Password Keychain Problem

[Lance]

So two days ago, my PowerBook died on me. I don't know why, but it did. And it wouldn't turn on until i plugged it into the charger, and into a wall. Then it said the battery was empty. But I know the battery was at 25% (at least 30min of uptime) momments before it died.

So I start it up, and click on iChat and Mail, and iChat asks for a password, so I give it one. It never does this. Then so does Mail. Later that day, I go back to my pbook and iChat asks for the password again, but i recall checking the "remember password" box.

I check the console, and I get this:

2003-09-27 17:44:26.066 iChatAgent[365] WARNING: Error from SecKeychainFindGenericPassword: -25295
2003-09-27 17:44:26.067 iChatAgent[365] CFLog (20): AOL Instant Messenger Login: Please enter your login ID and password for the AOL Instant Messenger service.

When I try to connect with iChat even though I checked the 'remember' box. Then after I type in the password and check the 'remember' box, it gives the first part of the previous:

2003-09-27 17:44:26.066 iChatAgent[365] WARNING: Error from SecKeychainFindGenericPassword: -25295

And it repeats this every time I connect with iChat. I logged in with an account I made to see if my entire pbook is messed up, and it doesn't have the same error. None at all, actually. The other account worked fine.

So here's the thing: I can either re-create my main account, or someone nice here can help me solve this problem. Hmm?

Here's a picture of the pop-up I keep getting: http://rootshell.be/~lance/iChat_ERROR.gif

[DeltaMac]

get Keychain first aid

[Lance]

Oh god...

Checking keychain configuration for Lance (user ID=501)
Home directory is /Users/lance
Checked login keychain
Checked password for ~/Library/Keychains/lance
Unable to verify password for ~/Library/Keychains/lance (-25295)
Login password could not be synchronized with keychain ~/Library/Keychains/lance (-25295)
Unable to read settings for ~/Library/Keychains/lance (-25295)
Checked default keychain
Checked keychain search list
~/Library/Keychains/lance does not appear to be a valid keychain file
Removed reference to keychain ~/Library/Keychains/lance
Added keychain ~/Library/Keychains/lance to keychain search list
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/lance
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains/lance (-25295)
Warning: some problems were not fixed
Repair failed

That's what "Keychain First Aid" said. Then I moved the file, and ran it again, and it fixed it. Spiffy! ^_^