Post by: Gary S on June 09, 2003, 09:32:53 AM
My son Sam is one of them.
When he logs in and his Desktop loads this message appears:
You have inserted a disk containing no volumess that OSX can read. To
continue with the disk inserted, click ingnore.
The problem is there is no CD in the Superdrive-CD tray.
Does anyone know what's going on here and how to get rid of the message?
I reposting this in case KPS comes along
Post by: Bruce_F on June 09, 2003, 10:36:56 AM
Login to your account.
Use Find to search for Finder. You will get a list showing the results. Look for com.apple.finder.plist in the user folder that your son uses.
Trash that and then restart, logging in to his account.
Post by: Gary S on June 09, 2003, 10:46:39 AM
Can it do any damage?
Now he has the Applescripts logo in the menu bar too. How do i get rid of it?
I'll be back in a while i have to go somewhere.
Thanks
Post by: Gary S on June 09, 2003, 10:59:08 AM
now back to the CD thing.
Post by: Bruce_F on June 09, 2003, 11:03:21 AM
QUOTE(Gary S @ Jun 9 2003, 8:46 AM)
Can it do any damage?
Trashing the prefs?
No. The worse thing is, you have to reset any custom settings.
Post by: Gary S on June 09, 2003, 01:16:18 PM
Trashing the Finder preferences (com.apple.finder.plist) didn't help.
Post by: Bill on June 09, 2003, 01:44:20 PM
I've done the desktop but never thought about pram in X. Fact can that be done in X?
Post by: Gary S on June 09, 2003, 04:49:02 PM
I created a new new user and Sam's stuuf was archived as a Disk image in Deleted Users. I put all his stuff back(took me almost all day) and I got the same message!
Repaired permissions and ran diskwarrior too.
Post by: kps on June 09, 2003, 09:36:03 PM
Some things to look at:
Is classic set to start at login? --wondering if it's looking for some classic disk long removed.
Check System Preferences/ CD's DVD's
Check System Preferences/ Login Items
You might try deleting some user caches(Sam's) in /Users/Sam/Library/Caches/, as they might have gotten corrupted. Also delete the desktop .DS_Store file.
I can't guarantee success as I don't know the cause of the problem. Haven't run across this before.
You might consider using this for the cache cleanup, just be careful what caches will be removed.
Post by: Gary S on June 10, 2003, 08:26:41 AM
Where do I find the desktop .DS_Store file? I did Find search for it and came up empty.
Oh, and are there any particular caches I should stay away from?
Thanks for your reply BTW.
Post by: kps on June 10, 2003, 08:58:36 AM
or use the Terminal either as the admin:
rm /Users/Sam/Desktop/.DS_Store
or login as Sam:
cd Desktop
rm .DS_Store
The cache to remove may be this one...but I'm guessing:
com.apple.LaunchServices.UserCache.csstore
How do you feel about my guesses?
I'd use Jaguar Cache Cleaner and do a light cleaning.Remember, I don't know what's causing the message to keep appearing...all this may be in vain.
Post by: Gary S on June 10, 2003, 10:01:44 AM
QUOTE
Remember, I don't know what's causing the message to keep appearing...all this may be in vain.
That's OK KPS.........I'm up for any suggestions.
As for guesses, I've been doing it for most of my life.