On 15/06/04 9:31, "Mark Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have talked to Dan in detail about it an I am of the opinion it is > not a heat realted issue. It sounds to me like you need to do a > Permissions Repair. > > Boot from the OS X CD, Go to the 'Installer' menu in the menu bar, > Select 'Run Disk Utility' then when that pops up select you hard disk > in the panel on the left, then the 'First Aid' tab on the right. A the > bottom of the 'First Aid' panel there is a button that says 'Repair > Permissions'. Hit that and go make coffee.
First let me thank you for the balanced answer, Mark, although we may or may not agree on the heat issue. I would like to address an issue that a lot of people don't seem to understand and that is how to do "Repair Permissions" properly, as this utility works quite different than other disk repair tools do: Permissions are file and folder attributes that say who can read, write and execute these, and they can be updated on the fly, even while the file is being read or written to. The way permission settings shall be done on a system is written in files in /Library/Receipts, and there is for instance a new .pkg-file for each update, that among other things contains this information. That means that Apple can change a default permission settings from time to time, usually due to security measures, but also to make things work properly. This leads to three conclusions: 1) Only run "Repair Permissions" from the Disk Utility on the hard drive, not from the old and probably outdated CD. If you run it from the CD you may run into problems like this 10.2 issue: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25364 2) Just run it while you do your normal stuff. No need to boot from the CD, no need to stop doing fun stuff: just surf, play WarCraft, iTunes or whatever. It takes its time, but that is it. 3) Don't delete the files in /Library/Receipts, or you will not be able to run Repair Permissions properly anymore. There are longer explanations here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106712 Cheers, Kim -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
