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Unfortunately, I just turn the things on and off without really understanding how they do stuff and things. I always thought it was the ghost soul of an ancient alien being who resembled a very old and wise Hostess Twinkie
Hey guys,
Glad to see you're still holding it down here. I've got a problem that I've been putting up with for a while, but can't seem to nail down. I've looked to the Knowledge Base, but I think someone stole my search mojo, cause I didn't find much that helped.
I have my G4 Ti X.10.4.10 set up to log in automatically, and it works fine, until I see a Kernel Panic or anything that requires a power button restart. When that happens, I get the log in screen on reboot, but only after a long delay at the end of the progress bar. Entering my UN PW and hitting enter will not get me back in. The OS refuses the entry as if it was entered wrong. It doesn't matter what user info I enter, including root.
I cloned /Library from a back-up. No joy. I cloned /System from a back-up, but my computer still didn't know who I was. I restored log-in by cloning the user/library from my back-up, and everything was fine until the next time I had to do a button restart.
My guess is that a file gets written on shut down or restart that enables the log in, but on a button restart, it doesn't get written. There should be a second place for the log-in to look, so it knows what to do on a button restart, but that file is missing or corrupt. That would explain the delay at the end of the progress bar. It's looking for the back-up file. That tells me that the file written on shut-down is in the user/Library, but it wouldn't make sense for the master file to be there. It should be in an area common to all users, since it must be accessible for any entitled user's log in attempt.
I repeat; My guess. I may be way off and that's why my searches don't find what I need..
Anyone have any insight as to what I'm talking about, or how to fix it once and for all?
Lampie The Clown
(At least I thought I was. My computer disagrees)

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