I saw there was new iTunes 9 available today, and thought I'd update. I ran Software Update on my G5 and was offered QuickTime 7.6.4 instead.
I ran Software Update and upon reboot things seemed normal, but upon the final Desktop screen a couple login items>startup applications immediately crashed. I wanted iTunes 9, and I assume QT 7.6.4 was a prerequisite, so I tried to run Software Update again, and it wouldn't launch. NO applications would launch (I only tried Mail, Safari, and QuickTime). I wrote a crash report to Apple saying no apps would launch, and attempted a Safe Boot. Safe Boot didn't go well at all. I use verbose boot all the time, so I see every boot. It abnormally stalled for a long time at the "BSD root: disk 2, major 14, minor 8" line, and then when it finally proceeded after a couple minutes, the stuff looked wrong, although I can't be sure, I rarely Safe Boot. Here are some lines that "looked wrong": WARNING: mkext unexpectedly out of date w/rt Extensions folder kernel[0]: can't remove kernel __LINKEDIT segment - in-kernel linker needs it Immediately after this last message the fans would start going full bore, and then it rebooted again. This happened 3 times in a row while I was attempting to complete a single Safe Boot. The third time, I stepped away from the computer during the long stall, and while I was away I heard it reboot, but I was unable to get to the keyboard in time to use the Safe Boot option. Low and behold, it booted normally, and now applications launch. I'm typing this in Mail now. I did notice something else different in the verbose boot dialog. Before this bad update experience it said "Matching service count = 54" and now it says "Matching service count = 13". I immediately went to Disk Utility and ran Verify Disk, and it verified "OK" quickly, so I started a Repair Permissions. I also started Software Update to see about iTunes 9. Software Update's progress bar stalled for at least 5 minutes with nothing going on (perhaps Apple Servers were being hammered?), but finally I as offered iTunes 9 and it installed normally. Disk Utility>Repair Permissions was another story. My permissions were correct beforehand, but now MANY were wrong, including most all of the Extensions Folder. I've had this permissions problem before, and something seems wrong with Disk Utility for me. It's repairing permissions alphabetically, going REALLY slow, one line at a time, about 1 per second, and from past experience it should require at least 2-3 hours to complete these thousands of wrong permissions. I'm waiting for Disk Utility to complete now, and then I'll attempt to complete a Safe Boot for the 4th time. This hasn't been a good experience so far. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
