Debir Achen
EVE University
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Posted - 2011.04.07 22:05:00 -
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In fairness to CCP, I don't think there's a global issue with Macs and patches. For example, I've never had a patch fail, although for the first few I would have a screen lock-up the first time I logged in after patching.
So I don't think it's a case of not testing at all. That said, the combo of Eve + Cider is seems to break more easily than it should.
Note: I've seen a few different varieties of an issue where the Eve client is causing the interface to become unresponsive, but won't go away. If you have a second computer, there's a 100% reliable way of solving this. It's a bit technical, but it works.
(1) Make sure that 'remote login' is enabled on your Eve Mac. Do this before running Eve. As long as you have a half-decent password, it's safe to leave this enabled all the time.
(2) In the 'sharing' preferences, give your machine a name that you will remember.
(3) Find out your "short" user name. To do this:
- open Terminal, from the Utilities folder in your Applications folder (Applications - Utilities - Terminal).
- a prompt (usually % or #) will appear. Type "whoami" and press return. Remember this name.
(4) When Eve crashes, use 'ssh' to reconnect to it. From another Mac:
- open Terminal, from the Utilities folder in your Applications folder (Applications - Utilities - Terminal).
- a prompt (usually % or #) will appear. Type 'ssh "<your user name>@<your computer>.local"'. Example 'ssh "[email protected]"'.
- It will probably warn you that the machine is unknown (this is OK; say 'yes'), and then ask you for your password.
(5) Type the command "ps -Ajw | fgrep -i cider" and press return. Case matters, and that's a veritcal bar (usually far right of keyboard, above the 'return' key) between the two sets of words. You should see something like:
<user name> 13985 1 13979 85104b8 0 R ?? 0:37.73 /Applications/Games/EVE Online.app/Contents/MacOS/cider -cmdline "C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE\bin\ExeFile.exe" /nosplash /noconsole C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE\bin\ExeFile.exe
(6) Take note of the first number after your user name (I've highlighted it above). Type the command "kill 13985" (replace 13985 with your whatever number came from above). This should stop the Eve client and make your Mac run OK again. |