Mac OS X stops loading at blue screen

Question

Hi everyone.
So, my problem is that my Mac wont finish booting into Mac OS X. This is how I got to the issue:
My start up disk warned me it was full, so saved and quit all applications and proceeded to restart.
My Mac rebooted and showed all the proper screens; Gray screen, apple logo screen, and then the light blue screen just before it loads the User's desktop.
THIS is where my mac stops. It refuses to pass this blue screen and instead, the only idication that its still living is the cursor fading in and out, as if its going to load something, but then loops or something.
I have tried the following troubleshooting techniques:
Restarting the computer
Starting the computer from Leopard Install disk, then choosing disk utility,
then repairing both the disk and the permissions.
After this, I found a topic on here discussing a simillar issue, but the blue screen only lasts 4 to 5 minutes.
Mine has been doing this for at least 15 minutes, at which point I forced it to shut down again.
I'm currently watching it flash between the blue screen and a black console screen ( I held Command + V at startup).
Its at the point where it loops and for the brief moments that I get to see the console info, it says there is some sort of crash. Ive taken a picture and this is what it says:
Sep 25 25:15:19 DSMAC1 ReportCrash[530]: Saved crashreport to /library/Logs/CrashReporter/PenTabletDriver..date info..DSMAC1.crash using *v or u*id: 0 gid: 0, ev *end screen*
Sep 25 25:15:19 DSMAC1 ReportCrash[530]: Saved crashreport to /library/Logs/CrashReporter/uc..date info..DSMAC1.crash using *v or u*id: 0 gid: 0, ev *end screen*
Sep 25 25:15:19 DSMAC1 mds[32]: (Error) Server: mdsync launch failed: (lpc/send0 invalid destination port
That is one screen. Another one says this:
Sep 25 25:15:19 DSMAC1 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[023]: Login Window Application Started
Note, DSMAC1 is my computer's name.
It just keeps saying these things over and over, and the loginwindow[###] keeps increasing.
Can someone please help? This is the first time my mac has not worked where I cant fix it. Thanks in advance!
PS: I don't believe I am running Mac OS 10.5.5 (latest build), I can't find out if I am or not, but I'm sure if the update came very recently, then I most likely haven't installed it.
Dan

Answer 1

donsherio wrote:
Hi everyone.
So, my problem is that my Mac wont finish booting into Mac OS X. This is how I got to the issue:
My start up disk warned me it was full, so saved and quit all applications and proceeded to restart.
My Mac rebooted and showed all the proper screens; Gray screen, apple logo screen, and then the light blue screen just before it loads the User's desktop.
THIS is where my mac stops. It refuses to pass this blue screen and instead, the only idication that its still living is the cursor fading in and out, as if its going to load something, but then loops or something.
When a disk is full, odd things can happen and usually do. Sadly, your system may be hosed.
Do you have a backup? You will probably need to do an erase and reinstall and then use the backup for your files.
If the backup is a TM backup, then your best solution is to get a new larger HD and use the Leopard DVD to copy your TM backup onto the new HD.
If you do not have a backup then note that some have had success using Ubuntu to copy the contents of the HD onto an external drive, saving most of the files.
You can DL Ubuntu from ubuntu.com and burn it to a bootable "live" CD from which you can access your HD and copy the files.