Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-13 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/07 23:35, Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I'd try doing a Safe Boot to reset the System cache files, and see if that helps? I ran into this issue again today and the Safe Boot seemed to resolve it, though I don't expect it to be a permanent fix. Thank you for the suggestion Kris.

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-12 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:49 PM, DLC wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running >> 10.5.8. They have both suddenly acquired the habit of not wanting to >> shut down. When instructed, the Deskt

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Dana Collins
On 11/8/10 8:14 AM, "Ted Treen" wrote: > From: Tina K. > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, 8 November, 2010 7:32:38 > Subject: Re: G5 Shutdown issues > > On 2010/11/07 19:49, DLC so eloquently wrote: >> > I have two G5 towers in our lab

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Clark Martin
On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Dana Collins wrote: > > Thank you for the respkinse, Clark. > Iirc, the shutdown command is: > sudo shutdown -h now > > Yes? Yes, that's it. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highw

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 8, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: I though Onyx only worked on 10.6. Is there an older version? I believe there's an OnyX for each OS X ... see: http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php which points you to Downloads at: http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php?sid=5f1cd5a3

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
I though Onyx only worked on 10.6. Is there an older version? Tina My G5 dual2.0 would occasionally do this:- I ran Onyx, cleared all temp & cache files (and I mean ALL) and problem went away... Ted -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those usin

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Dana Collins
On 11/8/10 2:32 AM, "Tina K." wrote: > On 2010/11/07 19:49, DLC so eloquently wrote: >> I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running >> 10.5.8. They have both suddenly acquired the habit of not wanting to >> shut down. When instructed, the Desktop dismounts, the Dock "f

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Dana Collins
On 11/8/10 1:35 AM, "Kris Tilford" wrote: > I'd try doing a Safe Boot to reset the System cache files, and see if > that helps? > > Are the PRAM batteries good? To check the PRAM batteries without > disassembly you can turn off Airport or unplug any network connection > (assuming you've got y

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Ted Treen
From: Tina K. To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 8 November, 2010 7:32:38 Subject: Re: G5 Shutdown issues On 2010/11/07 19:49, DLC so eloquently wrote: > I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running > 10.5.8. They hav

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Ted Treen
From: Tina K. To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 8 November, 2010 7:32:38 Subject: Re: G5 Shutdown issues On 2010/11/07 19:49, DLC so eloquently wrote: > I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running > 10.5.8. They hav

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-08 Thread Dana Collins
On 11/8/10 12:52 AM, "Clark Martin" wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:49 PM, DLC wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running >> 10.5.8. They have both suddenly acquired the habit of not wanting to >> shut down. When instructed, the Desktop di

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-07 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/07 19:49, DLC so eloquently wrote: I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running 10.5.8. They have both suddenly acquired the habit of not wanting to shut down. When instructed, the Desktop dismounts, the Dock "folds down" and then they just sit there. A force sh

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-07 Thread Kris Tilford
I'd try doing a Safe Boot to reset the System cache files, and see if that helps? Are the PRAM batteries good? To check the PRAM batteries without disassembly you can turn off Airport or unplug any network connection (assuming you've got your Time & Date preference set to automatically se

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-07 Thread Clark Martin
On Nov 7, 2010, at 6:49 PM, DLC wrote: > Greetings all, > I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running > 10.5.8. They have both suddenly acquired the habit of not wanting to > shut down. When instructed, the Desktop dismounts, the Dock "folds > down" and then they just sit

G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-07 Thread DLC
Greetings all, I have two G5 towers in our lab (1.8GHz DP-late 2004 models) running 10.5.8. They have both suddenly acquired the habit of not wanting to shut down. When instructed, the Desktop dismounts, the Dock "folds down" and then they just sit there. A force shutdown is what needs to be done a