[chatlene]

Hi everybody!

For a few days I have been trying to make "Activity Monitor" works. It opens and quits immediately. I repaired permissions, trashed finder pref (com.apple.finder.plist), run DiskWarrior, TechTool...nothing. Still not opening. I would like to avoid restoring the whole system. Any idea. Thanks for any help!


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G5 2GHZ Dual 3GB RAM & 23" Apple Display - Mac OS X (10.3.5)

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[workerbee]

Originally posted by chatlene:
It opens and quits immediately. I repaired permissions, trashed finder pref (com.apple.finder.plist), run DiskWarrior, TechTool...nothing. Still not opening.

Last time I've seen this behaviour (well, twice actually), it was some strange font-related problem.
The solution was to completely rebuild the System Fonts and all FontBook data.

There's a way that you can test for this: simply log out after (re)booting and log back in -- sometimes apps that would not run before suddenly decide otherwise. Why this is... I have no idea.

[Anubis IV]

Logging out and back in is the first thing to do, and a reboot of the computer might not hurt either.

If that doesn't work, why don't you check your logs (via Console in console.log) and see if it reports any files that are giving you difficulty. Specifically, clear your log, launch Activity Monitor, and see what it comes up with in the way of errors once you reproduce the problem. You might have a corrupted or missing file, or you may be running into some sort of conflict with some other software you have. Console should help you sort those issues out, and if you don't know how to read it, just post it here and someone else might be able to help out.