i have a mac mini G4 running 10.5.8. yesterday (i thought it was a fluke at the time) and again just now, it locked up while playing streaming audio in firefox 3.6.24. the mini was completely unresponsive, so i held the power button until it shut down. then powered back on, got the startup chime, but then a gray screen with no apple. i tried resetting PRAM, letting it cycle thru three startup chimes, but same result--gray screen but no apple.
then i decided to try booting into open firmware to see if the machine was completely dead. this worked, and at the prompt i typed mac-boot and immediately the apple, then gearwheel, appeared, and it rebooted fine. as i said above, this just happened again (altho i booted into open firmware without resetting PRAM, so that troubleshooting step had no effect). i know this is an ancient version of firefox, and i am now using safari for the streaming audio, but i'm curious why after a forced shutdown the mini wouldn't restart normally, and why issuing the mac-boot command from open firmware made a difference. thanks in advance ken -- 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
