Repair Permissions stops printing

Whenever I repair permissions my printing stops working. I have to manually change the permissions on var/spool/cups and var/spool/cups/tmp to allow read/write for all, then printing works. I also suspect there are permissions that are messsing up my network access to my Macs from PCs - I have had to install Dave to be able to share files from a Mac.
Anyone have a clue?

You might first repair the permissions and then reinstall the printer, or better, uninstall the printer, repair permissions and then reinstall the printer and SW.
It seems that the OS expects different permissions than the printer software.
You may have originally installed the printer without first repairing permissions, which were incorrect.

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Disk utility repair permissions stops altogether

I tried running Disk Utility Repair permissions and received a grey message box saying it stopped repairing permissions because of the following error:
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit.
This same error message was repeated in the usual information box that disk utility uses to provide detail about what it is doing.
I believe the problem occurred because I selected Macintosh HD and added another user (myself) to read/write in the disk permission section of the information window, and I also applied that to all enclosed items. I did this in the first place because of repeated attempts and failuire to install the latest version of skype into my applications folder (being told that I didn't have enough permissions to complete the overwrite task). When I tried verifying the disk I received the error message "ERROR: could not freeze volume permissions denied"
I switched users to a specific administrator account that I reserve for troubleshooting, but got the same result when I tried running disk utility.
As a not unrelated issue when I attach my ipod touch, itunes says that it cannot recognize this ipod, then after about the third time simply doesn't acknowledge my itouch exists.
everything was working well until i did this large change permissions operation.
So does anyone have any idea what I have done (wrong) and how I can fix it?
thanks
John

John Fountain wrote:
I believe the problem occurred because I selected Macintosh HD and added another user (myself) to read/write in the disk permission section of the information window, and I also applied that to all enclosed items.
Uh-oh. You completely trashed your whole system by doing that. Boot up from your Leopard DVD and restore that last Time Machine backup that was made before you made that mistake. If you don't have any backups you will have to reinstall Leopard.
I did this in the first place because of repeated attempts and failuire to install the latest version of skype into my applications folder (being told that I didn't have enough permissions to complete the overwrite task).
When that happens, just trash the old application first, then drag in the new one.
When I tried verifying the disk I received the error message "ERROR: could not freeze volume permissions denied"
I switched users to a specific administrator account that I reserve for troubleshooting, but got the same result when I tried running disk utility.
Changing permissions on the HD and applying to enclosed items hosed your whole system. That's what's causing all your problems. It's doubtful that you will be able to repair it. Restore your system from backup, or reinstall.

I am unable to print anything since installing the latest driver for my epson stylus rx640. I have followed epson's advice by doing repair permissions, but I still can't print anything. Can anybody suggest anything?

Can't print with my Epson stylus RX 640 since the latest apple software update for epson. Since then I completely reinstalled the printer following epson's advice. It worked. But today, I am trying to print some photos and nothing happens. Epson suggest resetting and then doing some repair permissions. Done that and still no joy. Can anyone help please.

contact Epson again and ask them about using a generic Gutenprint driver; I read in one of the threads here - but can't find it right now - about a problem with your model printer. Since Epson has not updated its driver to work with SL on this older model, it appears using a generic driver does work. You might also try searching for those threads by typing your model number into the search box.

Repair permissions in Disk Utility won't stop

OK, I've never done permissions repair on our MacBook Pro 15" (2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo). (My apologies to the fastidious cleaners among this group.) I've done multiple upgrades over the past 4 or so years that we've owned it, including the latest upgrade to Lion for iCloud purposes. Because of processing time issues with Safari, I (a) cleared its cache, (b) deleted certain files in Home/Library/Safari (form values and download.plist) and in Home/Library/Preferences (com.apple.Safari.plist) and (c) tried to repair permissions in Disk Utility. All of this was per the recommendations of another Apple discussion group. (I also purchased (but have not yet installed) additional RAM to accommodate Lion and to address general operating slowness.) I started repair permissions about 11 or 12 hours ago and it's still going! While our MBP has a boatload of files on it, I'm wondering whether this is normal? Should I stop it and try something else? Thanks.

