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I Found the first program that locks up my mac!
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<blockquote data-quote="Thud" data-source="post: 86211"><p>OSX isn't supposed to let that happen... when a 3rd party program crashes, isn't the OS supposed to be able to recover gracefully? And because of the security that's inherent in OSX, why would any 3rd party application be allowed to "ruin permissions?" If that were the case, then that would indicate some SERIOUS security holes in OSX. It would be just as vulnerable to trojans as Windows is. However, that is NOT what is happening here.</p><p></p><p>(by the way, the fact that you have to "repair permissions" for so many issues leads me to question how secure/reliable OSX really is. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> )</p><p></p><p>This crash has been confirmed as a bug in the OSX video drivers for the ATI Radeon cards. It is not a bug in Celestia. OSX is barfing when celestia tries to use a certain OpenGL feature.</p><p>You have to disable the vertex shader feature in order for it to work.</p><p>One of the celestia developers has filed a bug report with Apple, and ATI says they are working with Apple on the issue.</p><p>I read this in the celestia forums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thud, post: 86211"] OSX isn't supposed to let that happen... when a 3rd party program crashes, isn't the OS supposed to be able to recover gracefully? And because of the security that's inherent in OSX, why would any 3rd party application be allowed to "ruin permissions?" If that were the case, then that would indicate some SERIOUS security holes in OSX. It would be just as vulnerable to trojans as Windows is. However, that is NOT what is happening here. (by the way, the fact that you have to "repair permissions" for so many issues leads me to question how secure/reliable OSX really is. :( ) This crash has been confirmed as a bug in the OSX video drivers for the ATI Radeon cards. It is not a bug in Celestia. OSX is barfing when celestia tries to use a certain OpenGL feature. You have to disable the vertex shader feature in order for it to work. One of the celestia developers has filed a bug report with Apple, and ATI says they are working with Apple on the issue. I read this in the celestia forums. [/QUOTE]
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