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Q: Install Issue:  TSplicedFont failed creating descriptor...

I have a 2009 Macbook Pro 17" that is running Yosemite perfectly.

 

When attempting El Capitan update, it hangs only on the last 1 second of install.  The log states this;

 

Chooser[438:7016] TSplicedFont failed creating descriptor for:

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]: (

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:         {

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:         UnicodeRange = "<__NSCFCharacterSet: 0x7fe26c5d3940>";

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:         name = NotoSansBuhid;

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:     },

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:         {

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:         UnicodeRange = "<__NSCFCharacterSet: 0x7fe26c5d39f0>";

Oct  3 05:56:45 MacBook-Pro Unknown[439]:         name = NotoSansHanunoo;


This error keeps looping and then the install fails.  This is being done with a USB install stick.  All updates are current, all permissions "repaired", disk utility run for errors.


Thanks in Advance for any guidance!


MK

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 5, 2015 5:35 AM

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  • by crazedweazel,

    crazedweazel crazedweazel Oct 7, 2015 3:15 PM in response to Liquidcyber
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    Oct 7, 2015 3:15 PM in response to Liquidcyber

    I'm getting the same issue with basically the same laptop, 17" 5,1

    Error starts almost immediately though.

     

    Yosemite was running OK until internal drive crapped out.

    El Cap install from partitioned 128GB Lexar Thumbdrive created with DiskMaker X

     

    Trying to install to an SSD that was erased before being installed.

     

    Installation log is up to 10,600 lines and counting.

     

    MW

     

    Macbook Pro 5,1, Trying for El Cap

  • by Cesco81,

    Cesco81 Cesco81 Oct 9, 2015 11:55 AM in response to crazedweazel
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    Oct 9, 2015 11:55 AM in response to crazedweazel

    same issue there. I am installing a fresh copy of elcap with usb stick and mac pro 2008. Did you find a solution?

  • by aneaman,

    aneaman aneaman Oct 10, 2015 11:44 AM in response to Liquidcyber
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    Oct 10, 2015 11:44 AM in response to Liquidcyber

    Having the same issue on a macbook pro from 2011 - installing el cap from a usb stick.

  • by Juancarloshuerta,

    Juancarloshuerta Juancarloshuerta Oct 12, 2015 8:06 AM in response to Liquidcyber
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    Oct 12, 2015 8:06 AM in response to Liquidcyber

    Same issue in a 9,2 MacBook Pro. Installing from a USB 32 GB, clean install to a SSD HD.

  • by nagualtonal,

    nagualtonal nagualtonal Oct 14, 2015 3:20 PM in response to Liquidcyber
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    Oct 14, 2015 3:20 PM in response to Liquidcyber

    Same issue here, trying to install from usb stick on a second partition on a late 2009 27 "iMac, with SL on it.

     

    The last second gets eternal, then the machine shuts off:

     

     

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]: 2015-10-14 14:52:26.678 Language Chooser[444:7023] TSplicedFont failed creating descriptor for:

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]: (

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:         {

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:         UnicodeRange = "<__NSCFCharacterSet: 0x7f886e5bfaf0>";

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:         name = NotoSansBuhid;

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:     },

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:         {

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:         UnicodeRange = "<__NSCFCharacterSet: 0x7f886e161050>";

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:         name = NotoSansHanunoo;

    Oct 14 14:52:26 iMac Unknown[445]:     },

     

    ...

    and so on...

     

    PD: So, Snow Leopard still rocks for me. I was willing, but...

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Oct 14, 2015 4:06 PM in response to nagualtonal
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    Oct 14, 2015 4:06 PM in response to nagualtonal

    TTry removing all that google noto font stuff from the system you are upgrading.

  • by nagualtonal,

    nagualtonal nagualtonal Oct 14, 2015 4:15 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Oct 14, 2015 4:15 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    What and where is the "google noto font stuff" located?