Cancel out of the Repair Permisisons and reboot the computer and start Safari.
Download this free program called OnyX and run ALL the checks, cleaning and maintainance tasks and reboot at the end.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/
OnyX is much safer to use because it reminds you to reboot the computer to rebuild the cache files, which you likely didn't do, then went to Repair Permissions and files were missing and ikely the reason why it got stuck, but it could be something far worse and hopefully OnyX will reveal more details with the initial checks.
This is what I would do in your case.
Lion will run much better with more memory than 2GB, however I would seriously consider fixing your OS X and software issues first before upgrading the RAM.
While your inside the machine replacing RAM, you might as well replace the hard drive with a newer faster, 7,200 RPM drive too and rebuild the whole OS from the ground up.
Because your machine was upgraded one OS over another, you likely got a lot of cr*p built up and seriously need to consider doing a
backup of files on a external drive, better a whole drive clone
a format and "fresh install" of 10.5 on the new internal drive, use the same username and hard drive name as before
then upgrading to 10.6, make another clone here on another external drive
then upgrading to 10.7, followed by installing all your necessary programs fresh from orignal sources
and finally returning the contents of your user files folders (Music, Documents, Pictures, Movies etc) from backup right back into the same folders on the new configuration.
In that order as it's important for maintaining perfromance that the user files are returned last. Hard drives are faster up front than they are as they get filled up, since programs and OS doesn't move around much, installing them first as it's up front where the perfromance is best and your files, which do change often, are placed further down into free space thus the OS and programs remain fast for a longer period of time.
It is a LOT of work and you have a LOT to learn, but you got a older computer that you have neglected for some time and your trying to run a newer operating system. Good thing is your processor and video card are decent, so the computer has potential to live like a new machine. If your willing to apply labor or have a Mac geek do it for you. Else your looking at a buying a new machine prematurely.
If you can't c boot off the 10.5 grey disks, then your just going to have to start with 10.6 and buy iLife at the AppStore when you download Lion again with your AppleID (option click on Purchases)
Read through my exhaustive post here, it will educate you
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

OS X 10.6.7 Canon All-in-One 480 Printer will not print files, only blank pages. Have to go to Utilities, Disk Utility and Repair permissions for a temporary fix. How can I get a permanent fix?

After upgrading to OS X 10.6.7., my Canon All-in One MP 480 printer will not print. it says it is printing, but the sheet of paper just runs through the printer and comes out blank. I finally went online to just answers.com and got a fix involving the System preferences, printer and fax. i was told to go to Applications in the HD, thenUtilities, then Disk Utilities, highlight the HD and check on Verify Disk. If it says Disk is OK, click on Repair Permissions. At first, that worked, but the next time I went to print after turning the printer off, it refused to print and just ran the sheet of paper through blank. Once that happens, there is no way to go back to printing the file that failed. I fiinally had to copy and paste the info from the file that would not print and put it in an email to myself and then print that. This is very frustrating, and I would really like a final solution for the problem.
bettyfroomneedham

There's a lot there, so I'll start with the parts I can answer quickly.
The "ACL found but not expected..." messages can be safely ignored, so says this article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306925
(look below all the "SUID" examples)
I had changed my Desktop image earlier but when the "Installing 1 item" window came up it changed back to the back ground that you first see on your desktop after installation.
Leopard installs updates a bit differently. If it's simply an application that does not change system files, it installs them like before, without having to restart. If the update is to the system, then you must immediately "restart," It then goes to that stars and purple screen to perform the installation. Before, it would do the installation while you still had control of the Mac and would prompt you to restart when it finished the installation. This change probably make things more secure and reliable, because you aren't allowed to do other things on the Mac while system updates are being installed.
Please post back with the remaining point of concern.

