Powerbook won't boot (again)
OK, this thing is cursed!
Once again it won't boot. It gets past the bit with the progress bar, then the screen goes blue (like normal)... but then nothing happens.
If I restart in verbose mode, it starts up fine (with text on the screen instead of a progress bar), then the screen goes blue and nothing happens, as above. However, every 25 seconds or so, there's a flicker on the screen, like one black frame in a video.
I recorded the flicker with my digital camera, then extracted the frame that showed what it was saying, and it was this:
It looks to me as if it says:
May 17 16:46:48 Powerbook WindowServer[438]: loginwindow connection stopped
Anyone any clue what to do about it? Don't suggest reinstalling, since this version of the OS was installed by the insurance company when we sent it off (it's 10.2.2 I think)... I won't get my 10.2 disks from Apple for another 2-3 weeks. (They're in the post but on a really slow delivery service).
Amorya
Once again it won't boot. It gets past the bit with the progress bar, then the screen goes blue (like normal)... but then nothing happens.
If I restart in verbose mode, it starts up fine (with text on the screen instead of a progress bar), then the screen goes blue and nothing happens, as above. However, every 25 seconds or so, there's a flicker on the screen, like one black frame in a video.
I recorded the flicker with my digital camera, then extracted the frame that showed what it was saying, and it was this:
It looks to me as if it says:
May 17 16:46:48 Powerbook WindowServer[438]: loginwindow connection stopped
Anyone any clue what to do about it? Don't suggest reinstalling, since this version of the OS was installed by the insurance company when we sent it off (it's 10.2.2 I think)... I won't get my 10.2 disks from Apple for another 2-3 weeks. (They're in the post but on a really slow delivery service).
Amorya