On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:53:22 +1000 "Chris Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looking at the speed of it so far, ticking... away... slowly... I > > think the limiting thing won't be the refresh of window redraws, but > > the refresh of the *mouse pointer* :). > > > > If it boots as it should, I may try to move the mouse to the Apple > > menu and see if I can select Shut Down. Since it may take several > > hours, that's as far as I'll push it and my patience!. > > > > dana (oh... and plenty of screenshots!) > > http://www.danamania.com/ > > Wish, I could tell you a keyboard command too exit X (eg.. Stop-a, but > as far as I'm aware, macs dont have a stop key(lol). Or do they.... > surely there must be something, to quit X and keep services going, if > some one can tell you, thats what I would hit, then you could type > "halt", and/or"shutdown" at the prompt. Otherwise, yes, you will be > waiting like me for a dialogue to appear(nudging the mouse, with no > response)... for hours... or as you suggest, maybe not, everything may > fall into place once its up and running, hell, how would I know.
I've no idea about the Mac desktop (serious newbie with hardware issues before I can change that properly), but under standard X you should find that CTRL-ALT-Backspace will kill X and drop you back to the console. Well, it does on mine, but then I boot to a console and then manually start X- there's a chance that it will restart X and drop you to a login prompt if you have a graphical login setup, which I suspect would be the case on OS X. By the way, is there something on that web link, or have I missed something earlier in the thread? All I get is a blank page, although I do get a '605' icon delivered, so something is getting to me! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
