Yahoo Messenger funkiness

[H.B. Elkins]

Running OS 9.2.2 on a new model iBook. All of a sudden, Yahoo
Messenger goes funky on me. It crashes upon attempting to connect with
the Internet, giving errors of type 1, 2 and 3. Also had a system
error, type 10, requiring a restart. Have deleted preferences several
times, reinstalled, and downloaded the newest version (2.5.3) and
installed it. Upped the memory setting to twice the recommended level.
Still the same errors. This just started happening out of the blue.
Nothing's changed -- no new extension sets, no new software.

Any recommendations on how to fix this, past what's already been done?
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H.B. Elkins -- Beattyville, KY
[url]http://www.millenniumhwy.net[/url] hbelkins(at)mis.net

"There's no doubt he's the best race driver in the world."
--Dale Jarrett, on the late Dale Earnhardt

Go Big Blue (Kentucky Wildcats)! Go #15 (Michael Waltrip, NAPA Chevy)!

Vote Ernie Fletcher for Governor of Kentucky! [url]http://www.fletcher2003.com[/url]

To reply, just remove the restrictorplates...
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[blueglass]

H.B. Elkins:

>Running OS 9.2.2 on a new model iBook. All of a sudden, Yahoo
>Messenger goes funky on me. It crashes upon attempting to connect with
>the Internet, giving errors of type 1, 2 and 3. Also

I am on an iMac running 9.1. and experiencing the same thing.

Yahoo Messenger was running fine last night for me. Today it either quits
unexpectedly, freezes up, or crashes my computer every time I try to connect.

As you did I tried reinstalling with no luck.

A friend's Linux version quit working at the same time while the Windows users
I have talked to are fine. At this point I'm asuming the problem is on Yahoo's
end and we'll just have to wait it out.

[H.B. Elkins]

[email]blueglassposting@aol.comn[/email]omail (blueglass) wrote:

>I am on an iMac running 9.1. and experiencing the same thing.
>
>Yahoo Messenger was running fine last night for me. Today it either quits
>unexpectedly, freezes up, or crashes my computer every time I try to connect.
>
>As you did I tried reinstalling with no luck.
>
>A friend's Linux version quit working at the same time while the Windows users
>I have talked to are fine. At this point I'm asuming the problem is on Yahoo's
>end and we'll just have to wait it out.

I have access to a Windows machine and it works fine there.

I booted into OS X last night and Messenger worked fine in that OS.

Would it be possible for this to be an OS-specific issue for the
login?
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H.B. Elkins -- Beattyville, KY
[url]http://www.millenniumhwy.net[/url] hbelkins(at)mis.net

"There's no doubt he's the best race driver in the world."
--Dale Jarrett, on the late Dale Earnhardt

Go Big Blue (Kentucky Wildcats)! Go #15 (Michael Waltrip, NAPA Chevy)!

Vote Ernie Fletcher for Governor of Kentucky! [url]http://www.fletcher2003.com[/url]

To reply, just remove the restrictorplates...
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[Duuster]

[email]blueglassposting@aol.comn[/email]omail (blueglass) wrote in message news:<20030925195920.19414.00000267@mb-m02.aol.com>...

> H.B. Elkins:
>

> >Running OS 9.2.2 on a new model iBook. All of a sudden, Yahoo
> >Messenger goes funky on me. It crashes upon attempting to connect with
> >the Internet, giving errors of type 1, 2 and 3. Also

>
> I am on an iMac running 9.1. and experiencing the same thing.
>
> Yahoo Messenger was running fine last night for me. Today it either quits
> unexpectedly, freezes up, or crashes my computer every time I try to connect.
>
> As you did I tried reinstalling with no luck.
>
> A friend's Linux version quit working at the same time while the Windows users
> I have talked to are fine. At this point I'm asuming the problem is on Yahoo's
> end and we'll just have to wait it out.

A friend of mine just told me that he's having the same exact problem.
It was working fine 9/25, but this morning 9/26 it suddenly started
giving him Type 2 errors. He has not installed nor changed anything
on his ibook. Im using Yahoo on Windows and i'm not having any
problems. Please let me know if you guys find out what may be wrong.
thanks

[jon]

I'm having the same issue in OS 9.1 and 9.2.2 but OS X works fine? I
just happened all of a sudden. If anyone knows how to help please
offer suggestions

Thanks

[email]hbelkins@restrictorplates.mis.net[/email] (H.B. Elkins) wrote in message news:<3f7444a4.450777@news.newsguy.com>...

> [email]blueglassposting@aol.comn[/email]omail (blueglass) wrote:
>

> >I am on an iMac running 9.1. and experiencing the same thing.
> >
> >Yahoo Messenger was running fine last night for me. Today it either quits
> >unexpectedly, freezes up, or crashes my computer every time I try to connect.
> >
> >As you did I tried reinstalling with no luck.
> >
> >A friend's Linux version quit working at the same time while the Windows users
> >I have talked to are fine. At this point I'm asuming the problem is on Yahoo's
> >end and we'll just have to wait it out.

>
>
> I have access to a Windows machine and it works fine there.
>
> I booted into OS X last night and Messenger worked fine in that OS.
>
> Would it be possible for this to be an OS-specific issue for the
> login?
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> H.B. Elkins -- Beattyville, KY
> [url]http://www.millenniumhwy.net[/url] hbelkins(at)mis.net
>
> "There's no doubt he's the best race driver in the world."
> --Dale Jarrett, on the late Dale Earnhardt
>
> Go Big Blue (Kentucky Wildcats)! Go #15 (Michael Waltrip, NAPA Chevy)!
>
> Vote Ernie Fletcher for Governor of Kentucky! [url]http://www.fletcher2003.com[/url]
>
> To reply, just remove the restrictorplates...
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[blueglass]

>Please let me know if you guys find out what may be wrong.

>thanks

Or for that matter does anyone know how to contact Yahoo and tell them it's
broken? I can't find an email address anywhere in the help section of their web
site.

[H.B. Elkins]

[email]jon@corporates.com[/email] (jon) wrote:

>I'm having the same issue in OS 9.1 and 9.2.2 but OS X works fine? I
>just happened all of a sudden. If anyone knows how to help please
>offer suggestions

This is on my iBook. I will have to test my Lombard Powerbook (9.2.2)
to see if it's having the same issues.
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H.B. Elkins -- Beattyville, KY
[url]http://www.millenniumhwy.net[/url] hbelkins(at)mis.net

"There's no doubt he's the best race driver in the world."
--Dale Jarrett, on the late Dale Earnhardt

Go Big Blue (Kentucky Wildcats)! Go #15 (Michael Waltrip, NAPA Chevy)!

Vote Ernie Fletcher for Governor of Kentucky! [url]http://www.fletcher2003.com[/url]

To reply, just remove the restrictorplates...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[blueglass]

I said:

>Or for that matter does anyone know how to contact Yahoo and tell them it's
>broken? I can't find an email address anywhere in the help section of their
>web
>site.

Then I figured out how to contact them.
Go to their help page at [url]http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/[/url] At the top right
you'll see "Have a question about Yahoo! Messenger? Ask Yahoo! Help." Enter
your question. It will try to pull up a relevant answer and fail. When it asks
if the answer helped, tell it not at all. Then it will give you a form to
comment on.

Maybe if they hear from more than one person with this problem they'll fix it.

[SubSonic]

In article <3f735aec.171661@news.newsguy.com>,
[email]hbelkins@restrictorplates.mis.net[/email] (H.B. Elkins) wrote:

> Running OS 9.2.2 on a new model iBook. All of a sudden, Yahoo
> Messenger goes funky on me. It crashes upon attempting to connect with
> the Internet, giving errors of type 1, 2 and 3. Also had a system
> error, type 10, requiring a restart. Have deleted preferences several
> times, reinstalled, and downloaded the newest version (2.5.3) and
> installed it. Upped the memory setting to twice the recommended level.
> Still the same errors. This just started happening out of the blue.
> Nothing's changed -- no new extension sets, no new software.

Same thing here, all of a sudden, on a desktop G4 running OS 9.1. First
noticed it last night - exact symtpoms and failed solutions you
described. Very strange (and annoying).

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[H.B. Elkins]

SubSonic <subsonic.no_spam@invalid.bestweb.net> wrote:

>Same thing here, all of a sudden, on a desktop G4 running OS 9.1. First
>noticed it last night - exact symtpoms and failed solutions you
>described. Very strange (and annoying).

