10.2.8 update brakes loginwindow program

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After my update from 10.2.6 to 10.2.8 on my 933 G4 with ATI Radeon the loginwindow application does not want to start anymore and therefore does not provide me with a login window. This results just simply in light blue screen sitting there and not doing anything. I can ssh into the mac, so the network runs and some of the coreservices seem to run but /var/log/System.log tells me that loginwindows has not the correct length and therefore bombs out.

Anyone else with such problems?

Oh.. and i can't open my DVD-CDROM drive anymore. The eject button doesn't work. How can i mechanically open up the drive so at least i can insert a installation CD to start from the beginning?

Thomas
 
I've got the similar "blue screen" effect however it was because I installed quicktime 6.4 and had to kill the installer midway through x.x.

I don't know how much I can help but have you tried:
correcting the prebinding? (through ssh 'sudo update_prebinding -root /')
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464 this article?

1. Waiting what is currently 6 days for 10.3 ;P
 
No, haven't tried that yet. I installed 10.2.6 again. Maybe i give it a try during the weekend. See if your suggestion works.

Thomas
 
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