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I recently updated an aging Icebook to 10.3.9. Since then, it's been
plagued by the dread Frozen Cursor, which locks up the whole machine,
and can only be 'cured' (temporarily) by a forced restart. Which is a
pain.

Here's a nice tutorial at Macfixit: <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050316074920914>

I've tried most of their suggestions, to no avail. Also tried
reset-nvram on an Open Firmware startup, suggested somewhere else online.

The machine was fine before the software upgrade (or at least didn't
have this problem). Any ideas, guys? It's locking up every 2-3 days,
which is a real PITA!

Thanks in advance --
Pete Tillman

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In article
<Tillman-D88488.17342409042006@sn-radius.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
"Peter D. Tillman" <Tillman@toast.net_DIESPAMMERSDIE> wrote:

I recently updated an aging Icebook to 10.3.9. Since then, it's been
plagued by the dread Frozen Cursor, which locks up the whole machine,
and can only be 'cured' (temporarily) by a forced restart. Which is a
pain.

Here's a nice tutorial at Macfixit: <http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20050316074920914>

I've tried most of their suggestions, to no avail. Also tried
reset-nvram on an Open Firmware startup, suggested somewhere else online.

The machine was fine before the software upgrade (or at least didn't
have this problem). Any ideas, guys? It's locking up every 2-3 days,
which is a real PITA!

Thanks in advance --
Pete Tillman

Are you sure the machine isn't simply overheating, which can cause
system lockups? Because obviously when the system freezes the cursor
freezes.
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Did the 10.3.9 update change the speed of the fans which could lead to overheating?

Can you tell if the fans are running at all?

Maybe some of the tools at the site below can help?

http://www.bresink.de/osx/



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In article <4439bfad$1_1@news.cybersurf.net>,
"Richard Tomkins" <tomkinsr@istop.com> wrote:

Did the 10.3.9 update change the speed of the fans which could lead to overheating?

Can you tell if the fans are running at all?

Maybe some of the tools at the site below can help?

http://www.bresink.de/osx/

Thanx for the tip -- I'm downloading the Temp monitor, which I used to
use years ago on my old PB-5300.

But I don't think the machine is running hot. The fan's only come on one
time (that I can recall), when it got inadvertently covered with a
blanket, a couple years ago, during a big download <g>. And it's not
warmer on my lap -- if anything, a bit cooler <g>.

I forgot to mention another oddity. When I run the "Repair Permissions"
Disk Utility routine, it repeatedly reports 'fixing' the same
permissions, over & over again. FWIW, here are the 'fixes':

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

--these have all been reported the last 3 or 4 times I've run the
utility. Very odd.

TIA for any help with this frustrating problem!

Cheers -- Pete Tillman
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