Can't Verify Disc Permissions in 10.5.2... among other G5 problems

I've been experiencing all kinds of issues with my first release PowerMac G5 (comatose sleep mode, racing cooling fans, video failure after restart, etc.). I've since learned not to be an early-adopter.
I had these problems running on 10.4.10 (had to go back to that after 10.4.11 really screwed up my machine). Issues subsided somewhat for a month or so but ten resurfaced with a vengeance. So, now, I've upgraded up to 10.5.2, reset PMU (yes, PMU, not SMU - early G5, remember), reset the PRAM/NVRAM, etc. without any remedy, so I'm trying to run Disk Utility.
I've restarted from my Leopard install DVD and have been able to successfully run 'Verify Disc' and received the good news that "The Volume X appears to be OK." Now, when I try to run 'Verify Disc Permissions' it starts but then just sits there, no progress bar... no progress. Eventually the screen just goes to sleep and never finalizes (or even starts?) the 'Verify Disc Permissions' process. Have tried multiple times and the only thing I can do is hit the 'Stop Permissions Verify' button, otherwise, if it does sleep the process just freezes and all I can do is hard restart.
Any ideas?

It takes anywhere from 10-40 minutes to repair permissions, depending on what's installed and what's contained in /Library/Receipts/bom/. The repair permissions operation has changed in Leopard. The stalled progress bar is an unresolved bug (they haven't figured out how to make it work whilst it's building the a.receiptdb, in /Library/Receipts/db/. To see what's really going on, open that folder in a Finder window, select list view, launch Disk Utility, select your boot volume, and click on repair permissions. Watch the Finder window flash files that are being read and written to a new a.receiptdb file. That's what's taking all the time and freezing the progress bar. Once that's finished, the progress bar starts moving and the permissions are being checked and repaired. Also note, that you won't get any *they were repaired* message back for any that are noted to be incorrect.
BTW, upgrading/updating when you have a hosed system is never a good move.

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