Thanks Daniel I'll do another clean install of 10.6 today but the first time I did this yesterday everything worked fine, so I proceeded with some confidence to the combo update.
Tis a puzzle! Sent from my iPhone On 28/09/2010, at 11:18 PM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tim > > Have you tried a different keyboard and/or mouse to rule them out as not > being faulty? > Do you have anything else that is plugged into the MacMini as well? > I'd also start trying to look at those things as well, just to rule > everything out, before looking at perhaps other hardware issues. > Also, can try just a clean install of 10.6 and see how it runs, without the > update. > > They would be some other things to try. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 28/9/10 11:09 PM, "Tim Law" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Update: >> >> No good news. >> >> I restarted my Mac Mini from a Snow Leopard DVD then erased the Mac Mini hard >> disk. >> >> I installed Snow Leopard and the computer appeared to function normally. I >> did >> not load anything back onto the disk from my Time Machine disk. >> >> I then installed the latest Combo update that I downloaded yesterday and >> saved >> to an external drive. >> >> Now after restart from that combo update, I have gone back to my starting >> problem I.e. When the computer gets to the user login screen, my keyboard, >> and >> the mouse clicks are unresponsive. I am assuming that if I do a safe boot >> at >> this stage, then it will work properly, but that is not a long term solution, >> and I need to go to bed, not spend more time trying to rectify this. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 28/09/2010, at 9:25 AM, Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks Rob >>> >>> Bob has responded off list and suggested a reinstall from the latest combo. >>> Whilst it didn't resolve the problem it was quite special watching a >>> download >>> coming through at 2.5mb per sec on cable :-) >>> >>> I have also trashed the finder prefs with no result. >>> >>> The original owner will look for the original disk but thanks for the >>> reassurance about the price of snow leopard. If I buy a family pack I can >>> upgrade all the computers. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 27/09/2010, at 11:08 PM, Rob Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Tim, >>>> >>>> Not sure if anyone else has responded. One solution could be to trash your >>>> finder prefs file and then restart or shutdown. >>>> >>>> Look for ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist where ~ is your user >>>> folder. >>>> >>>> This solved similar symptoms for me. >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> On 27/09/10 3:00 PM, Tim Law wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> As per the Subject, I am having problems with the Finder menu and Dock not >>>>> functioning at all when booting in normal mode. >>>>> The system works fine in Safe Boot - holding down Shift key on start up. >>>>> >>>>> I'm running 10.6.4 in a Mac Mini 2.53Ghz with 4Gb of RAM >>>>> >>>>> The problem is that that keyboard and mouse clicks become unresponsive in >>>>> normal boot up mode. They work okay in Safe Boot, which indicates to me >>>>> they are working fine hardware wise. >>>>> >>>>> Problem arose yesterday when machine wouldn't wake from sleep. >>>>> >>>>> I went through and disabled all the startup items under the user Account, >>>>> ran Yasu a system repair utility. >>>>> >>>>> Taking on board the comments from a few weeks ago in the thread: >>>>> >>>>>>> Re: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions >>>>> >>>>> I downloaded and ran AppleJack from Single User mode by pressing Command-S >>>>> on startup. >>>>> >>>>> The result is unchanged. >>>>> >>>>> When I arrive at the login screen to select which user account - my main >>>>> one and a Test account, the mouse cursor is visible and moves around, but >>>>> the screen is unresponsive. >>>>> The same thing happens if I reset the Account Login to automatically log >>>>> into my main user account. The system starts up as one would expect, but >>>>> the keyboard and mouse clicks are unresponsive - i.e the mouse moves, but >>>>> there is no response to clicking. >>>>> >>>>> A forced shutdown is needed by holding in the Power button. >>>>> >>>>> In the WAMUG archive >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg59872.html referring to >>>>> "Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions" the advice from >>>>> Ronni was to performa a system reinstallation. >>>>> >>>>> Problem 2: >>>>> The original system disks are still with the original owner of the Mac >>>>> Mini. I "might" be able to contact him and find them, but finding him >>>>> again >>>>> is not so easy. The alternative, I am assuming, is to go buy a new OSX >>>>> 10.6 >>>>> disk. >>>>> >>>>> Any other options welcomed! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives -<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines -<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe -<mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Associate Professor Rob Phillips >>>> Educational Development Unit >>>> Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University >>>> [email protected] Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 >>>> Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
