Can't migrate from G5 running Leopard!

When I try migrating over Ethernet, I get an error on the Mavericks machine: "The selected source cannot be used for migration. Your other Mac is not running the latest version of OS X. Please run Software Update on your other Mac and try again."
When I try booting the G5 in Target Disk Mode, and connecting it to the new Mac with FireWire, Migration Assistant doesn't detect any users or data files!
The G5 boots up fine (I'm using it to post this Q), and I've repaired the HDD with both Disk Utility and DiskWarrior (even though I had no other reason to).
My external Time Machine drive has deep-sixed, so that's not an option.
I've tried restartign both machines, several times.
AppleCare tried to help me, but an hour's worth of support led me nowhere.
Hardware involved: Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0 Ghz, 2004), and almost-new Mac mini (i7 2.3 Ghz).
Help! (Thanks!)

Success!
Before giving up and disconnecting the G5, which had been connected in Target Disk Mode, I decided to transfer some data by hand. I was surprised to find that I was unable to access the contents of some folders, but then I remembered -- one of the things I had tried yesterday was unchecking "Ignore ownership on this volume"! In other words, the Migration Assistant had been unable to access the contents of the users' folders this morning, because of ownership restrictions. So I re-checked that option, then shut down and restarted both the mini and the G5 (again, in Target Disk Mode). And voila! Not only did the user accounts appear as importable, but their respective files were now selectable for migration. Thank G-d, and thank you, R C-R, for your helpful suggestions.
So, just to summarize, here's a list of the steps I took to get the migration going:
~ Ran DiskWarrior on the G5's HDD. (I held down the Option key when clicking on the "Rebuild" button, and told DiskWarrior to "scavenge" the hard drive for data.)
~ Fixed permissions on same. (I did this with Onyx, but I assume it was really Disk Utility at work in the background.)
~ Reinstalled both the update to Migration Assistant and the 10.5.8 Combo Updater.
~ Rebooted the G5 into Target Disk Mode, and connected it by Firewire 800 to the new mini.
~ Booted up the mini and ran Migration Assistant.
The whole process, once it was underway, took almost five hours - but I did have  400GB or so of data to move.
After the migration, many of the new versions of my old apps (e.g., Mail, Entourage) have needed to import my old application data (which they found without any intervention on my part), and that has slowed things down a bit. But iTunes, Safari, Firefox, etc. have all been able to find my music, bookmarks, and history.
Mission accomplished!

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