You May Want to Repair Disk Permissions After Printer Updates Today

It's been pretty automatic for quite a while--install printer updates and then repair disk permissions. Most of the time, the permissions errors aren't critical and everything still works; however, many people like to keep their boot disk permissions fixed.
After installing "HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers2.7.2" and "BrotherPrinterDrivers2.7" today I again repaired permissions. The errors weren't critical, but I can't remember seeing more of them than I did today. Make sure and scroll the list of errors because if you don't have scroll bars showing all the time, it doesn't look like there is much in the way of errors. When I didn't see a scroll bar, I assumed there were only a few errors--wrong.
My installation was on a Lion system. And, Disk Utility did fix them all. None were there when I repaired permissions a second time.
Just an FYI.

Which MacBook model? Did it come with OSX 10.6 or did you upgrade it?

CS4 : unable to print / stops printer / halts print job on Fuji Xerox c2255

Morning,
This discussion posting may or may not have some relevance to my previous posting, CS4 : memory leak errors (?) in Os X console log
I am working on a clients workstation and they are having a few problems. Specific hardware and software details are at the bottom of this posting.
THE PROBLEM
The problem is that I can not seem to print from CS4. The problem seems to be specifically Adobe CS4 related as I will explain below.
From the end user perspective, the CS4 suite appears to function normally with one exception - CS4 will not print. In the below example, I am referring to mainly Adobe Acrobat CS4 and InDesign CS4 as these are the programs that they use the most. The artist can still work with all the CS4 applications - opening new or existing indesign/acrobat documents, adding text, import, export, create pdfs, saving to same name or new name, etc... but they can't print out to a printer (Fuji Xerox c2255). For example, using InDesign, the artist can open an existing Indesign document and make changes to the Indesign document. She can save the document using the same name or a new name, but when she attempts to print the Indesign document, the document will not printed. If she saves the file as a pdf and using Acrobat to open the pdf and attempts to print the document, it will not print. BUT, if she uses preview to open the document and attempts to print, then it WILL print.
When attempting to print, the following happens,
- in acrobat CS4 or Indesign CS4, choose 'Print'
- choose A4 or A3 format
- click print
The job processes and is set to the printer spool as per normal. About a couple of second later, after the processing is done, the Printer Queue starts jumping up and down in the dock. Open up the printer queue, shows the following message 'Printer has stopped'. The job is present in the printer queue list. Restart the Printer, and restart the job, and then about 5 seconds later, the message appears again, 'Printer has stopped'. This continues ad nauseum until the job is manually deleted from the queue. No print outs.
PRINTER or PRINTER DRIVER
I have installed and uninstalled the printer driver half a dozen times. I have source the driver from different locations (US, Asia and Australia). In all three cases,the Fuji Xerox printer drivers look identical (I've opened them up in text edit). Every other application, on the Mac, appears to access the printer without any problems -Office 2008 ( Word, Excel), Preview, Text Edit, Text Wrangler, Mail, etc can all address the printer and print to the printer without any problems. Using any of these programmes, I can access all the functionality of the printer (A4 in Tray 1, A3 in Tray 2, Levels of the inks, etc) via the driver. When I installed the generic printer drive, I have no access to any of the Fuji Xerox Printer functionality. This leads me to think that the Fuji Xerox printer driver is not the problem.
Interestingly, using Apple's Preview, I can print any existing Acrobat documents without any problems - in either A4 or A3. However, if I attempt to print the SAME Acrobat document from Acrobat CS4, it will not print.
USE 'PRINTER DRIVER' option rather then choosing paper size.
