airport menu missing, advice?

[bennetsaysargh]

this is driving me crazy. i've repaired permissions and restarted, no avail. i've disabled application enhancer, not working still. i've created another user, and nothing shows up. i've disabled little snitch, and internet sharing, but nothing is working. i also tried copying the airport menu item from another computer and trying that, but it's not working. i went into System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Airport.menu, and it's not working.
is there a way that anyone can think of that i didn't try? or, is there an alternative menu app somewhere for my airport connection?
thanks for any help.

edit-10.3.5 on an original powerbook g4, 500Mhz if that can help...

 

[chameeeleon]

I know this sounds stupid, but have you tried checking to see if "show airport status in menu bar" is unchecked in system prefs?

 

[enclave]

this is driving me crazy. i've repaired permissions and restarted, no avail. i've disabled application enhancer, not working still. i've created another user, and nothing shows up. i've disabled little snitch, and internet sharing, but nothing is working. i also tried copying the airport menu item from another computer and trying that, but it's not working. i went into System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Airport.menu, and it's not working.
is there a way that anyone can think of that i didn't try? or, is there an alternative menu app somewhere for my airport connection?
thanks for any help.

edit-10.3.5 on an original powerbook g4, 500Mhz if that can help...

There is a big chance that the airport card has come loose..

Try reseating the card and rebooting, looks like the os thinks theres no card hence wont allow the apps to run.

 

[bennetsaysargh]

i have checked the box in the system preferences

There is a big chance that the airport card has come loose..

Try reseating the card and rebooting, looks like the os thinks theres no card hence wont allow the apps to run.

how do i go about resetting the card? should i remove it, boot, shut down, and re-install it?

 

[enclave]

i have checked the box in the system preferences

how do i go about resetting the card? should i remove it, boot, shut down, and re-install it?

I mean re-seating the card which means physically opening up the machine and unplugging and then replugging the aiport card. Go to the apple web site to find out how to do it for your particulat model machine.

It's usually very simple.

 

[alxp]

Hello, I reviving this old post, as I have exactly the same problem. As there is not any answer, should I suppose the problem got fixed with this proposal of re-seatiing the card ? bennetsaysargh, did you solved the problem with another method ? Or do you still have it ?
Thank you for your help, I am desesperate, I can't find any help in Google (the few posts I found remain without any answer...)

Alex