All, I seem to have resolved the problem. In the end I kept on not being able to wake up from sleep without creating a major video drama. Flashing screens, bits of windows all over the place.
I reinstalled the update in Safe Boot mode, reset the PRAM, reset the video preferences and the final trick seems to have been turning off a nice background application called My Living Desktop has done the trick. What a drama..... This desktop app plays gentle video in the background and clearly doesn't like 10.6.5. I'll report it to them. Thanks for your help Daniel. Tim On 13/11/2010, at 4:08 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Tim > > Could be. > Should be fine off Safe Boot Mode, though can't remember off the top of my > head if it turns off a couple of things needed to run the install. Had an > idea something did, but I could be thinking of another install I did that > needed something turned on. > But yes, should be fine. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 13/11/10 3:47 PM, "Tim Law" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Done that Daniel. I'm wondering if a special Finder background image app I >> have may have caused problems. It's a moving video of various scenes. I also >> forgot to unplug a USB backup drive the first time. >> >> Is it okay to run the updated in safe boot mode to stop any background >> oddities interfering? >> >> T >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 13/11/2010, at 3:33 PM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Tim >>> >>> I'd reinstall the OSX 10.6.5 update from the dmg file just to play it safe. >>> Shouldn't hurt it, but may fix anything that wasn't installed 100% the first >>> time. >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> On 13/11/10 3:12 PM, "Tim Law" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> Instead of relying on Software Update to upgrade to 10.6.5 on my Mac Mini >>>> as >>>> I >>>> normally do, I thought I'd try the combo update route promoted here and >>>> downloaded the 10.6.5 combo update file which ran to a 1Gb file. >>>> >>>> i diligently repaired permissions, twice, and went ahead with confidence, >>>> having never had any problems with an upgrade. >>>> >>>> Once I checked the upgrade was running smoothly I went away only to be >>>> alerted >>>> to 'the computers having a spaz attack' by an alert family member. >>>> >>>> The screen was flashing in a way I'd never seen it before. Only the top of >>>> the >>>> screen was visible, and only momentarily in between flashes. I have >>>> uploaded >>>> a >>>> short movie (5mb) of the fault to: >>>> http://gallery.me.com/peoplehelp/100247 >>>> I've no idea why the image is upside down on Gallery. That's odd!! >>>> >>>> The only way I could control the Mac Mini was to hold down the power button >>>> until it turned off. No keyboard shortcuts would make a difference >>>> >>>> On restart the finder came back as expected. >>>> But once the screen went to sleep, it wouldn't wake, so another hard >>>> restart >>>> was needed. >>>> >>>> I checked under "about this Mac" and it is indicating I am now running >>>> 10.6.5 >> >> >> >> -- 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]>
