Problem with terminal in tiger

Hi,
Running 10.4.11 on my Powerbook, have used Terminal a couple of times, mostly for the games. Suddenly it won't work-- when I open up Terminal and type "emacs" here is what I get:
dumpemacs: Must be run as root unless -n is used
emacs: child exited with status 1
Typing "emacs -n" doesn't work, either.
I have repaired permissions on my HD, did that make Terminal dysfunctional? I've repaired permissions again after I had this problem but it obviously didn't fix the issue, so I suspect that's totally irrelevant.
Please help me, it is very important I get back to my therapy sessions with Eliza!

Are you using an administrator account? Try this:
sudo emacs
You'll be asked for an administrator password. Enter it (don't worry about the lack of *s showing up; they're not supposed to), and you should be good to go.
Also, try hand checking the permissions on the emacs executable. In a Finder window, hit Command-Shift-G, type "/usr/bin" (without the quotes) and then scroll to emacs. Select it, and hit Command-I, then check out the permission and make sure it's executable.

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Installation Problems with OS X Tiger

I'm currently running osX ver 10.1.5 i think. ( the nunber of versions are driving me nuts). Right now, i'm trying to install OS X Tiger ver 10.4. I've put in the disc, watch the window appear, clicked on the install icon, the reboot icon appeared, and clicked on it. After the reboot, the same window remains, but no further windows appear. So, i decided to click the icon again, as the same, the reboot button appears, and this time, while rebooting, i pressed the "C" key. After the whole system rebooted, it still remains unchanged.
Could it be my installation disc giving me problems? Or is it my system giving me problems? Currently running 640 MB and a 120GB hard drive.
Please help...!
G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Mine is a Power Mac blue/grey G4. It is no point buying a software that works on some machines and doesn't seem to run on others of almost the same specs. I just tried using the startup disc function to run it off the DVD rom. It apparently also doesn't work. I'm almost to the point of pulling out my hair, please help!

Problem with Terminal Paths

I was trying to set up my terminal to use for my computer science class and when i used the instructions from my professor to be able to run the binaries I get this when i open terminal.
-bash: export: `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Pyth on.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/ usr/X11/bin:.': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Pyth on.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/ usr/X11/bin:.': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `/Users/ewhuff/bin::.': not a valid identifier
eric-huffs-macbook:~ ewhuff$

"Instructions from my professor" is not very helpful. What exactly did you do?
A question like this is better in the Unix forum, so repost your question there, with more info.
<http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735>

Problem with Terminal.app

I was messing with Privoxy a little while ago. While executing the "StartPrivoxy.command" file something must've gotten corrupted or changed because now everytime I start the terminal or open a new one I am unable to do anything.
This is the text I get:
"Last login: Sat Sep 8 22:15:21 on ttyp1
/Library/Privoxy/StartPrivoxy.command; exit
Welcome to Darwin!
Kamui:~ Kypt$ /Library/Privoxy/StartPrivoxy.command; exit
Sep 08 22:18:25 Privoxy(000000a0) Info: loading configuration file '/Library/Privoxy/config':
Sep 08 22:18:26 Privoxy(000000a0) Fatal error: can't bind to 127.0.0.1:8118: There may be another Privoxy or some other proxy running on port 8118
logout
[Process completed]
As you can see, as soon as the shell opens up the command gets inputed and then logs out, leaving me unable to use it. This seems to be shell-agnostic since I've tried the other shells that OSX comes bundled up with and they all start w/ that. I've checked /etc/profile and the individual shell's configuration files to find something which may be burnt into a configuration but I can't find the culprit. Any idea of where to look? I'd hate to have to do an archive install just for this..
Thanks

Found it, needed to delete the .plist. Thanks

Problems with Terminal. :(

HI everyone, I was starting up my minecraft server when I unforrunately got this error message:
login: PAM Error (line 400): System error
/Users/Paolo/Desktop/Paolo\'s\ server/start.command ; exit;
[Process exited - exit code 1]
Can anyone help me? I need help fast. To make things easier, I am using a 2006 MacBook with 10.5.8 and 4GB.

By the way, it was a bukkit server for 1.7.2 and I was starting it up using Terminal.

Problems with terminating event

Hi all,
I defined a terminating event for a task.
I want all instances of this task to be completed when raising the event.
I made the binding of the object.
I defined the event as a instance linkage(is this correct?)
Does a terminating event works for a dialog task?
When I start the event, I get only the following message in the event trace
'no receiver entered' but I have the impression that with the instance linkage, you cannot enter receiver data.
I tried also the type linkages but this gives me this error
' task not defined as start/end event'
Thanks for any help,
Hans
I

Hello Hans,
I don't think this is that straightforward, because instance linkage is always use a key. If I understand your question correctly, you have several different tasks with different objects and you want all of them to terminate when a single event is raised. Unfortunately a terminating events will wait for an event using an object instance.
One workaround would be to use the task as the object whose events you're waiting for. In other words an instance of a subtype of TASK with the key corresponding to your workflow template ID. So now your task is waiting for an event TASK.ZCOMPLETE. The downside to this is that you have to code the task number that you are trying to terminate into wherever you are raising the event.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Mike

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