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  "date": "2003-04-30T18:22:57.000Z",
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  "title": "Getting a Strange \"Component Manager\" Message Under OS X?",
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  "html": "<p>Posting this just in case anyone needs it.  I've been getting the\nfollowing strange message lately in logs and consoles under OS X:</p>\n<blockquote><pre>## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)</pre></blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>As it turns out, I had just installed Toast.  A quick Google search\nleads me to <a href=\"http://www.mail-archive.com/cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com/msg09330.html\" target=\"_top\">blame Toast and remove a QuickTime component supporting Video CD</a>.\nThat's pretty obscure.  Hmph.  So much for never again worrying about strange drivers and\ncryptic error messages under OS X.  :)</p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>shortname=strange_component_error</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088632\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://rasterweb.net/raster/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f659bb22a2e62ccd2cd82c4b52f09ca9&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://rasterweb.net/raster/\">pete</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088632\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-04-30T14:57:39\">2003-04-30T14:57:39</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">All operating systems suck right? So it's really just a matter of which one sucks less.\nMac OS X still sucks much less than any version of Windows...</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088633\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.darkglass.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e6a419b54a15b60646648bc0702a6c33&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.darkglass.org/\">tamaracks</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088633\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-04-30T15:39:27\">2003-04-30T15:39:27</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Nothing's ever perfect.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "Posting this just in case anyone needs it.  I've been getting the\r\nfollowing strange message lately in logs and consoles under OS X:\r\n<blockquote><pre>## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)</pre></blockquote>\r\n<br /><br />\r\nAs it turns out, I had just installed Toast.  A quick Google search\r\nleads me to <a href=\"http://www.mail-archive.com/cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com/msg09330.html\" target=\"_top\">blame Toast and remove a QuickTime component supporting Video CD</a>.\r\nThat's pretty obscure.  Hmph.  So much for never again worrying about strange drivers and\r\ncryptic error messages under OS X.  :)\r\n<!--more-->\r\nshortname=strange_component_error\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088632\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://rasterweb.net/raster/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f659bb22a2e62ccd2cd82c4b52f09ca9&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://rasterweb.net/raster/\">pete</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088632\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-04-30T14:57:39\">2003-04-30T14:57:39</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">All operating systems suck right? So it's really just a matter of which one sucks less.\r\n\r\nMac OS X still sucks much less than any version of Windows...</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088633\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.darkglass.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e6a419b54a15b60646648bc0702a6c33&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.darkglass.org/\">tamaracks</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088633\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-04-30T15:39:27\">2003-04-30T15:39:27</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Nothing's ever perfect.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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  "summary": "Posting this just in case anyone needs it.  I've been getting the\nfollowing strange message lately in logs and consoles under OS X:\n## Component Manager: attempting to find symbols in a component alias of type (regR/carP/x!bt)\n\n\n\n\n\nAs it turns out, I had just installed Toast.  A quick Google search\nleads me to blame Toast and remove a QuickTime component supporting Video CD.\nThat's pretty obscure.  Hmph.  So much for never again worrying about strange drivers and\ncryptic error messages under OS X.  :)",
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