thebunyip Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 I am running Retrospect Desktop v.6.1.126 on a G4 mini mac OS X 10.4.5 with 1.5 GHz RAM. Retrospect backs up the mini and two clients to two LaCie external HDs. I have only just acquired the Mac mini. I was previously using v.6 on a G4 running Panther and the system operated flawlessly. Since the change to Tiger, Retrospect fails to launch automatically. It will however launch when I log on to the mini and type my administrator password into the Retrospect window that opens after I log on. It then runs all the scheduled backups that have not run since the last time I logged on. I have uninstalled and re-installed Retrospect; I have trashed all the preferences, I have trashed the Retrorun file; I have installed TS-Scheduler - all to no avail. I am completely out of my depth trying to fix this problem. I would appreciate any suggestions since having a backup system that relies on my memory to operate is a prescription for disaster. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Quote: It will however launch when I log on to the mini and type my administrator password into the Retrospect window that opens after I log on. Could you explain this more exactly? - The computer is on, with no user logged into the Aqua Finder? - You log into the Finder, and you watch Retrospect launch? - Retrospect launches, and without further input from you the authentication dialog box appears? The auto-launch system in Retrospect doesn't know/care about Finder users, so there is nothing within the program or its related files that would launch Retrospect just by logging in as a user. - Are you sure that Retrospect isn't already launched when you log into the Finder? It could be hidden behind the login window. - Do you have Retrospect added to the list of login items in your Accounts preference pane? - Before logging into the Finder, can you connect (via SSH) from another computer and see if the retrorun process is alive? > I am completely out of my depth trying to fix this problem I don't think so. You did good initial research (the retrorunfile problem has been written about here a lot), and you described your problem fairly well. What's needed now is more granular, specific information about exactly what you're seeing. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebunyip Posted April 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Dave - thanks for your quick response. Following are my answers to your questions. "The computer is on, with no user logged into the Aqua Finder?" --- Quote Yes. "- You log into the Finder, and you watch Retrospect launch? - Retrospect launches, and without further input from you the authentication dialog box appears?" --- Quote The mini is headless and I log in to the Finder via Timbuktu. The rest of your question prompted me to look again. See below. "- Are you sure that Retrospect isn't already launched when you log into the Finder? It could be hidden behind the login window. " -- quote You are correct - the Retrospect authentication window is already open behind the Finder log in window. I have Retrospect in the dock, and at that point, there is no black triangle showing Retrospect to be running. (At one point, I set the Retrospect preferences to keep Retrospect running after performing a backup - even then, there was no black triangle in the dock). "- Do you have Retrospect added to the list of login items in your Accounts preference pane?" -- Quote I do not. Is that something I need to do? "- Before logging into the Finder, can you connect (via SSH) from another computer and see if the retrorun process is alive?" -- quote You have just exceeded the limits of my knowledge, although, with instruction, I could probably do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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