[fisherKing]

this was worse than i thought:

all my pref panes are fine, except:

energy saver only opens after about 3 clicks, and keeps reverting to reduced performance.

i tried-
deleting the appropriate cache files, pref files.
tried a "test" user (it worked for that user)
tried replacing my prefs etc with the test user prefs.

tried with added ram removed.
ran_
disk first aid, repaired permissions, tech tool pro, disk warrior.

nothing is working.

in console:

2004-10-15 18:29:52.135 System Preferences[382] [NSPrefPaneBundle instantiatePrefPaneObject] (/System/Library/PreferencePanes/EnergySaver.prefPane): should only be called once
2004-10-15 18:29:52.138 System Preferences[382] *** NSRunLoop ignoring exception 'NSRangeException' (reason '*** -[NSCFString substringWithRange:]: Range or index out of bounds') that raised during posting of delayed perform with target 1c6e80 and selector 'setCurrentPreference:'


any ideas? before i archive & install w/o saving my settings...

edit:
replaced the energy saver prefpane (from the original powerbook disk); still no good.
also: tried opening from the panes themselves (in the system library folder; every other pane opens system prefs!

[AKcrab]

Just to confirm, you deleted:
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
and
com.apple.preferencepanes.cache

These two files are updated whenever I change settings in the energy pref pane.
Since the pref pane works on another user, I think it's the plist, not the pref pane itself.

[fisherKing]

i did do that (and will try it again...), thanx!

any other suggestions?

[fisherKing]

anyone?
anyone who can interpret the console log??

[theolein]

The console log is simply saying that it can't set the preference pane, which you already know, so that doesn't help you much. I wonder if the probelm isn't perhaps elsewhere, and simply showing itself as a symptom. By that I mean perhaps it's the System Preferences application itself that has a problem, or perhaps it's a hardware problem. Have you looked at Apple's KnowledgeBase yet?

[Person Man]

Originally posted by fisherKing:
i did do that (and will try it again...), thanx!

any other suggestions?

Try looking for .plist files related to the Energy Saver preferences themselves. (I'm not on a Mac at the moment so I can't tell you which ones). Delete those in addition to the others people have mentioned.

Also, try making a new user and trying things out. That should start you with a more clean slate, if you will.

[fisherKing]

new user works fine...

i can OPEN the pane (3 clicks!) but not change settings.

meanwhile...
there is this text in the ebergy saver pane, which i never noticed before:

profile_message


is this always there?? or????