I have a new (to me) B&W G3, 400 mhz which recently replaced my ancient
8600 as my main machine. After partitioning & initializing the 20gb hd I
installed OS9.0, then the 9.1 update on the first (2gb) partition. The
remaining partitions are about 13gb and 5 gb. I have 512mb ram in 2-256mb dimms . Also I have added a GV internal modem and an external usb floppy.
All seems fine except that after being on for awhile and running some programs I am unable to shut off the machine. When choosing shutdown from the menubar nothing happens. If I try again it tells me I have already selected shutdown or restart and should wait for it to do so, and/or shut down any running programs & try again (I see no programs up except the finder). It seems somehow it is unable to put away its work (or realize it has done so), and never shuts off. The power button doesn't work at such times either. A couple times I resorted to unplugging the machine, restarting, then it shut down ok but naturally I'd rather find a better option.
After you shut down and it just sits then hit Command-Option-Escape. This will bring up a dialog asking if you want to force quit some program. Try doing the force quit and see if that allows a shutdown. If it does then the shutdown problem is related to that application. Most likely it is THE problem.
Might this have something to do with the way I installed my software? With most programs I simply started over from the compressed file, but with things containing data such as newsreader and email programs I simply copied the whole thing onto a zip disk, placed it in the new folder and did the same with any preference files. Could there be something in this that caused Mac to lose track of what's open, etc?
If the programs in question aren't running and don't have any related extensions then they aren't involved in your problem.
Another possibility is that every nite around midnite it wants to index the drives? I have not allowed it to do so. Might that be a factor, and if so, can I change that to a more convenient time for me?
Disk indexing does cause problems when it runs but not at other times. You can turn off scheduled indexing by opening Sherlock and look for a menu about scheduling. (I don't recall the specifics and am on OS X right now). I routinely turn off indexing, it does cause some problems and I don't miss it.
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