Can only type password after long waiting time

When starting my MBP I cannot type anything or click with my mouse until the login screen changes to enable shutdown etc by itself. Anyone with similar experiences and/or solutions?
After booting, which actually takes a couple of minutes I cannot type my password (neither with external USB keyboard) or do anything at all at the log in screen. I can see the mouse cursor and move it (trackpad and magic mouse), but am unable to click anything. I need to wait for another couple of minutes until the screen changes and allows for restart, sleep and shutdown before I can click and type anything.
In this way starting up my MBP takes ages and any advice would be more than welcome.

Dwain Wilder wrote:
Pondini wrote:
Are you doing this via the Finder, or the TM "Star Wars" interface?...
I'm finding the same problem in the TM "Star Wars" interface. In earlier versions of 10.5.8 I was able to complete this task, but not in the current one, Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30)
The preferences file may be corrupt. Try a "full reset" per #A4 of the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
Is this going to be addressed in an upcoming release of 10.5?
It's very unlikely there will be any more updates to Leopard.

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