Disc Utility problem re update to 10.4.6

Have been trying to update to 10.4.6 and am having the following problem when i try to Verify Permissions
As soon as I start Disc Utility I get a message: ' Disc Utility started, but a background process needed in disc utility didnt start properly'
Any Tips on this one. Thanks

Interesting problem...
have you tried booting your computer up from the 10.4 tiger installer disc and running Disk Permissions from Disk Utility off the DVD?
See if you can do that...and see if that "fixes" the issue. Also run the Repair disc option while you're at it.
If not...
also try this.....
Restart your mac.
hold down CMD-S when you restart.
Your mac should restart into a black screen with prompt.
you should see instructions at to what to type: (something to this nature):
/sbin/fsck -fy
Let it run, til it's done...may take anywhere from a couple minutes to 5-10minutes... depending how big and full your hard drive is.
If it encounters an error, run that command again.
Keep running the command (retyping) until you get a message that says DRIVE is OK (something to that nature).
then type: reboot to restart your computer into OS X.
then try to run Disk permissions again. See if that works.
good luck!
Dual 867mhz G4 MDD Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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jonlee016 wrote:
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