CS 2 undefined

Clifford wrote:

I getting an error message that says ‘code 2 Photoshop undefined’ on my G4 mac with CS2

I’ve encountered that same problem here. Installed Photoshop CS2 on dozen computers, some with Panther (10.3.9), others with Tiger (10.4.2), and it always went like the following:

1. Logged in as Admin user, installed Photoshop CS2.
At that point I’ve checked version of the Bridge, which
was 1.0.0.545 (93460).

2. Launced Photoshop CS2 as Admin user, was asked whether I want to install current updates for Adobe Updater, and then for Bridge.

3. Proceeded with downloading/installing of all the updates. After everything was done checked Bridge’s version again – it was still the same.

4. Restarted Photoshop CS2. Everything worked as expected, including Bridge launch from within the Photoshop.

5. Logged out, then logged in as Standard user. Started Photoshop CS2. From within Photoshop tried to start the Bridge, and got this:

Error 2: photoshop is undefined
Line: 1
–> photoshop.invokeBridge (false, false, ");

At this point I thought: "well, sounds rather familiar! :-(" It reminded me about printing problems in Photoshop 5.5 running under Windows 2000 – Administrator can print, but others (even members of Power Users group) can’t do that until permissions got adjusted in the Windows registry.

Did some web surfing, found this Adobe Knowledgebase article – http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331561.html – which tries to shed some light. As it turned out, the only suggestion to download and install Bridge 1.0.2 was somewhat useful (everything else can be ignored as a waste of time, I think). And so I did, downloaded the Bridge102Mac.dmg file, installed Bridge 1.0.2.109 (95798). Then tried to run Photoshop again, but nothing changed – worked well for Admin, and popped up that same error message for Standard users.

As it turned out, it was necessary to change exactly one bit (an eighth part of a byte) – to set missing "allow directory search for others" on the Launch directory! To do the repair work log in as Admin user, open Terminal window, and the issue the following commands:

admin$ ls -ld /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch drwxrwxrw- 6 root admin 204 11 Aug 11:25
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Launch
admin$ sudo chmod o+x /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch admin$ ls -ld /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch drwxrwxrwx 6 root admin 204 11 Aug 11:25
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Launch

And that’s it! Re-login as Standard user, and you’ll be able to start Bridge from within Photoshop CS2.

—
andrei

Andrei Ivanov wrote:

I’ve encountered that same problem here. Installed Photoshop CS2 on dozen computers, some with Panther (10.3.9), others with Tiger (10.4.2), and it always went like the following:

Installed Photoshop CS2 on two more computers, and found out when the directory permissions bit got "corrupted"!

1. Logged in as Admin user, installed Photoshop CS2.
At that point I’ve checked version of the Bridge, which
was 1.0.0.545 (93460).

After initial installation the Launch directory (see below for full path) had correct permissions set, "755" (which would be displayed as "drwxr-xr-x" in the "ls -l" output). It means, both in theory and in practice, that right after initial installation everything works well for both Admin and Standard users.

2. Launced Photoshop CS2 as Admin user, was asked whether I want to install current updates for Adobe Updater, and then for Bridge.

This time I’ve paid more attention, and noticed that proposed update for Bridge 1.0 (called "Adobe Photoshop Services Update") contained the following note: "JAPANESE UPDATE ONLY: Update now to gain access to new professional grade photo finishing capabilities." I’ve got rather standard version of the software (en_US), so why was I offered this "JAPANESE ONLY" update?! Anyway, decided to proceed with installation.

3. Proceeded with downloading/installing of all the updates. After everything was done checked Bridge’s version again – it was still the same.

After that "Adobe Photoshop Services Update" was downloaded, I’ve instructed to install it. The "OLS" (what’s that?) Installer was started, and when it completed its job, permission bits on the Launch directory were changed to "776", i.e. "drwxrwxrw-". As a result only Admin user(s) can use Bridge from inside of Photoshop!

Subsequent installation of Adobe Bridge 1.0.2 did not "repair" this setting, so the "chmod" operation described in my previous posting (and reproduced below) is still necessary.

Hey! Adobe people (engineers)! Are you reading this newsgroup?!

[…]

As it turned out, it was necessary to change exactly one bit (an eighth part of a byte) – to set missing "allow directory search for others" on the Launch directory! To do the repair work log in as Admin user, open Terminal window, and the issue the following commands:

admin$ ls -ld /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch drwxrwxrw- 6 root admin 204 11 Aug 11:25
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Launch
admin$ sudo chmod o+x /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch admin$ ls -ld /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch drwxrwxrwx 6 root admin 204 11 Aug 11:25
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Launch

And that’s it! Re-login as Standard user, and you’ll be able to start Bridge from within Photoshop CS2.

—
andrei

Hi
Thanks for that, Its a bit techno but I will make the effort. You are very kind to respond
Cheers

On 17/8/05 10:44 pm, in article , "Andrei
Ivanov" wrote:

Clifford wrote:

I getting an error message that says ‘code 2 Photoshop undefined’ on my G4 mac with CS2

I’ve encountered that same problem here. Installed Photoshop CS2 on dozen computers, some with Panther (10.3.9), others with Tiger (10.4.2), and it always went like the following:

1. Logged in as Admin user, installed Photoshop CS2.
At that point I’ve checked version of the Bridge, which
was 1.0.0.545 (93460).

2. Launced Photoshop CS2 as Admin user, was asked whether I want to install current updates for Adobe Updater, and then for Bridge.
3. Proceeded with downloading/installing of all the updates. After everything was done checked Bridge’s version again – it was still the same.

4. Restarted Photoshop CS2. Everything worked as expected, including Bridge launch from within the Photoshop.

5. Logged out, then logged in as Standard user. Started Photoshop CS2. From within Photoshop tried to start the Bridge, and got this:
Error 2: photoshop is undefined
Line: 1
–> photoshop.invokeBridge (false, false, ");

At this point I thought: "well, sounds rather familiar! :-(" It reminded me about printing problems in Photoshop 5.5 running under Windows 2000 – Administrator can print, but others (even members of Power Users group) can’t do that until permissions got adjusted in the Windows registry.
Did some web surfing, found this Adobe Knowledgebase article – http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331561.html – which tries to shed some light. As it turned out, the only suggestion to download and install Bridge 1.0.2 was somewhat useful (everything else can be ignored as a waste of time, I think). And so I did, downloaded the Bridge102Mac.dmg file, installed Bridge 1.0.2.109 (95798). Then tried to run Photoshop again, but nothing changed – worked well for Admin, and popped up that same error message for Standard users.

As it turned out, it was necessary to change exactly one bit (an eighth part of a byte) – to set missing "allow directory search for others" on the Launch directory! To do the repair work log in as Admin user, open Terminal window, and the issue the following commands:

admin$ ls -ld /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch drwxrwxrw- 6 root admin 204 11 Aug 11:25
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Launch
admin$ sudo chmod o+x /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch admin$ ls -ld /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Launch drwxrwxrwx 6 root admin 204 11 Aug 11:25
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Launch

And that’s it! Re-login as Standard user, and you’ll be able to start Bridge from within Photoshop CS2.