RE: [Fed-Talk] Re: Classic environment failure
RE: [Fed-Talk] Re: Classic environment failure
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Re: Classic environment failure
- From: "Wade, William J." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:25:51 -0700
Good afternoon Michael:
I was able to get the user up and running using Classic. The problem lies in
the fact that the user cannot have Admin privileges. I created another user
called 'test' and gave that user Admin privileges.
I deleted the "System Folder" from the Terminal and reinstalled. I also
removed the folder ~/Library/Classic.
The user 'test' is able to launch Classic and Classic apps using elevated
privileges but not when his privileges are reduced.
I think that there must be a folder permissions issue with Classic. That is
the only thing that I can think of. Any additional suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kluskens [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:17 PM
To: Wade, William J.
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Classic environment failure
On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Wade, William J. wrote:
> Good afternoon:
>
> I am encountering a problem with the Classic environment failing to
> launch.
> I am able to launch applications under the original admin account,
> but not
> under any others. I have reinstalled Classic and the result is the
> same.
> When I launch Classic in an account with normal privileges, the
> environment
> hangs when attempting to launch. Closing Classic when the
> environment fails
> to launch causes the machine to reboot. I have checked Console for
> any log
> entries that might indicate a problem but have not found any
> indications of
> the problem. Thanks.
>
> Bill
Bill,
Some ideas:
When you reinstalled Classic did you also remove the folder ~/Library/
Classic ? Did you delete the "System Folder" on the disk before
reinstalling (not "System") and did you confirm that you have only
one System Folder by checking in Preferences under Classic and
choosing which folder to launch.
That folder contains all the user's settings for Classic.
Also, did you configure Classic in system preferences for that user
to "Use Mac OS 9 preferences from your home folder" (Advanced tab)
Another thing to check is the settings for Classic folder and it's
contents. I prefer the terminal when dealing with permission settings.
Some of the OS X updates modify Classic, for better or worse, I think
that they only modify it when you run it so perhaps you have to
install Classic, run Classic in an admin account, use Disk Utility to
repair permissions, then try Classic from a brand new user account.
Michael
ps. I have three OS X machines at home with multiple users using
Classic so I do deal with Classic quite a bit. In fact on one
machine I archived a copy of "System Folder" because I was afraid
something was damaging it.
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