ITunes 8 / Genius / Can't enable / Unknown error (-9846)

I have a 99G music library (about 23000 songs). I have been trying to turn on Genius since I downloaded iTunes 8 on Tuesday (about 25 attempts, at all times of day). It gets to the 3rd phase (receiving results), and about 25% of the way through, I get
*Genius results can't be updated right now. An unknown error occurred (-9846).*
My iTunes library is on an external drive, and I've had no other issues with iTunes. Any suggestions or advice?

Ok
I just upgraded to OS 10.5.5, and now it works ... however, I still don't know what the root cause was.

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