I had a similar issue with my Intel iMac. A autoclean with AppleJack fixed the problem. The only drawback to AppleJack is that you have to run it in single user mode (hold down cmd-s after the startup chime.) See here for more info:
http://applejack.sourceforge.net/ HTH, Eric On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:57 PM, hillhippy wrote: > > This weekend I decided that OS10.5 was old enough to try installing > it on my PM 2.7 G5. Expecting that things could go wrong I kept the > drive with OS10.4.11, and formatted a drive for 10.5.install Ran the > installer and it consistantly failed if I tried to use the feature in > the configuration assistant that copies your settings and files from a > different drive. > > Feeling kinda smart I reformated the drive and just installed the OS, > then used the migration assistant in the utilities folder to move my > files and accounts, then ran software update to get everything > current. This all seemed to work, but now I can't move any of the > icons on the desktop, they are frozen in place. > > I have used get info to check the icons and they are not locked, I > have rights to the icons, I Zaped PRAM, I can left click and put the > icon in the trash. I thought this might be related to the migration > assistant, but the icons are are frozen in both a new account created > during the install and accounts that I migrated. Tried any Apple > mouse in place of my Kensington with no change > > I Googled this issue and what I found was problems where icons and > files wrer frozen and could not be opened or deleted, both of which I > can do. I'm stumped, but glad I can still startup in 10.4.11. > > As always any help would be appreciated. > > Leo Hoyt > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
