[superblue]

System Preferences unexpectedly quits when I select 'accounts' (and only accounts). I've tried to get to it via a link from Mac Help too, but with the same result.

I've tried deleting preference files (though not sure exactly which ones to go for) and I just used disk utility to verify and repair permissions, with no effect.

Can anyone suggest another plan of attack?

[superblue]

I just noticed there's a crash log. It means nothing to me, but perhaps one of you geniuses can make sense of it!

Date/Time: 2003-03-21 12:57:50 +0900
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: JB-G4.local.

Command: System Preferences
PID: 492

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000

Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x90000f20 in strlen
#1 0x907f957c in +[NSString stringWithUTF8String:]
#2 0x90f77860 in -[DSRecord initWithRecordName:type:node:]
#3 0x90f811e4 in -[User(UserPrivate) _initWithInfo:node:]
#4 0x90f73c3c in +[User allLocalUsers]
#5 0x02181308 in -[UsersDataSource reloadCache]
#6 0x021815c8 in -[UsersDataSource numberOfRowsInTableView:]
#7 0x931140c8 in -[NSTableView _verifySelectionIsOK]
#8 0x930e4188 in -[NSTableView tile]
#9 0x0217fb1c in -[UsersPref mainViewDidLoad]
#10 0x9412147c in -[NSPreferencePane loadMainView]
#11 0x941228a0 in -[NSPrefPaneBundle instantiatePrefPaneObject]
#12 0x000049e0 in 0x49e0
#13 0x907fd32c in __NSFireDelayedPerform
#14 0x901632f0 in __CFRunLoopDoTimer
#15 0x90148e48 in __CFRunLoopRun
#16 0x90180fe4 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
#17 0x969a36a0 in RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
#18 0x969b34c8 in ReceiveNextEventCommon
#19 0x969da584 in BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
#20 0x9308d8ac in _DPSNextEvent
#21 0x9309fb04 in -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
#22 0x930b15e4 in -[NSApplication run]
#23 0x9315f6b8 in NSApplicationMain
#24 0x00003fcc in 0x3fcc
#25 0x00003e4c in 0x3e4c

PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x90000f20 srr1: 0x0200f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x907f957c ctr: 0x90000f00 mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x907f957c r1: 0xbfffe170 r2: 0x24004280 r3: 0xfffffffc
r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0xfefefeff r6: 0x80808080 r7: 0x021b0520
r8: 0x00000000 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0x00051e50 r11: 0xa07e0db4
r12: 0x90000f00 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000001
r16: 0x00000001 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x24002420 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x0000360b r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x021b7570 r23: 0x906c46e8
r24: 0x906c482c r25: 0x021b0520 r26: 0x90f870dc r27: 0xa07ee708
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0xa07ee708 r30: 0x021b55a0 r31: 0x907f9558

[macmike42]

Originally posted by superblue:
#0 0x90000f20 in strlen
#1 0x907f957c in +[NSString stringWithUTF8String:]
#2 0x90f77860 in -[DSRecord initWithRecordName:type:node:]
#3 0x90f811e4 in -[User(UserPrivate) _initWithInfo:node:]
#4 0x90f73c3c in +[User allLocalUsers]
#5 0x02181308 in -[UsersDataSource reloadCache]

Looks like it is trying to load the list of users from the preference pane cache, which is probably corrupt. You can delete the cache, it resides at ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.cache (where ~ is your home folder). Make sure you quit the System Preferences app before you do so.

[superblue]

Nope, that hasn't fixed it... anything else?