Dear all,
What does this sound like?
Powered up the iMac G4 733 the other day, blinking folder icon and no joy. Currently running 10.2.8. Ultimately had to reinstall from the discs (10.2). Tried several times to download/update 10.2.8 including (as the error message suggested) downloading to desktop and installing from there, but even that failed. Double clicking the 10.2.8 updater pkg ran the Installer but brought up no windows so the app is open and doing nothing. Picking "open" and selecting the pkg, brought up a window titled 10.2.8 installer, but the buttons for "ok" and "cancel" were inactive and had no text (needless to say couldn't install). Tried a total of 3 copies of the installer app (from previous system folders), none worked. Tried to reinstall Epson printer drivers from the CD and the installer worked (only when selecting Open... from the menu) and got through it as far as "click Install to install the software..." and then the buttons wouldn't work.
Have: Repaired permissions (twice)
        Repaired HDD (one minor error - repaired)
What am I missing? Much gratefulness for any helpings -
David