[CUBE] osx stuck on login

Thu Jan 16 10:21:29 PST 2003

try to run the command 'mount -a', which ought to mount your 
filesystems with proper permissions.  After that, you can run the 'ln 
-s /private/tmp /tmp' command described earlier, and it should work.  
If you get some funky error message with 'mount -a', try running 'fsck 
-y' and then run 'mount -a' again.

if that still doesn't work, you could try this (not sure if this is 
implemented correctly in osx):

# df -k

look for the first line to say something like /dev/disk0s9 -- my 
computer says disk0s9, yours may say something different.  Other 
columns say devfs, fdesc, etc.  You don't care about those right now.  
Force a mount of it with read/write priveleges.  Don't cut & paste 
here, replace disk0s9 with whatever your df -k output is.

# mount -w -t hfs /dev/disk0s9 /

As far as entourage, I can't help you there: I don't have use for an 
office suite.   I reset my preferences by, umm, going back to where 
preferences are set in applications and changing them back to what they 
used to be.

mike

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 01:04 PM, ivan melicoff wrote:

> I don't know anything about command lines so if anyone can give advice 
> as if
> you were talking with a band new "switcher" it would really help :) I
> started using Macs in late 98 but only recently started with OSX so I 
> don't
> know much.
>
> Anyway I think I did what you said Mike and this is what happened...
>
> I booted while pressing CMD+s and after I got
> sh-2.05a#
> I typed  ln -s /private/tmp /tmp
> I got this response:
> ln:  /tmp/tmp: Read-only ile system
> sh-2.05a#
>
>
>> From where did you rename your library folder? from OS0? How did you 
>> reset
> your preferences? And what mail did you restore? I use (or used)
> Entourage...
>
> thanks
> ivan
>
>
> on 1/15/03 6:08 PM, mike at mfoverbo at int287.k12.mn.us wrote:
>
>> you might have problems with the symlink from /tmp to /private/tmp
>> directory -- I heard rumors that safari munged that.
>>
>> to restore it:
>>
>> # ln -s /private/tmp /tmp
>>
>> I've also had problems (earlier on in osx, around 10.1.0) with
>> applications that corrupted the dock -- i'd login and it would log me
>> right out again.  my situation degraded from there, and I ended up
>> having to rename my library folder and reset all my preferences and
>> mail by hand.
>>
>> it's a bummer and it took time, but it got me back to working order.
>> it might work for you too.
>>
>> hope this helps,
>>
>> mike
>>
>> On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 07:48 PM, ivan melicoff wrote:
>>
>>> Booted into OS9 through installation CD and deleted all safari 
>>> related
>>> files. Restarted into OSX and still same problems.
>>>
>>> thnx
>>> ivan
>>> on 1/15/03 4:49 PM, Jeffrey M. Swiger at N8NOE at comcast.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> While booting hold ( CMD & S ) and then Type ( FSCK -Y ) then hit
>>>> enter.. Fist this will check your drive files for
>>>> errors. At this point you could remove or replace the Safari 
>>>> Files?...
>>>> What is all the trouble with Safari?..
>>>> I've seen post about Jaguar and safari causing all these problems, I
>>>> have no Idea why everyone is having
>>>> troubles. I even tie my Newton into the Cube wirelessly and if
>>>> anything
>>>> is causing problems, the Cube is VERY
>>>> RF sensitive! If any 70cm or 10M Signals is generated, the cube just
>>>> shuts-off or reboots, It's annoying, but not
>>>> much I can do about it... Check your file system, If you have to
>>>> Remove
>>>> it at this point, your ROOT as a default
>>>> when you boot to FreeBSD this way!....
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:39 PM, ivan melicoff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey, have a huge problem. Can't acces OS X because it gets stuck in
>>>>> the
>>>>> "loggin in" window.  All I can do is acces the disk by booting into
>>>>> OS9 from
>>>>> an installation CD but that is no help since I can'to do anything
>>>>> from
>>>>> there. Also this login window appeared all of a sudden I never set 
>>>>> it
>>>>> up in
>>>>> the first place.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am running  OS X 10.2 on a dual 1GHZ tower.
>>>>>
>>>>> thansk for any pointers yoo can give.
>>>>>
>>>>> ivan
>>>>
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