tiger hangs while logging in

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cj171cj171
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hello, I have a Powerbook G4 1ghz with 10.4.2 and today it seemed to spontaneously stop logging in. I only have one user and after i type in my password, the login window goes away. But, it just sits there with the login background and finder never shows up. Meanwhile, the hard drive sounds like it's working a lot and I shut it off after letting it sit for 10 minutes. So, I tried repairing permissions, verifying the disk, and rebuilt the drive with disk warrior and it still gives the same problem. Any ideas anyone? Thanks.

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    costiquecostique Posts: 1,084member
    I would disconnect any network cables first. If that doesn't help, login into single user mode (Cmd-S), mount the root (mount -uw /) and delete ~/Library/Caches. You can also delete /Library/Caches. If that doesn't help either, move ~/Library/Preferences folder to Desktop. You may have to move ~/Library/Fonts out too.
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    cj171cj171 Posts: 144member
    ok, after i tried all of those, it finally slowly logged in...then i copied my preferences folder back and rebooted..and it logged in fine again...so i guess it was the fonts folder? Also, are these fonts necessary or is there a place I can put them so they won't screw up my login but they'll be available if any app needs them?
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    costiquecostique Posts: 1,084member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by cj171

    ok, after i tried all of those, it finally slowly logged in...then i copied my preferences folder back and rebooted..and it logged in fine again...so i guess it was the fonts folder?



    Possibly. At least, one broken font can easily screw up the GUI part of Mac OS X.

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    Also, are these fonts necessary or is there a place I can put them so they won't screw up my login but they'll be available if any app needs them?



    All the necessary fonts are in /System/Library/Fonts/ (without them nothing is guaranteed to work) and /Library/Fonts/ (as a rule, required by certain apps). The fonts in your home folder are considered your personal matters and you can safely remove any of them you don't need.



    You can try putting them all back, launching the Font Book, selecting User in the left column, selecting all fonts and validating them with File->Validate Fonts. If you're lucky, the Font Book will show you which fonts are causing problems. Just remove them from ~/Library/Fonts/ and try rebooting. The Font Book also allows you to turn fonts on/off.



    You can try commercial font management solutions, such as Font Reserve, Suitcase, FontAgent Pro or X Font Manager.
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