't do that....

> 6) run Disk Warrior

I don't have it but should.

> 7) panic

Not too concerned as all other programs were fine.

But I have made an advance. When I used it on an account where there
were no proxies, it worked fine. Therfore it has something to do with
the account where a proxy server is used. Yet the settings for that were
exactly what I used before I upgraded to OS X.4.2. I think I can solve
it if I keep at it. I had never seen a message like that before. Any
clues as to what it is suggesting about something going wrong? Your last
comment indicates it could be serious (or you might be pulling my
leg....:))

Thanks very much for responding. Appreciated.

Rifty

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Steve B. - 19 Sep 2005 13:57 GMT

Rifty said:

>> Rifty said:
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> Thanks very much for responding. Appreciated.

No problem. I have no further insights into your problem and didn't mean to
infer there's anything seriously wrong.

Steve = : ^ )

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