junkyarddiver Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hi all, I have a couple of problems, one minor one not so minor. When I click the Apple logo it highlights but the menu doesn't appear, it happened after the second time I used the command in the last post of this discussion to repair the clock and icons in the menu bar, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7204297, it worked like a charm the first time, the second time the system hung up when I tried to log out, I did a hard shutdown, restarted the system and the menu was gone.The system Reboots and Shuts Down via the Control + Eject keyboard shortcut without issue. I discovered my second problem while trying to fix the first one, I can't install anything that has an install program, it gets to the part where you have to agree to the License, but the window shade where you click Agree never comes down, I tried 2 different programs one on a CD one on my hard drive and they both did the same thing. I tried running that command again, repairing permissions from the Disk utility in OS X, from the install DVD (Kalyway 10.5.2) and single user mode,using the /sbin/fsk -fy command, I also tried verifying the disk from the install dvd, none of which had any effect. I'm running OS X 10.5.5, updated via Mysticus C's update pack, which was working and installing fine before that system hang. Any ideas what could be causing this? I should also mention I am a total noob to OS X and the terminal so use small words. Thanks in advance...JYD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddiver Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hi all, just wanted to let you know that the hard drive was failing, I booted it up after work today and got a SMART error, luckily it was a pretty fresh install, I didn't get a chance to put too much on it. Thanks anyway...JYD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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