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Hi folks
I'm using a G4 (circa 2001) Power PC OS 10.3.9 with 512MB RAM and 13 gigs of HD space out of a total of 30 gig. Classic is installed.
Last night my son started Classic and opened Word for Mac. Everything was fine until he pressed the delete ket at which point all the open windows on the desktop shrank down to little windows and the Desktop picture darkened.
I shut everything down re-started and when I tried to type text, well, only some of the keys on the keyboard work but not all. Also, if I press 'H' for instance I get hy64. Not all the keys do that just some.
Then it got weirder.
Suddenly everything I typed came out in symbols not letters as if I was holding down the option key while typing.
It looked like this Ïw«¨¬ö¿¹
I've read about Repair Permissions so I gave that a shot but initially I tried Repairing without the install disk just from Disk Utilities. I tried it again and again and I kept getting the following message
Repairing permissions for Classic 9
Determining correct file permissions.
We are using special permissions for the file or directory
./Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays. New permissions are 16893
We are using special permissions for the file or directory
./Library/ColorSync/Profiles. New permissions are 16893
We are using special permissions for the file or directory
./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util. New permissions
are 33261
We are using a special uid for the file or directory
./private/var/at/jobs. New uid is 1
We are using a special uid for the file or directory
./private/var/at/spool. New uid is 1
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Permissions repair complete
(When I first installed OS X 18 months ago I named the system Classic 9)
I then tried Disk Utility from the install disk. First I tried Repair Disk and got this message
Repair attempted on 2 volumes. HFS volume repaired. 1 volume could not be repaired.
I ran Repair disk again and got this message
Repair attempted on 1 volume. HFS volume repaired.
That scared me.
Tried to run Repair Permissions again (from install disk) and now it hangs about a quarter of the way through the process and I get this message
Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch disk utility.
If I click quit I get this message
Disk Utility has operations in progress. Quitting in the middle of some operations can leave a disk nonoperational.
Well I clicked quit restarted and I'm still experiencing the same problems and more. For instance there's a little 'black flag' that has attached itself to the cursor. Can't really describe it any better than that. Anyway the list of oddities goes on and on.
Oh yeah tried to Zap Pram by holding down the four appropriate keys but P and R won't work so I can't do that!
Also I'm not clear on how to clear Library/Cache. There are 27 foders in there. Do I just drag them all to the trash. This is the Library/Cache that's found in the little house on the left side is that right?
What the heck is going on?
I'm using a G4 (circa 2001) Power PC OS 10.3.9 with 512MB RAM and 13 gigs of HD space out of a total of 30 gig. Classic is installed.
Last night my son started Classic and opened Word for Mac. Everything was fine until he pressed the delete ket at which point all the open windows on the desktop shrank down to little windows and the Desktop picture darkened.
I shut everything down re-started and when I tried to type text, well, only some of the keys on the keyboard work but not all. Also, if I press 'H' for instance I get hy64. Not all the keys do that just some.
Then it got weirder.
Suddenly everything I typed came out in symbols not letters as if I was holding down the option key while typing.
It looked like this Ïw«¨¬ö¿¹
I've read about Repair Permissions so I gave that a shot but initially I tried Repairing without the install disk just from Disk Utilities. I tried it again and again and I kept getting the following message
Repairing permissions for Classic 9
Determining correct file permissions.
We are using special permissions for the file or directory
./Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays. New permissions are 16893
We are using special permissions for the file or directory
./Library/ColorSync/Profiles. New permissions are 16893
We are using special permissions for the file or directory
./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util. New permissions
are 33261
We are using a special uid for the file or directory
./private/var/at/jobs. New uid is 1
We are using a special uid for the file or directory
./private/var/at/spool. New uid is 1
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
Permissions repair complete
(When I first installed OS X 18 months ago I named the system Classic 9)
I then tried Disk Utility from the install disk. First I tried Repair Disk and got this message
Repair attempted on 2 volumes. HFS volume repaired. 1 volume could not be repaired.
I ran Repair disk again and got this message
Repair attempted on 1 volume. HFS volume repaired.
That scared me.
Tried to run Repair Permissions again (from install disk) and now it hangs about a quarter of the way through the process and I get this message
Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch disk utility.
If I click quit I get this message
Disk Utility has operations in progress. Quitting in the middle of some operations can leave a disk nonoperational.
Well I clicked quit restarted and I'm still experiencing the same problems and more. For instance there's a little 'black flag' that has attached itself to the cursor. Can't really describe it any better than that. Anyway the list of oddities goes on and on.
Oh yeah tried to Zap Pram by holding down the four appropriate keys but P and R won't work so I can't do that!
Also I'm not clear on how to clear Library/Cache. There are 27 foders in there. Do I just drag them all to the trash. This is the Library/Cache that's found in the little house on the left side is that right?
What the heck is going on?