Disk Utility Internal Error

Oddly enough, it may have to do with the Chess game application - at least it did in the past. Just about all reports of this error that I can find date from Panther days, except for a recent set with reference to the Japanese version of DU under Leopard.

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=91770

[Disk Utility Internal Error. Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility.|http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/blog/disk-utility-internal-erro r> Explanation of error. Note that this is a software vendor so some of the advice is to buy the vendor's software!

Message was edited by: Limnos

I have a PPC G4 running 10.4.11. Same problem.
I tried running Disk Utility from Install disk. Same problem.
I check Disk Utility log, No cue.

So...

I tried with Terminal:
sudo diskutil repairPermissions /
-disk management crashed at the very beginning of the process-

I tried opening my Mac in Safe Mode then opened Disk Utility and clicked Repair Permissions
-disk management crashed at the very beginning of the process-

I tried with OnyX
-disk management crashed at the very beginning of the process-

When I click "Repair Disk", I get no error message and Disk Utility does not detect problem with Hard Disk.

I re-installed 10.4.11 Combo Update. Tried Disk Utilities / Repair Permissions.
-disk management crashed at the very beginning of the process-

So... ?

If all the above fails, then it appears to be time for a relatively painless Archive & Install, which gives you a new/old OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space and no Disk corruption, and is relatively quick & painless...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

Just be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings.