Problems after failed cloning

Hello. I was stupid enough to make a clone of the disk in my Powerbook G4 with Super Duper before checking it was compatible with Leopard. I wasnt. I got several errors on the new larger drive after boot like:
system extension was installed the wrong way and must be reinstalled.
The files are in:
/system/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/
Libkern.kext , Mach.kext , BSDKernel.kext and IOKit.kext ,
The others are in:
/system/Library/Extensions/
autofs.kext , IOFireWireFamily.kext and IOFirewireSBP2.kext
The powerbook boots but there is several probs. Mail wont start, Bluetoot is not there, Photoshop wont start and more.
I still have the old drive with the previous system, but that drives is not visible as a boot drive in startup disk control panel. Anything I can do beside swap disks and use carbon copy cloner? Install Leopard from the DVD?
Thanks for any advice
Message was edited by: eflaten

Sorry. I cloned my internal 10.5.1 80 gig disk to external 250 gig in a firewire cabinette. Then I replaced the original one inside my powerbook G4 with this clone. I made the clone with latest Super Duper, which I later found out was not compatible. So it is the 250 gig now inside my mac that doesnt work. Thanks for asking for clarifying

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QWidget: Cannot create a QWidget when no GUI is being used
2009-11-21 10:33:01.408 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 1 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:01.911 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 2 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:02.412 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 3 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:02.913 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 4 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:03.414 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 5 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:03.915 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 6 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:04.416 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 7 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:04.917 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 8 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:05.417 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 9 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:05.918 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 10 of 10)
2009-11-21 10:33:06.471 Primary screen: 0.
2009-11-21 10:33:06.473 Using screen 0, 1280x800 at 0,0
2009-11-21 10:33:06.475 Using theme base resolution of 800x600
2009-11-21 10:33:06.500 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/var/run/lirc/lircd'
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2009-11-21 10:33:06.500 JoystickMenuThread Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/sip03ds/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2009-11-21 10:33:08.531 Using the Qt painter
2009-11-21 10:33:08.535 Removing stale cache dir: /home/sip03ds/.mythtv/themecache/MythCenter-wide.1280.800
2009-11-21 10:33:08.557 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/base.xml
2009-11-21 10:33:08.891 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-11-21 10:33:08.897 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-11-21 10:33:08.897 New DB connection, total: 3
2009-11-21 10:33:08.902 New DB connection, total: 4
2009-11-21 10:33:08.906 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
2009-11-21 10:33:08.910 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: htpc
2009-11-21 10:33:08.926 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: htpc
2009-11-21 10:33:08.927 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: htpc
2009-11-21 10:33:09.589 Desktop video mode: 1280x800 59.9125 Hz
2009-11-21 10:33:10.602 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2009-11-21 10:33:10.958 MythPlugin::init() dlerror: /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins/libmythmusic.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK15ComboBoxSetting9classNameEv
2009-11-21 10:33:10.958 Unable to initialize plugin 'mythmusic'.
2009-11-21 10:33:11.230 MythPlugin::init() dlerror: /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins/libmythvideo.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK7Setting9classNameEv
2009-11-21 10:33:11.230 Unable to initialize plugin 'mythvideo'.
2009-11-21 10:33:11.248 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/bdi,
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2009-11-21 10:33:11.259 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/power,
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2009-11-21 10:33:11.271 Loading window theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/menu-ui.xml
2009-11-21 10:33:11.377 Loading menu theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//mainmenu.xml
2009-11-21 10:33:11.381 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'MythCenter'
Any ideas or logs where to check would be more that appreciated.
Thanks
Last edited by sip03ds (2009-11-21 09:40:36)

I removed all the plugins and reinstalled mythtv. Configured it as advised on the wiki (without dropping the database schema) but the server is still not starting up correctly.
I found out that the server is starting and and stopping when I run:
sudo /etc/rc.d/mythbackend start
when I start the front end, the front end cannot connect to the back end because it is unavailable.
in case I start the server manually:
sudo mythbackend
I am able to connect via mythfrontend and mythtv is working correctly. Any suggestions to change the daemon script ?
Last edited by sip03ds (2009-11-21 22:56:51)

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