Compressor not opening / new version not functioning

Hi folks- This is a stumper for any of you non-Intel chip users.
Short version: A new version of Compressor was installed on my G4 recently , which doesn't function properly. I tried uninstalling it, and reinstalling an older version, but the older version doesn't open.
Long version: I'm a professional videographer, and use FCP (Studio 1, 5.1) on a regular basis, frequently using DVD Studio Pro (4) for authoring DVDs, thus using Compressor (my last version was 2.3) as an intermediary.
For an unrelated project, I recently purchased Logic (8.0.2), which during installation also upgraded a few other Apple softwares in the process, including an upgrade to Compressor 3.0.3.
Unbeknownst to me, the Compressor 3.0.3 doesn't work on my machine properly, I'm guessing because it's an older machine. I opened up Compressor today for some routine work, to discover a warning that said:"The installed graphics card does not support the OpenGL features recommended by Compressor."
This warning still allowed me to open the program, but when I loaded up several files for compression, it gave me a warning, saying "Each target assigned to a job must have a setting and destination" EVEN THOUGH every item did indeed have both a destination and two settings. Hmmm...
So, I figured that since Compressor 3.0.3 wouldn't work correctly, I would uninstall it, and reinstall my older version off the FCP Studio disc. But when I did this, version 2.1 would NOT open at all on the machine. I could click the application all day long, but it won't open. Hmmm. I tried upgrading 2.1 to 2.3 through Apple's Software update, but the 2.3 upgraded to the 3.0 again. Arghh!
I'm either left with an un-openable 2.1 or a non-functioning 3.0. Any suggestions, recommendations?
-Chris

Hi Alberto-
Thanks for the reply, and the help. I was indeed dragging my settings onto the job itself (rather than the empty window), so I knew that wasn't the problem per se. But I'm so glad that you had within your previous post the URL to the Compressor Tutorial. Because at the very bottom of the tutorial page, I found exactly the problem I was having.
It's some strange quirk with Compressor 3--sometimes when you drag your settings onto the job, it still leaves the first line as a destination with no setting. That's what my machine was doing. It's an odd bug they should work out--and you can see what was happening on the bottom of the tutorial page you sent me.
Even so, I wasn't aware of this last night, so I had found an older support page about how to uninstall Compressor 3 (deleting files from the library folders & such--frameworks, receipts, et all), so I went ahead and did that, then reinstalled my Compressor 2.3 from scratch, and things worked well after that.
For the time being, then, I'm back to Compressor 2, but now I know that when I reinstall Compressor 3, I have to look out for that problem, and I'll know how to work around that odd quirk.
Thanks so much for your help, Alberto!!!
-Chris

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