Running AppleJack may have solved the problem. Note: I also replaced the PRAM battery with a fresh one, and created a new Network Location which selects "Using DHCP", but I force the listing of only 1 DNS Server, the usual 192.168.1.1. The Location setup by the OS listed the server twice for some reason ("192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.1"), causing the Startup sequence to have to reject one so it wouldn't crash ... paraphrasing the system.log. This is from a Westell DSL modem setup.
Anyway, it looks like the M-Audio Delta Helper folder is now being accessed only AFTER the loginwindow.app starts, and runs through the StartupItems > M-Audio Delta Helper (folder) items completely ... but only after the loginwindow.app. Previously, it looked like it was trying to start, and failed, before loginwindow.app ... then if it tried again, it would run to completion. Make sense? When I ran AppleJack, it performed the 5 operations under auto pilot mode (I repeat them here, as I'm copying this comment to the M-Audio site FTI): 1) repair disks 2) repair permissions 3) cleanup cache files 4) validate preference files 5) cleanup virtual memory From my Time Machine Backup, in another installation of the M-Audio Delta Helper folder which shows up in Library > StartupItems > M- Audio Delta Helper, its permissions are: moonstoneartstudio(Me) Read & Write staff Read only everyone Read only After AppleJack: system Read & Write wheel Read only everyone Read only I'm guessing the cleaning up of the cache files, which I had never tried before, (except by accident using a Safe Boot?), may have put things in the right Timing Sequence, and along with the corrected Permissions, the net result seems to be its now working ... things are being approached at the proper time, loading, etc. I've done several Cold Boots and Restarts, and the system.log looks better ... so far, no kps or Blue Screens. When I have some more time ... I will offer 2 Apple System Profilers ... 1 failure showing where things go awry ... the other where things are now working. Maybe too early to tell. Finally feeling good about it though ... persistence seems to be paying off. Thanks for your insights. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---