Ward and Jerry, Yes, I did a disk repair, and no Firewire devices were even the the same room.
Somehow, while I was typing my SOS message and waiting for your replies, it fixed itself. It seemed to need 30 minutes to get its bits in order. I have Finder back and trashed PithHelmet. Safari is running fine. Thanks for the help; sorry for the false alarm. You guys are great. Alex On Apr 20, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: > Hey Alex, > > Did you perform a disk repair (directory repair) first? > Did you install the update with all firewire devices disconnected? > Will Safari run without the Finder? (it should) ?and if so, try > downloading and installing the combo version of the 10.3.9 update. > > Ward > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY ?40204 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us > > > From: ahw <alylex at mac.com> > Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:54:37 -0400 > To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: MacGroup: 10.3.9 - no finder > > I just installed the updates, 10.3.9 and the Security pack, on my G4 > iBook. > > Repaired permissions > Ran MacJanitor to take care of cron jobs > turned off all other apps > installed the updates from Software Update > allowed it to restart itself (this took a very long time) > > The dock, wallpaper, and desktop icons look just like they should, but > there is no top menu bar. The day/time, volume control, etc appear in > the upper right corner of the screen where they should be, but there's > no grey stripe and no blue apple, or any of the other options that > should be in the upper left. Apple Mail is working, can be accessed > from the dock, and has a top menu bar. Safari is crashing instantly > because of Pith Helmet. I would just trash Pith Helmet, but I can't > seem to open a Finder window. I would repair permissions again, but I > don't know how to get there either. > > When no apps are open, the spinning multi-chromatic beachball spins > and > spins and spins. > > What am I missing? How do I get into Finder? I appeal to those in the > know. > > Sigh. Thanks. > > Alex Whitman > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
