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January 4th, 2006, 11:57 AM
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Hey, I'm using: 10.4.3 512MB RAM 1.33 Ghz Processor Pbook G4 60GB HD (plenty of space) I've tried: Fixing preferences (both verifying and repair) Verifying/repairing disk Logging Out A different user (the other account was fine. It was made before the problem occurred). I was doing nothing. I had just left the Powerbook for a second. When I came back it was resetting the Finder. It would launch, display everything for a second, and quit. Then it would launch, and would become the active program (the program I am currently using). Help!
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#2
January 4th, 2006, 01:02 PM
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What is the Console application (/Applications/Utilities/Console.app) errors telling you?
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January 4th, 2006, 02:14 PM
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Mac OS X Version 10.4.3 (Build 8F46) 2006-01-04 20:07:02 +0000 2006-01-04 20:07:09.233 SystemUIServer[465] lang is:en Jan 4 20:07:14 mos-powerbook-g4-12 crashdump[480]: Finder crashed Jan 4 20:07:16 mos-powerbook-g4-12 crashdump[480]: crash report written to: /Users/mo/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log Can't access the log - it's in the Finder :P
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#4
January 4th, 2006, 02:28 PM
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The log file is not in the Finder... it's on your hard disk -- the Finder is just one of many ways of accessing that file. Use the Terminal and navigate to "/Users/mo/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/" and then you can freely look at the Finder.crash.log file. If that doesn't work, you can boot into single-user mode and access it similarly.
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January 4th, 2006, 06:32 PM
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Using the UNIX command line commands. To change directories, you type "cd" and then the directory you'd like to go to. You can use the command "cat" to display files, and you can use the command "more" (either as a pipe or a program by itself) to display the files page-by-page. If you forget what file you're looking for, you can always type "ls" to get a listing of files and directories in the current directory you're in. To view the contents of the log file, you'd type (">" means UNIX command prompt -- don't type it): > cd /Users/mo/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ > cat Finder.crash.log or > cat Finder.crash.log | more or just > more Finder.crash.log
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