Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission - Solved!
Hi Ronni Bob, Further to my last post, Ronni's solution worked, phew! Thought for one minute that I would have to re-install the OS. So for the benefit of other OS X 10.3.9, once you have installed the latest iTunes update, just trash the old itunes Receipts as per Ronni's instructions. Worked a treat. Many thanks again. Philippe on 21/1/06 1:36 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 21/01/2006, at 12:17 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: I have just encountered a problem when trying to Repair Disk Permission using either YASU or Disk Utility. Yasu just kept going on with no error message, but after 30mins was still not completed. Using Disk Utility, it started OK but after a few minutes gave the following message: Disk Utility Internal Error Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility. Hi Philippe, Seems as though the iTunes upgrade is causing this problem in OS 10.3.9. Some people on Apple Discussions have had good results by trashing the old Itunes Receipts from the Receipts folder. Leaving only ItunesX.pkg and ItunesPhoneDriver.pkg in the folder. The Disk Utility ran fine after this. Cheers, Ronni
Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission
Hi Greg, Many thanks for the information and the links to the articles. Prior to reading your mail I applied Ronni's solution which worked. However, it now appears that with the Intel connection, we will have to be more careful, unless Apple does the right thing for us users of PowerPC chips!! I guess one has to expect such small problems in a transition period, except that for the non-initiated (or non-technical) user this can be quite frightening. Will follow the MacFixIt suggestions further. Kind regards from sunny cool Perth, Philippe on 21/1/06 11:20 PM, Greg Sharp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/1/06 1:18 AM, J Philippe Chaperon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will try Ronni's suggestion first and will report further, hopefully with good news The following article on MacFixIt might help and TrimTheFat the program mentioned is available at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882 Stripping Universal Binaries of Intel code -- a potential troubleshooting procedure for PowerPC Macs It seems that the presence of Intel code in Universal binaries can cause some troubleshooting issues. For instance, a problem we've been covering where the presence of iTunes 6.0.2 causes Disk Utility to be unable to run can be solved by stripping the application of its Intel-based code. This workaround may be especially applicable for Mac OS X 10.3.9 systems. A new application called TrimTheFat is is a simple, silent drop-launch utility to strip the code for the architecture(s) you're not using from a Universal application Meanwhile, MacFixIt reader Frank Kittie offers a terminal based series of commands, with iTunes as the example application: * sudo ditto --rsrc /Applications/iTunes.app /tmp/iTunes.app * sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app * sudo ditto --arch ppc --rsrc /tmp/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunes.app * sudo rm -rf /tmp/iTunes.app Frank writes: This should replace the iTunes application with a copy of itself, the copy containing only PowerPC code. The --arch ppc strips all code for other architectures. For me the resulting application ran fine (in a quick cursory test) and a repair permissions no longer gave me the 'Disk Utility lost connection with Disk Management Tool and cannot continue.'
Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission
Dear WAMUG'ers, I have just encountered a problem when trying to Repair Disk Permission using either YASU or Disk Utility. Yasu just kept going on with no error message, but after 30mins was still not completed. Using Disk Utility, it started OK but after a few minutes gave the following message: Disk Utility Internal Error Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility. I relaunched Disk Utility a few times but came up with the same problem. I booted the machine using my install disk, and ran Disk Utility which reported no error. Have also used Disk Warrior which repaired a couple of files. Yet, I still encountered the same error message when running Repair Permission. I have also tried creating a new user, but with the same results. Repair Permission was run last week without any problems, and the only new addition was the recent upgrade to iTunes and iPod. My computer is: - G5 Dual 1.8Ghz - OS 10.3.9 - 1.5GB RAM Would greatly appreciate any suggestion please. Many thanks, Philippe
Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission
On 21/01/2006, at 12:17 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: I have just encountered a problem when trying to Repair Disk Permission using either YASU or Disk Utility. Yasu just kept going on with no error message, but after 30mins was still not completed. Using Disk Utility, it started OK but after a few minutes gave the following message: Disk Utility Internal Error Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility. Hi Philippe, Seems as though the iTunes upgrade is causing this problem in OS 10.3.9. Some people on Apple Discussions have had good results by trashing the old Itunes Receipts from the Receipts folder. Leaving only ItunesX.pkg and ItunesPhoneDriver.pkg in the folder. The Disk Utility ran fine after this. Cheers, Ronni
Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission
On 21 Jan 2006, at 12:17 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: Dear WAMUG'ers, I have just encountered a problem when trying to Repair Disk Permission using either YASU or Disk Utility. Yasu just kept going on with no error message, but after 30mins was still not completed. Using Disk Utility, it started OK but after a few minutes gave the following message: Disk Utility Internal Error Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility. I relaunched Disk Utility a few times but came up with the same problem. I booted the machine using my install disk, and ran Disk Utility which reported no error. FIRST : Have you got everything backed up on to another drive ? NOW , above you said you ran Disk Utility off your install Disk and it reported no error ! ? Did you mean you ran the disk check option, or Repair Permissions option ? If it was Disk Check/Repair option , have you tried Repair Permission from the Instal Disk ? If the Disk and Permissions were all OK from the Instal Disk , I would guess you have a corrupted Preferences file , and since the same condition applied from a new user it is probably in the System Library ... my guess ! Bob Have also used Disk Warrior which repaired a couple of files. Yet, I still encountered the same error message when running Repair Permission. I have also tried creating a new user, but with the same results. Repair Permission was run last week without any problems, and the only new addition was the recent upgrade to iTunes and iPod. My computer is: - G5 Dual 1.8Ghz - OS 10.3.9 - 1.5GB RAM Would greatly appreciate any suggestion please. Many thanks, Philippe -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission
Hi Ronni Bob, Many thanks for your replies. I will try Ronni's suggestion first and will report further, hopefully with good news. To answer Bob's questions, I did run Disk Utility,from the install disk, first with no problems. Then chose Verify Permission and that's when the problem was encountered. Somehow I think, like Ronni, that it was the iTunes upgrade that caused this problem. Apart from this, the computer is working well. And yes Bob, all my data is safely backed up on two other drives I'm a back-up freak with lots of CDs and even DVDs! I'm grateful for the replies. Thanks again and have a nice Sunday. Philippe on 21/1/06 1:36 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 21/01/2006, at 12:17 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: I have just encountered a problem when trying to Repair Disk Permission using either YASU or Disk Utility. Yasu just kept going on with no error message, but after 30mins was still not completed. Using Disk Utility, it started OK but after a few minutes gave the following message: Disk Utility Internal Error Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility. Hi Philippe, Seems as though the iTunes upgrade is causing this problem in OS 10.3.9. Some people on Apple Discussions have had good results by trashing the old Itunes Receipts from the Receipts folder. Leaving only ItunesX.pkg and ItunesPhoneDriver.pkg in the folder. The Disk Utility ran fine after this. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission
On 22/1/06 1:18 AM, J Philippe Chaperon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will try Ronni's suggestion first and will report further, hopefully with good news The following article on MacFixIt might help and TrimTheFat the program mentioned is available at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882 Stripping Universal Binaries of Intel code -- a potential troubleshooting procedure for PowerPC Macs It seems that the presence of Intel code in Universal binaries can cause some troubleshooting issues. For instance, a problem we've been covering where the presence of iTunes 6.0.2 causes Disk Utility to be unable to run can be solved by stripping the application of its Intel-based code. This workaround may be especially applicable for Mac OS X 10.3.9 systems. A new application called TrimTheFat is is a simple, silent drop-launch utility to strip the code for the architecture(s) you're not using from a Universal application Meanwhile, MacFixIt reader Frank Kittie offers a terminal based series of commands, with iTunes as the example application: * sudo ditto --rsrc /Applications/iTunes.app /tmp/iTunes.app * sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app * sudo ditto --arch ppc --rsrc /tmp/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunes.app * sudo rm -rf /tmp/iTunes.app Frank writes: This should replace the iTunes application with a copy of itself, the copy containing only PowerPC code. The --arch ppc strips all code for other architectures. For me the resulting application ran fine (in a quick cursory test) and a repair permissions no longer gave me the 'Disk Utility lost connection with Disk Management Tool and cannot continue.' -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org
