After 10.5.3 update the system doesnt start up

Got it, was really simple: I unplugged the USB-Hub that has caused the stalled startup.

I am sorry not to have noticed that issue after being a Mac-nerd for so many years.

What a shame!

Laximus wrote:
Hello

After the 10.5.3 update the system doesnt start up. Just the grey apple and the progress circle appears.
I gave it all nigh time! Nothing happened.

Shut down and restart. Nothing.
Boot from instal dvd, repair permission, repair disk, NOTHING!
Safe boot also doesnt start up!

?????

I am really unhappy! There was a system wich works perfectly, Logic also and more bigger software, and after this update brokes down my whole system!

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I think i have to do Archive and Insall.
Before i used Windows XP, but i can tell since i use Mac, i have to reinstall the Mac much more times, than the XP ever.

Did you run DU and repair the HD and permissions first?
Are you using TM?

Welcome to the Apple forums...

Very interesting... an iBook G4 and you got this error:

Can't map com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.
Couldn't alloc class

Given that you have a PowerPC chip, the bootup should not be trying to map an Intel driver. It looks as though the universal installer was confused. Did you install onto your iBook from an Intel computer via Target Disk mode?

I guess I should consider myself lucky having never had issues with this machine or any other previous Macs during updates/upgrades. I never do the on-line huge updates, though, as that is often the "usual suspect" as reported by MacFixit. Downloaded the full file. Fixed permissions first. Restarted, turned off VirusBarrier and then installed. Machine restarted twice, then worked fine. I sympathize with you folks having issues.

Thanks! This worked beautifully. I'm back up and running...

Unplug all USB devices and reboot.

I'm one of the unlucky ones who is plagued with this issue. I have tried so many different things I have lost count. Single user mode repair, TechTools boot and Disk Utility Repair, Safe boots, Permission repairs, verbose logging, event deleted application enhancements, etc.

Currently I'm booted off a Super Duper firewire backup running the latest version of Cocktail. Don't know if it will do anything but worth a shot.

Anyone found a solution that works? I'm just not quite ready to do an archive & install.

Here is what I did after exhausting all of the other things. I simply did not want to do an Archive and install and then run the same risk reapplying the 10.5.3 update. But I must have spent 4 hours on this prior to the solution below.

1) Download a copy of Leopard Cache Cleaner (LCC) ( http://www.northernsoftworks.com/leopardcachecleaner.html) - No, I don't work for them
2) Make sure you can boot via a firewire or other utility disk.
3) Put LCC on your Firewire drive
4) Reboot via the Firewire or other utility drive.
5) Run LCC (you can do this in the demo mode of the software - but I'm purchasing after this success)
6) Go to the Caches tab.
7) Select your Hard Drive where you are unable to boot (I believe it defaults to the drive you are currently booted from). Make your selection carefully.
8) I checked off Clean System Cache and All Users Caches and chose LIGHT CLEANING.
9) Click Clean - it only took a few seconds for me...I barely noticed it
10) Reboot

This worked for me. Please let me know if this method works for you and I'm going to write it up.

Thanks,
Gizmobug (aka HighTechDad)

I just wanted to provide a link to the steps that I used to resolve this.
http://weblog.techdad.net/2008/05/31/fix-it-apple-os-1053-fails-to-get-to-login- screen/

Please drop a comment there to let me know if this fix worked. I have notified MacFixIt of it as well.

-HTD

My computer just hangs on the grey screen with the pinwheel. I had a similar issue shortly after the 10.5.2 update and I found some page which I'm unable to find now that had a chmod/chown combination that fixed it. Pretty much it changed all my permissions to something.

Would anyone know what those commands would be? Or if that would even help in this occurence.

Cheers,
Joe

Changing ownership and permissions manually on specific files might help, though this should also be possible with Disk Utility on the Leopard DVD. Boot off the DVD and run a permissions fix on the main hard drive, and that should help things.

Definitely tried a permissions fix using the startup dvd. I can't get this thing to boot up in safe mode either. Went in through my other mac and deleted preferences files that might be hanging it up too. Still nothing. Just sits on the grey apple screen with the pin wheel. Running out of options except to do an archive and install. But...if I do an archive and install will I lose my address book, emails, music, etc. etc?

Does anyone know that chmod/chown command to change all the permissions on the computer.

chown and chmod in themselves are the commands to change the ownership/permissions for any file or set of files. You will have to know the specific file you're trying to modify in order to use these commands to change its attributes. This is the first I've heard of those commands being used manually for bypassing the startup problems.

Once again: First check up that USB devices are unplugged, before you install 10.5.3 and reboot. Up to 10.5.2 I never had a problem with a connected USB hub. 10.5.3 seems to be a little bit more sensitive.

This time it was THE issue for me.

Again: Unplug all USB devices and reboot!

Don Michele running a perfect 10.5.3 on 3 machines and now unsubscribing from this thread....