No Disk Repair - "No Valid Packages (error -9997)"?

[Frank (Atlanta)]

I've noticed that, when I manually put my iMac G5 to sleep, it takes quite a while for it to actually sleep (~15 min vs. the near immediate "sleep" I'd previously experienced).

Went to go repair permissions and...

• Received: "Error: No valid packages (-9997)"
• Then received pop-up error message: "First Aid failed / Disk Utility stopped repairing permissions on "Macintosh HD" because the following error was encountered: / No valid packages"

I'll try DiskWarrior after work this evening, but what's happened? I haven't installed anything new, etc. Equip/sys info follows:

iMac G5 1.8 / 20"
160GB HD, AEBS, BT Keyboard & Mouse
LaCie 250GB external HD
10.3.9

Thanks,
Frank

 

[wrldwzrd89]

You didn't delete the /Library/Receipts folder or just its contents, did you? The permissions repair process depends on those receipts being there so it knows what the permissions should be.

 

[Frank (Atlanta)]

Nope, haven't deleted anything. The only thing that's happened is I shut-down the iMac (via the Apple icon) before leaving for the weekend. I then restarted the machine Sun night and...found what I've described.

Will try DiskWarrior next.

Thx,
Frank

 

[mkrishnan]

Will try DiskWarrior next.

Might also try fsck'ing before trying to repair permissions again. Hmmm... a strange one!

 

[Frank (Atlanta)]

Yes...strange...

Ran DiskWarrior - found an incorrect tag on one file...repaired & rebuilt the directory. Then ran fsck...no problems.

Reboot and...still the same error re: repairing permissions...

I'll try to call AppleCare; however, think they're closed for the evening.

Frank

 

[Frank (Atlanta)]

OK...wrldwzrd89 was close...my basesystem.pkg was still in my /library/receipts folder, but it must have become corrupt (?). Apple's noted this error on their website:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25704

I re-install of Panther using archive & install (& preserving user/network settings). Not painful - just had to go through the process.

All's back to normal.

Thanks,
Frank