limewire shut down/type 12 error?
 

hello, i am new to this board because for the last week or so i have been having major problems with limewire. up until now, i have been very satisfied with limewire and have found many interesting things through it.

last week, however, is when things began to go all pear-shaped. i downloaded and installed the latest version of limewire and like so many people found it to be a buggy proposition. i've spent most of the past week trying to find different means of solving the issues which that presented. i finally, or so it seemed, figured the thing out...unfortunately, something else came up and that is this:

at a certain, random, moment limewire will shut down. when it shuts down, for no disernable reason, it gives me a pop window tellng me that an error of type 12 has occurred and to save anything i was doing. then it proceeds to crash my computer completely so that i must restart it. however when i get back, i cannot access the connection. after which i must restart AGAIN and after that restart, THEN it works...until the next time it shuts down. when i finally get the thing working then i have to toss out the .limewire folder (which seems to work) and then open up limewire....only to have to go through the entire configuration set up AGAIN AND AGAIN...EVERY TIME!!!

what is wrong?!?

i've never had these issues with the previous versions of limewire that i've had!!! every since i downloaded the new version last week, i've had nothing but problems. i've also tried downloading previous versions, including the one that i had before last week, and those crap out too!!!

please help.

thank you.

a.

Hello!

An error of type 12 is very uncommon these days. It where common on System 7 but should almost not happen with OS 9.X. I have never once seen anyone on this forum have a Type 12 error when running LW. So it sure is a uncommon problem. An error of type 12 means that your Operative System tryed to use an Unimplementet Core Routine. Meaning that the OS encountered an Unimplemented Trap number. Those numbers are generated by the Trap dispatcher and contains instructions to the application when executing a specific function. In this case LW or Mac OS was unable to perform a specific instruction and the Microprocessor generated the error.

The cause of this could be one of the following:

-Not enough memory/or memory available but not usable to perform instruction. Most common if you are using Virtual Memory. If you have 320MB of physical RAM or more then you should turn off VM. If you have less then you should increase the amount of VM to atleast 193MB. But in general LW hates Macinosh type of VM and runns badly when VM is turned ON on Classical Mac OS. Another memory related issue is if you have Broken RAM in your computer. Look under About This Computer window does it display all of the installed RAM. When it comes to VM maybe you are starting to get a small amount of space left on your HD so that Mac OS is unable to use all the VM required. You should also increase the amount of memory assigned to the Java Runtime Environment application MRJ 2.2.5. If you are using an older version then upgrade to the 2.2.5 version available trough Apple's Knowledge Base. After the installation assign 32000 as the maximum value but dont touch the minimum setting. Then uninstall everything LW on your System and then download a fresh copy of LW and re-install that one instead. LW will now use the new JRE. Then Re-start your Mac and see if LW will run good.

When downloading LW make sure that you are downloading the proper version for your OS. LW 2.9.8 seems to work for most people. You can get it here:

http://www3.limewire.com/download/2.9.8/

i tried what you said but it still is crashing with a type 12 error. i don't use the ram and i keep virtual memory off.

HELP.

Hello!

Are you absolutely sure that you have tried everything in the correct order as I described in my post above such as:

-Installing the latest version of MRJ which is 2.2.5(I am not counting version 2.2.6 which was a version for a specific purpose) if you dont already have that version installed ofcourse.
-After installation assigning it more memory, 32000 as the maximum value

-Only after the procdeure above is finished the new LW should be installed.

If you did and we can conclude that you are not using VM and have enough physical RAM to run LW then we have to look for other sources for the error.

Do the following:

Run a Disk Utility such as Disk First Aid or DiskWarrior or Norton etc to check for any logical errors on your Drive.If an error was found perform a repair of the drive.

If they do not see anything wrong with your drive do the following:

If you have a software FireWall and/or antivirus app installed go to your File Exchange control Panel and disable its/their Exstensions and Re-start your Mac. And now try to run LW.

Still a problem then try the following:

Maybe you have a Router that is not properly configured. Disconnect it and try to Run LW without the Router installed.

If it still does not work then you could always try this method:

Once again Uninstall everything LW on your system then download and install the 2.8.6 version that was the most stable version ever. You can get it from here:

http://www3.limewire.com/download/2.8.6/

try this out
 

Mac OS 9.1
MRJ 2.2.4
Newest Limewire available

Limewire won't launch and gives me a Type 11 error message. Restarting the machine a few times brings it back to launching, but only until the next launch;-)
I increased memory for Limewire to 64000 and that doesn't help. Now I was womdering if I should install MRJ 2.2.5 ( I am the never touch a running system type of guy).
I searched for all MRJ components on my system drive with sherlock and when I saw the folder -MRJ Cache- , I decided it would be a good guess to trash all the cache files there first and giving it one more try.
Voila, Limewire launched without problems. I did not reboot my machine, just double clicked limewire.
Maybe this can help you, too. The MRJ Cache folder is in:
System Folder-->Preference Folder-->MRJ Cache
Select all files and drag them to the trash, then empty the trash and try launching limewire.
Hope that helps you.
Cheers
peter

LIMIWIRE GOES BAD
 

I've had a bad problem after downloading LW Pro 3.2.2. The installation Wizard doesn't finish the process by doing the last 2 steps where it asks about my connection and my shared folder. But it does complete the installation and say it was successful.

Then, when I open the program, a WELCOME WIZARD window appears offering to complete my configuration of LW. But there are no buttons for "next, back or cancel", no close buttons either. I force quit by hitting ESC.

The reason I mention any of this is that LIKE YOU I had NO PROBLEMS with the FREE VERSION of LW. Then, once I had this problem with LW Pro 3.2.2, I can't use the free version, the Beta version , or Pro. No matter how many times I unintall, trash zap PRAM, rebuild desktop, I have the SAME PROBLEM.

So, like you, I can't go back to the old version which used to work. I've read quite a few threads in which people have some goofy problem. And like you and I, they had a previous version which WORKED. But once they used the newer version which caused a problem, the previous version which WORKED, now has the SAME PROBLEM.

CONCLUSION: LimeWire is LEAVING SOMETHING SOMEWHERE which doesn't go away no matter what we do, and screws up everything we try to do subsequently.

Sorry, I couldn't help directly, but maybe the LimeWire people will read this and see a PATTERN. I certainly do: WHATEVER IT IS THAT GOES WRONG, IT KEEPS COMING BACK . . . . FOREVER !!!