    Thanks.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Oct 14, 2015 4:32 PM in response to nagualtonal
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    Oct 14, 2015 4:32 PM in response to nagualtonal

    IT's a very large number of fonts named Noto that would normally be in Home/library/fonts.  To get to home/library you may need to hold the option key down while doing Finder > go

  • by nagualtonal,

    nagualtonal nagualtonal Oct 14, 2015 5:26 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Oct 14, 2015 5:26 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    So I went to home/library/fonts, found a Google file, but with no "noto"-font in it.

     

    Then I started the Language Chooser via Terminal because of this install protocol notificacion:

    Oct 14 16:44:28 iMac InstallAssistant[491]: Env: _=/System/Library/CoreServices/Language Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language Chooser

    Oct 14 16:44:29 iMac Unknown[445]: 2015-10-14 16:44:29.283 Language Chooser[444:6967] TSplicedFont failed creating descriptor for:

     

    Terminal:

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Language\ Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language\ Chooser ; exit;

    2015-10-15 01:06:48.828 Language Chooser[382:903] No /etc/rc.cdrom & No /var/db/.AppleCustomMac

    Setting boot completed.

    2015-10-15 01:06:51.323 Language Chooser[382:903] Could not write to /var/log/CDIS.custom

    2015-10-15 01:06:51.323 Language Chooser[382:903] Cannot load BootPanel.pdf from (null)

    logout

     

    Maybe there's an issue with the Language Chooser.app,  because a long time ago I deleted a lot languages with the Monolingual.app.

     

    I don´t want to delete my working SL partition, I just want to install 10.11 on a second partition to check it out.

     

    So it seems that I have to formate the whole HD, make  a clean install of 10.6, than create a second partion, install 10.11 on it and then reinstall my timemachine backup on the SL partition...

     

    OH MY GOD,  QUE CAPITAN! 

  • by nagualtonal,

    nagualtonal nagualtonal Oct 14, 2015 6:50 PM in response to nagualtonal
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    Oct 14, 2015 6:50 PM in response to nagualtonal

    So I did, what I had to do.

    Formatted the whole HD, 1TB

    Made a clean install of 10.6.3

    Made a second partition, 101 GB

    And tried to install 10.11

    Same issue.

     

    THIS IS FOR ME OS X El Marinero, no Capitan... la, la Bamba...

     

    Last hope: The install image  on the USB stick may be corrupt, will download El Marinero again, and try a last time.

  • by Cesco81,

    Cesco81 Cesco81 Oct 15, 2015 2:44 AM in response to Liquidcyber
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    Oct 15, 2015 2:44 AM in response to Liquidcyber

    I left my mac working for a couple of hours, when i came back home the installation was complete.

  • by nagualtonal,

    nagualtonal nagualtonal Oct 15, 2015 2:15 PM in response to Cesco81
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    Oct 15, 2015 2:15 PM in response to Cesco81

    So did I. And it worked. Thank you.

     

    Time heals. Just wait.

  • by nagualtonal,

    nagualtonal nagualtonal Oct 15, 2015 4:41 PM in response to nagualtonal
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    Oct 15, 2015 4:41 PM in response to nagualtonal

    But I didn´t like it and returned to SL.

     

    Still the best, simple and controllable.

  • by jjmali,

    jjmali jjmali Oct 25, 2015 6:47 PM in response to Liquidcyber
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    Oct 25, 2015 6:47 PM in response to Liquidcyber

    I had this same issue and drove myself crazy trying to get it to go. A big issue with all this is how long the process takes to figure out you have this problem. I finally resolved the issue. It wasn't easy and took out of the box thinking. I tried 2 different downloaded versions of The Elcapitan Installer from the app store. I made install disks to Memory Cards (2 different ones), a flash drive and a firewire drive. All failed with the same error as described throughout this thread.

     

    What I finally did to get success was install El Capitan to an External Firewire drive. It is a slow process (90 minutes in my case). Once the install was finished to the external I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the external drive to my internal drive. Carbon Copy Cloner is an application that makes an exact copy that is bootable. All you do is open Carbon Cloner that you install onto the external you just installed El Capitan on. You select the Elcapitan drive as the source and you internal hard drive as the destination. It took about 20 minutes for the program to make the copy. Once it completed I set my internal drive as the startup disk and hit restart. BINGO.... My Mac is running El Capitan off the internal Hard Drive now. All went perfectly.

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