I read in another posting, in the Adobe forum, of a similar problem with Duplex printing - if the the paper size is manually set (A3/A4) in the 'print document options', printers do not print duplex. The answer seemed to be instead of manually choosing the paper size (A4/A3), allow CS4 to determine the paper size. So, in the 'print document' dialog option, one should choose 'use printer driver' instead of specifying A3 or A4. An explanation suggested that the print engine refers to the printer driver to find out what options are availible and then CS4 chooses what size it wants to send the print job to. Forcing CS4 seems to stop duplex printing from working.
I will look at this suggestion next week when I return to the site.
NETWORK PRINTER
The fuji Xerox c2255 is a network printer. Both Mac Pro and printer have a fixed IPs. I have eliminated the network as a problem, by running a network cable directly from Mac Pro ethernet port to Fuji Xerox ethernet port. I can ping the printer directly from the Mac Pro; I can see the printer from the Mac. I can print directly to the printer from the Mac, using Text edit or any other application EXCEPT CS4. CS4 will not print.
CLIENT HAS UPDATED ALL DOCUMENT FILES TO CS4 via INX
I have since been informed that a staff member had (recently) updated all the documents to CS4 via INX. I wonder if this anything to do with the problems ? Unfortunately, I don't have any 'old' documents to test with. I wonder if the conversion process had 'modified' the pdf wrapper in some way ? I have tested this in the following manner - I opened a 'updated' CS4 document in Indesign CS4. If I try to print straight out of CS4, then the above problem occurs (i.e. the document will not print as descibed above). BUT, if I copy all the contents - from the updated CS4 document - and paste the contents directly into a NEWLY created document, then it WILL print.
UNINSTALL CS4 AND REINSTALL
Yes, this has been done three times so far with no further improvement. Each time, the steps that I have taken are as follows,
- repaired disk permissions.
- fsck in single user mode to confirm directory structure is fine
- uninstalled CS4 using the uninstaller.
- manually searched and remove any file, folder, cache that has the word 'adobe' in it from both User account, System Library and Library.
- used Onyx manual and automatic functions to clear all logs, font caches, spotlight databases, kernal caches, etc, etc
- ZapRAM Cmmd-Option-P-R (wait for start up chime 3 times)
- fsck again
- start Mac in Safe mode
- reinstalled CS4 from media (see version above)
- Following reinstallation, restarted mac as per normal.
- run Disk Utility to repair permissions
I have tried printing an existing CS4 document file with a freshly installed CS4 suite - directly from the media file (will not print). And I have attempted to print a CS4 document file after applying all updates (will not print) Neither approach improves the situation.
USE CS3
This has been considered but as the client(s) have already done the conversion of all their documents to the CS4 format using INX, then they are really committed to working with CS4. What I am attempting to do at this time is to find out WHY CS4 is doing what it is doing, and if there is a fix to this problem. If there is no fix, then I know I should use a different approach.
I am posting this message in the hope that someone may have already come across this problem or perhaps may be able to spot something that I have overlooked. This problem has really got me stumped - I have had experience with Adobes products since Photoshop 1.0 (1990s / Pre-CS1) but never had a problem as annoying or time consuming as this one - this is a dousy. I have lodged a case number with Adobe Technical Support.
Thank you for taking the time to read this longish posting. I would be most grateful for any feedback solutions, or suggestions.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you,
Fred
Workstation specs are as follows,
MACINTOSH MODEL (Intel) 8 core - new model Mac Pro; just 1 month old.
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro4,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 6 GB
SMC Version (system): 1.39f5
SMC Version (processor tray): 1.39f5
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61)
ADOBE CS4 VERSION - Installed from media. No updates applied (but have already done with with an earlier installation)
Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0 v9.0.0, Adobe Bridge CS4 v3.0.0.464, Dreamweaver CS4 v10.0.0.4117, Adobe Flash CS4 v10.0.0.544, Adobe InDesign 6.0.3.557, Adobe Media Encoder CS4 v4.0, Adobe Media Player v.11, Adobe Photoshop CS4 v11.0 (11.0x20080919 [20080919.r.488 2008/09/19:02:00:00 cutoff; r branch]), Adobe Updater 6.0.1.1464

Try resetting the printer subsystem.

