Re: Recovered files (font cache) issue in users's trash can
Re: Recovered files (font cache) issue in users's trash can
- Subject: Re: Recovered files (font cache) issue in users's trash can
- From: Sierk Bornemann <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:21:56 +0100
Am 26.02.2008 um 22:49 schrieb Sierk Bornemann:
Since weeks, I have a problem with the font cache under Leopard
(only if logged-in as user -- logged-in as admin, the problem
doesn't occur), and I can't see the cause or how to solve the problem.
System:
MBP 17“, Leopard (currently 10.5.2)
Latest XQuartz from http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz for
running Gimp properly.
The problem firstly occured between 10.5.1 and 10.5.2, and I don't
remember, if before or after switching from Apple's factory X11 to
the one of XQuartz's project, so I don't know, wether my problem has
anything to do with the XQuartz/X11 exchange or not.
Regulary, being logged-in as user, my user account's trash can isn't
empty but contains of a directory "Recovered files", which itself
contains a directory like "ATS - 223553367".
This ATS-something-directory itself may contain files like
"annex_auth" (executable), "Local.fcache",
"System.fcache", "User.fcache" and "font". The files "annex_auth"
and "font" are always there, the others may be part of the folder
the next login.
Mostly, I can delete these files by emptying trash, but not every
single time. Sometimes (not everytime) the system denies that,
because one or all of theses files seem to be locked by the system
because of usage.
I have tried everything to ged rid of these cache files, I have
deleted the font cache systemwide, for the user, I have made a "Safe
Boot", I have used the tool OnyX. The problem resists -- if I have
luck, the first boot after deleting font cache files seems to be OK,
but the second or third boot, the trash can of my user account
contains again these files.
After searching around the net and not finding a solution,
I have logged-in as admin or root into the shell, went to /var/
folders/kp/kpPJ1m.../-Caches- folder, and there is a folder
com.apple.ATS/, which seems to consist of exactly these fonts, which
are regulary in my trash can unter "Recovered files". The folder
com.apple.ATS/ and all below has the the owner/group of "admin/
staff". Quite the same with the folder /var/folders/zz/zzzivh.../-
Caches-/System. There do exist the files "annex_auth" and "font". Is
this the system's user's font cache under Leopard (I have read,
something has changed on Leopard concerning that)? Both, files and
folders unter zzzivh.../ do have the owner/group "_atsserver/
_atsserver". Deleting these files manually seems to resolve the
issue for exactly one time after logging-out and logging-in again or
rebooting. For the next time, I reboot or log-in as user, the user's
trash can again consists of "Recovered files" and these font cache
files.
So, what the hell is the cause of this issue, and how can I get rid
of it?
Can anybody help me to solve this annoying issue?
Help would be appreciated.
I have opened Activity Monitor from /Applications/Utilities to monitor
the ATSServer process to get further information.
I have done this for the system administrator (Administrator) and for
the user MyName, selecting the process "ATSServer" and looking at
further information (opened files and ports).
This is the result for Administrator:
---------------------------
/
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/
Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/ATSServer
/private/var/folders/kp/kpPJ1mt.../-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/annex_aux
/System/Library/Fonts/LucidaGrande.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/HelveticaNeue.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/Monaco.dfont
/usr/lib/dyld
/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_i386
/dev/null
/private/var/folders/kp/kpPJ1mt.../-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/font
/private/var/folders/kp/kpPJ1mt.../-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/annex_aux
->0x7e13330
---------------------------
And this is the result for the user MyName:
---------------------------
/
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/
Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/ATSServer
/Users/MyName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/ATS - 227034826/annex_aux
/System/Library/Fonts/LucidaGrande.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/HelveticaNeue.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/Monaco.dfont
/usr/lib/dyld
/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_i386
/dev/null
/Users/MyName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/ATS - 227034826/font
/Users/MyName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/ATS - 227034826/annex_aux
->0x5aefcc0
---------------------------
What irritates me, is the fact, that Administrator uses the path /
private/var/folders/kp/kpPJ1mt.../-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/ and user
MyName uses the path /Users/MyName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/ATS -
227034826/ to store the font caches.
Why arent they using the same path?
Why does the folder /Users/MyName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/
exist, but not for Administrator (/Users/Administrator/Library/Caches/
TemporaryItems/)?
Why is Administrator using the path under /private/var/folders/kp/
kpPJ1mt.../-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/ and not the path /Users/
Administrator/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems?
Or, asked vice versa for user MyName: why is user MyName *not* using
the path /private/var/folders/kp/kpPJ1mt.../-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/
but instead the path /Users/MyName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems?
It looks like, that the trashed folders and files in the "Recovered
files" folder, when logged in as user 'MyName' are from /Users/MyName/
Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/ . But why?
Any hints to solve the problem?
--
Sierk Bornemann
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