>On 4/17/06, frank gaude' <tanzen at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Two possibilities come to mind: 1) hard disk failure, 2) RAM errors. > >Er, what else would I look for to know the difference? Most things >still work, though AbiWord freezes grusomely and certain apps still >won't retain preferences. > >To try and keep this on-topic, what would make Scribus files go so >spectacularly bad? Not all my Scribus files were lost... only the one >I really needed and its backup. > >Anyway, I'm half a step away from wiping the damn thing and installing Ubuntu.
That's not a bad idea. I've installed Ubuntu on a dual G4 1.25GHz (kept the Mac OS nonetheless). Works like a charm. I just followed the onscreen installation. Oh, and I am just a plain user! (I mean it). Anyhow, I think it is important to solve your problem and get the machine to work properly, no matter the OS. I've been running Mac OS X (mostly the 10.3 series) for months now (years?) and encountered very few problems. Nothing that was not fixable through the disk utilily provided by Apple. Or else, it was a defective hard drive. And we do beat those machines, everyday, in production situations. As a first step, I would suggest you create a new user on your Mac and see if the problems remain. If not, this will indicate most likely you have a corrupted user prefs which you can in turn store away and let the OS create new ones. I am not a technician but I guess your Mac vendor should be able to help you further with this kind of manipulation. HTH Louis > >Steve >-- >All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation >ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish >it. >- Alexis de Tocqueville >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
