system profiler will not launch...?

[knowhowthief]

System Profiler app will not open; either from location or from the "about mac" panel. this isnt the only time this has occured, i vaguely recall having this problem with some other apps too. the only thing i can think of is a permissions issue...so i ran disk utilty to prepare them. this still has not helped and so now im trying to think what the cause and solution would be...a screwed up preferences file?

thanks

oh right im running 10.3.8, i downgraded from Tiger because of some incompatabilty issues with improtant software i needed...

 

[liketom]

have you rebooted? and when you say downgraded did you do a fresh install of 10.3 ?
and do you have any third party hardware installed on your system

 

[Eniregnat]

Downgradeing, was it a re-instal?

Is this happeing after a reboot?

 

[knowhowthief]

oh i downgraded a while back, fixed permissions, etc...the g5 works fine save for the occasion neurotic mac error (windows dont receed behind the one i am interacting with...).

this hasnt occured enough for me to even recall what other apps it did this with, but the fact that its my system profiler makes it a bit abnoxious no wthat i notice it.....

no third party hardware yet
re-install? i just ...yeah i archived the old system(10.4) and disposed of it after the reboot, install 10.3 in place. originally the mac had 10.3, upon purchase i installed 10.4 didnt like it, re-installed 10.3 again...again this was months ago

 

[liketom]

so did you wipe your hdd as you can not install an older os on a new one

well i don't think so anyway

 

[knowhowthief]

so did you wipe your hdd as you can not install an older os on a new one

well i don't think so anyway

...no. the swap back and forth between the OS were archive/install-in place...i really didnt want completely initialize my hd...now that i think of, it was a bad assumption to think i could drop an old os over tiger like that...thx

 

[liketom]

well it might have muddled it up but i doubt it .

do a get info on system profiler Tiger version is 4.1.1

not really too sure what you can do though apart from instal 10.3 again

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

About "Downgrade" installations

You should not reinstall an earlier version of the same software over a later version. These "downgrade" installs may seem to work, but Apple does not test nor recommend downgrade installations in most cases. Some installers prevent downgrade installations. If you need to reinstall an earlier version of Mac OS X, erase your disk first or choose the erase option in the Mac OS X Installer. Be sure to reinstall any software updates after reinstalling the operating system.

Link

 

[knowhowthief]

well it might have muddled it up but i doubt it .

do a get info on system profiler Tiger version is 4.1.1

not really too sure what you can do though apart from instal 10.3 again

ahhh yes...the incredibly obvious over sight...this explains alot. newer versions of some little apps were ommited during reinstall><; thank you for helping me realise this in a timely manner.

and yes, im going to back up my data, wipe the disk after, and install 10.3 correctly.

 

[liketom]

ahhh yes...the incredibly obvious over sight...this explains alot. newer versions of some little apps were ommited during reinstall><; thank you for helping me realise this in a timely manner.

but as Mitthrawnuruodo pointed out no go on downgrade - re-install is the only way to be sure of a solid install

remember to back up your data and programs

 

[knowhowthief]

but as Mitthrawnuruodo pointed out no go on downgrade - re-install is the only way to be sure of a solid install

remember to back up your data and programs

i had been using 10.2 for eons...i habitually wiped my hd and reinstalled when i had some strange errors i couldnt fix. with the advent of a much new mac now, came alot of new apps (and ignorance). i needed dvds to back up my data/new programs/etc...i wanted to see what sort of dvd burning hardware i had...so i checked system profiler...fitting...

 

[xsedrinam]

All the above assumes you've tried this already?

Navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences/com.apple.systemprofiler.plist . Delete this file then log out and back in or restart and try again.

 

[liketom]

All the above assumes you've tried this already?

Navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences/com.apple.systemprofiler.plist . Delete this file then log out and back in or restart and try again.

so on restart will that create a new plist file?

 

[knowhowthief]

All the above assumes you've tried this already?

Navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences/com.apple.systemprofiler.plist . Delete this file then log out and back in or restart and try again.

yeah i tried that, -i actually looked for some related file at first.
it doesnt exist.