Terminal will not open.

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Terminal will not open.

When I try and open the terminal from its place in the dock it bounces once and fails to open. When opened from the Utilities folder it fails to even appear in the dock.
When opened, this is written to Terminal.crash.log:
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Host Name: ASHCOM-PWRBKG4
Date/Time: 2008-01-31 16:04:46.174 +0900
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: Terminal
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal
Parent: WindowServer [99]

Version: 1.5 (133)
Build Version: 467
Project Name: Terminal
Source Version: 1330000

PID: 388
Thread: Unknown

Link (dyld) error:

lazy pointer not found
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Host Name: ASHCOM-PWRBKG4
Date/Time: 2008-01-31 16:04:46.137 +0900
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: Terminal
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal
Parent: WindowServer [99]

Version: 1.5 (133)
Build Version: 467
Project Name: Terminal
Source Version: 1330000

PID: 388
Thread: Unknown

Link (dyld) error:

lazy pointer not found
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What is wrong with the terminal, and how can I fix it? I find the terminal to be a very valuable tool and would like to continue to use it.

Thankyou in advance,
Atyndall
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Posted on Feb 2, 2008 3:55 AM

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Answer 1

japamac

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Feb 2, 2008 6:37 AM in response to Person1234567890

Hi-

I would boot to your OS X install disc, and run Disk Repair with Disk Utility.
If Disk Utility doesn't repair the corrupt file within Terminal, you may want to use Pacifist to extract Terminal from the OS install disc, and reinstall Terminal.

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Answer 2

orbitas

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Feb 3, 2008 12:27 PM in response to Person1234567890

I have the same problem. I followed the procedure recommended below with Pacifist, including a full reinstall of Terminal, but it still won't open. I used the "update" option on Pacifist before using full reinstall, but neither worked.

I also ran disk utility (repair disk permissions and repair disk) after the full install via Pacifist, no dice.

Anyone willing to take a look at the crash log?

Thanks.

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Answer 3

Feb 3, 2008 4:35 PM in response to Person1234567890

Usually, an early thing to try when an application starts crashing, is to delete (or at least move) its preferences file. One of the first things any application does is read the preferences. If that is corrupt, the application might not be able to continue. Terminal's is com.apple.Terminal.plist.

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Answer 4

Feb 2, 2008 7:17 PM in response to japamac

Disk repair didn't work, but I extracted the Terminal application from the Mac OS X Upgrade DVD and it now seems to work fine. Thankyou for your help.

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