Leopard trash hangs; repair permission slow, time capsule erased

since i have installed my leopard upgrade in order to install my time capsule, trash hard to empty and repairing permissions deletes my time capsule backup and capsule says i have no backup (which, when you do your first, it takes 24 hours, so it is not something i want to repeat!). anyone else having these problems? right now, i don't empty trash and don't repair permissions if i want to keep working.

marezdotes wrote:
since i have installed my leopard upgrade in order to install my time capsule, trash hard to empty and repairing permissions deletes my time capsule backup and capsule says i have no backup (which, when you do your first, it takes 24 hours, so it is not something i want to repeat!). anyone else having these problems? right now, i don't empty trash and don't repair permissions if i want to keep working.
Clearly something is radically wrong with your system. Repairing permission should not result in a backup being deleted. I suggest that you disconnect your TimeCapsule and repair permissions and also check your HD for errors and repair if necessary.
Permission repair takes up to 20 minutes with Leopard because of more extensive checking, but it should be done before starting a backup. You do not want to backup an HD with bad permissions, which is what you seem to be doing.
Your trash being hard to empty may also be tied to your permission errors, but it could be something else.
You need to be more specific in spelling out the problems you are having.

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