I have an iMac G5 10.5.8 that won't connect or see any networks. At one point I received a message that "All network services are disabled". The panel on the left of SystemPreferences>Network doesn't list anything. When I click the + button, after unlocking it, the cursor turns to a wheel and nothing seems to happen.
When clicking About this Mac on the left under Network it shows the Airport card but not Ethernet.
Any suggestions?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Accounts, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does it work in the new account?
I tried what you said and nothing changed. Also when I click the wifi icon in upper right it says " Airport: Not configured"
And in Network Prefs you still don't see Ethernet or Airport & can't add them with the tiny plus icon?
No, I don't see either one. When I click the plus icon the cursor turns to a spinning colored wheel and doesn't do anything else. When I force quit it shows System Preferences as not responding.
On a side note, this computer belongs to a friend and I have it at my house. She was worried someone was spying on her and I think she may have changed settings or deleted files. There are a lot of items in the trash on her account.
Might try re-applying the big 10.5.8 combo.
Repair Permissions afterwords, reboot.
1058 Combo Update, 10.5.8...
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update
Get it on another computer & transfer it on a USB stick or such.
That fixed it. Thank you very much!
Hooray! Great news, thanks! 🙂
Imac won't connect or see any networks.
