---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Mac OS X Server 1.2v3 on unsupported Power Macs, specifically: the Cube Date: Sunday, 22. July 2012 From: Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > On Jul 21, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: > > The reason might be that my AGP Graphics has a ATI > > Rage 128 graphics card whereas I use a nVidia GeForce2 MX400 in the > > Cube. > > I don't think the graphics card is the reason. Old unsupported iBooks > with a rudimentary 4MB Rage 128 card will boot 10.4.11 or the > developer version of 10.5 without any issues other than a line in the > system log saying "unsupported graphics card".
Yes, I don’t have any problem at all with Mac OS X 10.0 and 10.0.4, 10.2 and 10.2.8, 10.3 and 10.3.9, 10.4 and 10.4.2 and 10.4.11 as well as with 10.5.1 and 10.5.8. All these Mac OS X versions work great with the nVidia GeForce2 MX400 AGP graphics card, which is BTW from a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (2001). The problem is only when booting Mac OS X Server 1.2v3. > > My guess is that this might be the reason why I see a “Mac OS X Server > > starting” message and shortly after that a gray screen and that’s it > > for more > > than 10 minutes. > > Use the verbose boot flag and see what the hang is, Cmd-v at startup > for one-time verbose; or for every-boot verbose, boot into Open > Firmware with Cmd-Opt-o-f keys at startup and type the command: setenv > boot-args -v I will eventually try that. But I don’t expect to do this anytime soon. I just swapped the HDDs back. Thanks, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
