• Frozen cursor woes, OS 10.3.9

    From Peter D. Tillman@Tillman@toast.net_DIESPAMMERSDIE to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables on Sunday, April 09, 2006 17:34:24
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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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  • From Nick@nick@nospam.com to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables on Sunday, April 09, 2006 18:48:46
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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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  • From Richard Tomkins@tomkinsr@istop.com to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables on Sunday, April 09, 2006 22:15:10
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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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  • From Peter D. Tillman@Tillman@toast.net_DIESPAMMERSDIE to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables on Sunday, April 09, 2006 21:03:57
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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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