HP Laserjet 400 M401n won't stop printing when more than 1 copy is specified

I use this HP Laserjet printer on a network. It's brand new. I print from both Macbook Pro and / or Mac Pro running OS 10.9.5. Downloaded and installed latest HP printer driver.
Problem: I can print 1 page just fine. But when I specify more than that, the printer will not stop printing copies for the number I specified. I have to press the cancel button to stop it. I have tried resetting the printer. No luck.

I don't use spell catcher.
I found a workaround posted elsewhere in the Apple discussion forum. When going through the printing dialog boxes, select Preview and print whatever number of pages I need from that window. It works fine so I'll use that method until a future Mac OS X update fixes the problem.
The security update for OS X on 3-1-06 didn't fix the problem even after I repaired permissions.
Thanks for responding.

HP LaserJet P1505n stops printing and blocks network interface

I have been using my P1505n for over two years without any problem. But it suddenly stopped printing. The scenario is as follows:
1. The P1505n is connected to a wired home network with reserved IP address in the DHCP server.
2. The P1505n is used from Ubuntu 10.4, 11.4 , Windows XP and Windows 7 without any previous problems.
3. The last partial successful print job stopped in the middle of a page leaving the rest blank: no paper jam.
4. I have reset the printer several times: turn off + press Cancel & Go + turn on while holding the two buttons down.
5. The first reset was successful: the toner level going from 40 to 100%. The next ones may have been successfull too.
6. After each reset and also after each power-on, I can ping and access the embedded web server.
7. Whenever I send a print job, the print queue on the computer (all OS behave identically) says "printing" and stops. I can cancel/remove the jobs from Ubuntu.
8. After the printer receives the print job, it silently blocks the network interface (no ping nor web) and doesn't print anything. No movementsm no LED blinking either: just nothing happens.
What is the reason for this problem? And how do I solve it?

Hi firedude007,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I see that your HP Laserjet P1102w stops printing files from your Mac but not on Windows, and I am happy to help!
For further assistance, I will need to know the following information:
The version number of the Mac Operating System. To find the exact version, visit this link. Whatsmyos.
If the printer is connected, Wireless, or USB.
If the printer is able to make copies by itself.
In the meantime, I would try the following:
Reset the printing system. Mac OS X: How to reset the printing system.
Verify and repair disk permissions. Disk Utility 12.x: Repair disk permissions.
Hope to hear from you, and thank you for posting!
RnRMusicMan
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Laserjet 1200 stopped printing on Mac Book Pro

I've had my MBP since May timeframe and my JetDirect shared LJ 1200 has always worked and just stopped recently. I loaded the upgrade to 10.4.8 around the same time. I get no errors on sending a document to the printer, it doesn't show in the queue but does show in completed documents even though it didn't print.
I've deleted and reinstalled the printer in OSX to no avail. Other Windows machines sharing the printer can print fine. I also use a networked Officejet 7310 (recently installed) with no problems printing from the MBP.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Kevin
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB, 2.16Ghz

Hello Kevin,
As you have just done the 10.4.8 update, run the Repair Permissions located in Disk Utility. This may be all that is needed.
If it doesn't, and since the job leaves the Mac, it could be queue related rather than being due to the protocol used. I've seen this symptom before when the wrong queue name is used for LPD printing. For the JetDirect cards, the queue name should be raw.
You can check the queue name that has been used by viewing the CUPS printers page. Open your browser and type "http://localhost:631/printers". You will see a list of the printers installed and for the LJ1200, look at the line Device URI. It should show something like "lpd://192.168.44.146/raw".
If it is incorrect the best thing would be to delete the printer from the Printer Setup Utility and add it again with the correct information.
If the queue name is correct, then run the Reset Printing System function located in the Printer Setup Utility menu. This will delete the printer and force you to add it again.
Regards,
Paul

