Safari crashes when internet connection is lost

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Safari crashes when internet connection is lost

For about a month now, Safari has been crashing whenever I lose my internet connection (computer goes to sleep, airport turned off, ethernet cable pulled). I have tried deleting all input managers as well as all associated files. It does not crash in other user accounts.

Any troubleshooting ideas?

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jun 26, 2006 6:31 AM

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a brody

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Jun 26, 2006 6:39 AM in response to Jay Windmill

Try emptying the cache, and eliminating cookies of websites you don't use.

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Jay Windmill Author

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Jun 26, 2006 9:34 AM in response to a brody

I do this often and it doesn't seem to help with this problem . . .

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a brody

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Jun 26, 2006 9:48 AM in response to Jay Windmill

Not at my Mac right now, but can you clear the browser history?

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Jun 26, 2006 10:18 AM in response to a brody

I can clear the history, but I do that quite frequently as well.

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Jun 26, 2006 11:22 AM in response to Jay Windmill

OK, for sake of argument:

1. Quit Safari
2. Check the ownership and permissions of Home -> Library -> Safari folder and write those down (click once on the folder and select Get Info from the File menu, and make sure the triangle is dropped down on Ownership and Permissions so all the privileges are shown).

3. Drag Home -> Library -> Safari to the desktop
4. Reopen Safari

See if the issue reproduces itself. If the issue doesn't reproduce itself, then it is something corrupt in the Safari info for your user. If it does reproduce itself, something is wrong with your user level internet settings or possibly Corefoundation settings which Safari is sensitive to.

You can always quit Safari and move back that folder to where it came from and make sure the permissions are retained.

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Jay Windmill Author

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Jun 26, 2006 12:05 PM in response to a brody

The permissions are:

owner: me/user
permissions: read and write

group: me/user
permissions: read

I moved the folder to the desktop, and the problem persists.

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Jun 26, 2006 1:46 PM in response to Jay Windmill

OK, it sounds like you installed some software that installed some user specific internet and/or webfoundation settings. An older version of Netflix's Netfreak I think it is called did that, only to later be fixed by a later version.

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Jay Windmill Author

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Jun 26, 2006 5:44 PM in response to a brody

I've haven't installed that particular software, but perhaps some other application did change something. What can I do now?

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Jun 26, 2006 5:53 PM in response to Jay Windmill

Make a list of all the software you've installed recently, and run it up against http://www.versiontracker.com/ to make sure it is all current.

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Jun 27, 2006 7:57 AM in response to a brody

I skimmed through the crash report that may be sent to apple after an application crashes and noticed that it made reference to the Flash Player plugin. I deleted that plugin and reinstalled it from the Flash site. So far I haven't had a crash since, but I'll hold out on definitively saying this was the problem. I'm not sure why I would have had this problem with such a common plugin, while no one else seems to have had it.

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