On Oct 15, 12:12 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:13 AM, a1 wrote: > > > Followup: I decided to delete the network preferencepane from the > > system library. I thought it would rebuild itself on restart. How do I > > restore it in a simple way? > > <internet cop mode/>Step away from the keyboard, sir and/or madam!</ic> > > Give us some time to respond, before racing off and doing things you half > understand.
In truth I was doing a lot of different things: I had just installed Tiger and then ran this buggy security update. I tweaked the network settings in anticipation for connecting the tower to the imac, including enabling sharing. I then tested the base station but using my ibook. It did not occur to me that the imac would pick up a remembered device from a base station it has never been connected to. When the network system preference started freaking out and looping this "Your network settings have been changed by another application" in a manner I could not stop, I assumed somehow the imac was virus infected or otherwise hacked. I have been on macs since my color classic running 7.1 and never once has an OS control panel ever freaked out on me like that. I thought I would delete the network preferences but instead by mistake it was the preference panel---this, after I logged in as root and discovered the problem manifested there, too. So that is how and why I panicked. I understand that there is a convoluted fix to the common "Your network settings have been changed by another application" problem from this 10.4.11 security update. I do have Onyx, and if that can reveal where the preference pane is on the Tiger Install disk, I can reinstall just the pane I believe. > Connecting the iMac and the G4 can be done with the aid of the ABS; simply > connect the local ethernet port to the G4 and connect the iMac via the wifi. > > Or more simply, just connect the two with an ethernet cable. Both systems > have autosensing ethernet ports and will connect directly without needing a > crossover cable. On this point though: I did physically connect the iMac to the G4 tower via a standard ethernet cable prior to these problems, but nothing occured. What is supposed to occur, because I did not see either computer on the desktop of the other. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