Client stops print queue

I have approx 150 Panther and Tiger clients, both using Ethernet and 802.11G, print-served by a G5 Tiger Server. Often, a client user unintentionally somehow manages to stop the print queue, stopping print-services to that particular printer altogether. In order to find the offending client, I need to go around to each client to look for a printer icon in the Dock with a red exclamation point. Once found, I can restart the print queue from this client.
My questions are:
1) None of my users are advanced enough to purposefully stop the print queue. Is there a keyboard shortcut or print menu item that is easy to push by mistake - in other words, how can it be that my users repeatedly manage to accidentally stop my print queue? And how can set up my client to prevent accidental stops?
2) Is there a way I can restart the print queue from the server? Finding the offending client again and again can get a little tedious, and requires me to be present and available to do so, as none of my users are trained to restart the print queue from client.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Regards,
Sigurd
G4 iBook, G4 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.5)
iBook G4, iMac G4, OSX Server Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Ah! This is what I had running:
#!/bin/bash
# This program deletes files older than 1 hour in /var/spool/cups
# and older than 5 minutes in /var/spool/cups/tmp .
# It also repairs permissions on SAMBA spool (for Windows printer sharing)
/usr/bin/find /private/var/spool/cups/ -type f -mmin +60 -delete
/usr/bin/find /private/var/spool/cups/tmp/ -type f -mmin +5 -delete
chmod 777 /var/spool/samba
Combine it with..
#!/bin/bash
/System/Library/StartupItems/PrintingServices/PrintingServices stop
rm -R /private/var/spool/cups/*
mkdir /private/var/spool/cups/tmp
/System/Library/StartupItems/PrintingServices/PrintingServices start
/usr/bin/enable `lpstat -p | grep 'disabled' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
And it might take care of itself.

Problem with HP Printer - has stopped printing for no apparent reason!

Hi all,
I have a Powerbook G4 and an HP Deskjet 3820 printer that have got along just fine ever since I first got the laptop - in fact, until just a few days ago it was printing normally with no trouble at all. Now, however, it stubbornly refuses to print anything (from Word, Preview, Firefox - so I'm guessing it's an OS problem...)
The fault is as follows: I turn on the printer and it feeds a single page through without printing anything on it, despite having no instructions to do so. Whilst doing so all of the printer's lights flash in sequence. When it's idle the green status light next to the power button is on, with no other lights on. When I ask it to print something the print dialog comes up and the job is transferred into the print queue. The job loads but instead of printing, it moves straight from the print queue into the 'completed jobs' screen. Whilst it's doing this the power light on the printer flashes.
If I try to do a test print I get the message "unable to print: error 1000".
I've checked the leads and changed the printer's ink cartridges. I reset the printer in the printer utility box, then deleted and reinstalled the printer in the printer utility box. I've repaired the disk permissions (having deleted the printer, and then restarted before I tried to reinstall the printer), and finally I've installed the HPJIS drivers and the associated bits that come with them. I've even tried to use a different USB port, all with no effect.
The only thing that I've installed on this computer recently that I thought might be having an effect is the Citrix ICA remote desktop client - but I've deleted that and repaired permissions afterward, so I don't see how it could still be having an effect.
I'm basically now totally stumped. Any suggestions? I'm pretty keen to get this sorted out ASAP as I'm a student and need the printer to print off work and exams. Plus it's driving me up the wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

Mr or Ms Light,
No, I don't think it's an OS problem. Printing on the Mac is nightmarishly complicated (under the hood), and HP installs its own system that bypasses the default FreeBSD system. This is an occasional problem with my HP 5550. HP claims to have good user support.
I've had, regularly, the exact symptoms. I've a migraine now, so I can't remember what I do about it. But it would be typical of me to press the printer button off, then clear the queue, then turn on the printer and have it remove the paper still in it. If needed, I might restart the computer.
As for the cause, for the last 10 minutes I've been asking my 4-year old granddaughter, but she's not in the mood to tell me. However, she often prints pictures of Elmo off the internet to color, and she captures parts of screens and prints them. This is with the USB cable disconnected; and its when I reconnect it, the exact symptoms you describe occur.
Try the above, and I may be able to give you a definitive answer later, after my granddaughter's nap.
Bruce

