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Leopard System Hang on startup

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Jas123

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Apr 1, 2008
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After I enter my username to log into leopard, the dialog box goes away and the standard leopard wallpaper comes up but nothing else. No icons, no menu bar, all I get is the wallpaper and my mouse pointer which I can move around. From there I have to hold down the power button to turn the computer off and then it will boot up fine. This is a new MacBook Pro could someone please shed some light.

Note: i've tried command-Q to try and shut it down but the keyboard doesn't appear to be responsive.

Thanks
 
Jas123 said:
After I enter my username to log into leopard, the dialog box goes away and the standard leopard wallpaper comes up but nothing else. No icons, no menu bar, all I get is the wallpaper and my mouse pointer which I can move around. From there I have to hold down the power button to turn the computer off and then it will boot up fine. This is a new MacBook Pro could someone please shed some light.

Note: i've tried command-Q to try and shut it down but the keyboard doesn't appear to be responsive.

Thanks
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Is this after being asleep?, Do you have all the updates, Maybe you should try onyx and verify/repair permissions? how much of your HD is consumed? What do you use it for Video editing, Photo, Music, What is your start-up items?
I am kinda new too so i am sure someone else can help in greater detail.
 
No it is not after being alseep, I have sufficient Disk Space, All the updates, No intensive use, didn't add anything to the start up. I got this laptop less than a month ago. thanks for the response.
 
Boot from your Mac OS X Installation DVD by holding down C when you turn on your computer. From the DVD's menubar, select Utilities -> Disk Utility. Run Repair Disk. If you get any errors, re-run it until you don't. Do the same thing for Repair Permissions.
 
I will try that, I'm not sure if it makes any difference but i've run the "scan"-disk utility- in leopard and it shows that the HDD is fine.
 
So I diagnosed the problem to be FireVault, Apple Care's solution was to not use it. Does anybody else have better advice? Thanks
 
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