The problem seemed to have resolved itself as of last night.

So -- what on the server side would cause such an error, specific to
only one platform? Why would this happen to pre-OS X Macs, but not to
OS X Macs, Windows and other platforms?

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H.B. Elkins -- Beattyville, KY
[url]http://www.millenniumhwy.net[/url] hbelkins(at)mis.net

"There's no doubt he's the best race driver in the world."
--Dale Jarrett, on the late Dale Earnhardt

Go Big Blue (Kentucky Wildcats)! Go #15 (Michael Waltrip, NAPA Chevy)!

Vote Ernie Fletcher for Governor of Kentucky! [url]http://www.fletcher2003.com[/url]

To reply, just remove the restrictorplates...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[ANTant@zimage.com]

In comp.sys.mac.comm H.B. Elkins <hbelkins@restrictorplates.mis.net> wrote:

> Running OS 9.2.2 on a new model iBook. All of a sudden, Yahoo
> Messenger goes funky on me. It crashes upon attempting to connect with
> the Internet, giving errors of type 1, 2 and 3. Also had a system
> error, type 10, requiring a restart. Have deleted preferences several
> times, reinstalled, and downloaded the newest version (2.5.3) and
> installed it. Upped the memory setting to twice the recommended level.
> Still the same errors. This just started happening out of the blue.
> Nothing's changed -- no new extension sets, no new software.

> Any recommendations on how to fix this, past what's already been done?

Are you guys aware that Yahoo upgraded its end? I am not sure if Yahoo
Messenger for Macs are upgraded, but check that. I know Gaim, Trillian,
etc. have problems. The latest versions of Yahoo Messenger don't. Here
is an example of Trillian:
[url]http://trillian.cc/forums/showthread.php?s=b2ec023025caefaddd1331ec33db78e3& threadid=45869[/url]
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[TAPKAE]

"H.B. Elkins" read this in the National Enquirer :

> Running OS 9.2.2 on a new model iBook. All of a sudden, Yahoo
> Messenger goes funky on me. It crashes upon attempting to connect with
> the Internet, giving errors of type 1, 2 and 3. Also had a system
> error, type 10, requiring a restart. Have deleted preferences several
> times, reinstalled, and downloaded the newest version (2.5.3) and
> installed it. Upped the memory setting to twice the recommended level.
> Still the same errors. This just started happening out of the blue.
> Nothing's changed -- no new extension sets, no new software.

Wow. I had the same thing happen this week. OS 9.22, 867QS. It just stopped
working. Crashed me as often as I tried to use it. Tried ditching the old
one and reinstalling a newly downloaded version. No avail.



-- TAPKAE
[url]http://tapkae.com[/url]

"He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."
Nietzsche

[H.B. Elkins]

TAPKAE <e@shit.com> wrote:

>Wow. I had the same thing happen this week. OS 9.22, 867QS. It just stopped
>working. Crashed me as often as I tried to use it. Tried ditching the old
>one and reinstalling a newly downloaded version. No avail.

Apparently it was a server-side issue, specific only to pre-OS X Macs.

It's since resolved.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
H.B. Elkins -- Beattyville, KY
[url]http://www.millenniumhwy.net[/url] hbelkins(at)mis.net

"There's no doubt he's the best race driver in the world."
--Dale Jarrett, on the late Dale Earnhardt

Go Big Blue (Kentucky Wildcats)! Go #15 (Michael Waltrip, NAPA Chevy)!

Vote Ernie Fletcher for Governor of Kentucky! [url]http://www.fletcher2003.com[/url]

To reply, just remove the restrictorplates...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[TAPKAE]

"H.B. Elkins" read this in the National Enquirer :

>> Wow. I had the same thing happen this week. OS 9.22, 867QS. It just stopped
>> working. Crashed me as often as I tried to use it. Tried ditching the old
>> one and reinstalling a newly downloaded version. No avail.

>
> Apparently it was a server-side issue, specific only to pre-OS X Macs.
>
> It's since resolved.

Thanks. I love a happy ending.



-- TAPKAE
[url]http://tapkae.com[/url]

"He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."
Nietzsche