New Mac Mini and Repairing Permissions

I've been having trouble with my Mail program and thought I would repair permissions to see if that would help. I ran disk utility from my internal hard drive and ran repair permissions. Apparently it found several permissions to repair, so I thought I would run repair permissions again and the same list appeared. Running a third time and the same list appeared again.Do these permissions ever get repaired? What do I do from here? Should I repair permissions after booting up off of my original system disk? This Mini is only a couple of weeks old and I'm already having problems with Mail and repairing permissions.
rskover

Thank you Tim but the computer is packed back waiting for TNT to take it back to Apple. I don't have time to play with permissions, the permissions are OK in the old computer.
This is what may have been your problem. The permissions on your old computer may not have matched the new computer. I think you gave up before the penny dropped.
They sell the computers very expensive and I think they would have to improve quality.
I am unsure how that can be one of your gripes as when the cube came out it was way overpriced in comparison to their other desktops. That did not stop your or I getting one then.
Your issue was a software problem not a hardware problem so no matter what kind of mac you had it would have needed troubleshooting.
The quality of the new mac mini far exceeds that of the cube. Try playing 1080P high definition media on your cube, or even 480P for that matter. Try outputting 5.1 surround sound from your cube without the addition of a firewire audio interface.
I know how frustrating it can be when something just does not seem to work. I have encountered this a few times in my work. However sometimes I just have leave it come back with fresh eyes and try other approaches and I succeed.
What you need to appreciate installing an upgrade should be planned for any eventuality. In business upgrades are scheduled to have the minimum impact on the workplace. That being said I have worked 48 hrs solid over a weekend getting systems up for a monday morning. They are not always straightforward.

Repairing permissions - ERROR: NO VALID PACKAGES

I think I may have deleted something important!
I had a bit of a tidy up the other day, mainly deleting printers & fonts that I don't use. But it looks like I may have removed a few important things.
In disk utility, I can no longer repair disk permissions. When I try, I get a box saying;
FIRST AID FAILED
DISK UTILITY STOPPED REPAIRING PERMISSIONS ON "MACINTOSH HD" BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING ERROR WAS ENCOUNTERED:
NO VALID PACKAGES
Is there an easy way of fixing this? Or am I looking at a reinstall of Tiger?

Glad that sorted your immediate problem.
On the face of it I would have thought that none were necessary, as the name of the folder and the fact that they're installer packages for things that have already been installed would seem to indicate that they are not needed. BUT the fact that the loss of one of those files caused a problem with something that can be as important as the ability to repair permissions is pretty clear evidence that the files in there are used for something!
So, I would recommend leaving alone the packages for apps/etc. that are still on your machine, or files that you do not recognize. On the other hand, there are some items (very few, actually) in my receipts folder that I would feel comfortable deleting, e.g. a virus defs package for Norton, which I installed right when I got my MBP, but it utterly failed for reasons I won't go into here, and I actually ran the uninstaller to get rid of it, but clearly it left this little gift for me. And poof, it's gone.
But the majority I would recommend leaving alone. On my HDD the Receipts folder is ~170 MB, so it's not a huge chunk, but of course every little bit adds up!
Hope this helps...

Repairing permissions - Error: No valid packages(?!) Wha?

Computer's been doing strange things lately. Not recognizing my airport signal (none of my neighbor's wireless signals either); not recognizing any printers when time to print; no quicktime playback; some sent and received emails lost in space, etc. So I'm getting ready for an archive and install when I think I'll try repairing permissions first. Verifying disk says volume is fine. But i get an immediate error of no valid packages for repairing permissions. Anyone know what this means and how to rectify it?

First "Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Verify & Repair if needed, then use Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751
Where are we now after a reboot?

Repair Permissions stops printing

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