Re: Erasing hard drive

[Amber]

On 1/29/05 9:09 PM, "Zoltan Batiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
> Amber,
> 
> Food for thought:  I too was having problems with one of my PB's and
> decided to try something: I installed OS X Panther on my external
> Firewire drive; the drive that was meant to simply back up all of my
> data so I could re-format my main internal drive.  What I found was
> quite disturbing. . .the exact same problems occurred running from the
> external drive only after about 30 minutes in operation!  While this
> may not be true for you, I'm still at a loss as what is causing my
> issues, which is odd delays in some of my apps.  Just food for thought.

Hi Zoltan,

Although I did not initially realize it,  I am now thinking that there is a
pretty good chance that Panther may be responsible or partly responsible for
the problems I have been having.   I have had incredibly slow start ups,
endless crashes, and significant delays in some of the applications.

Then the disk drive stopped working properly.  I am hoping that the erase
will work and my PB will be back to working like it was before.  If not, I
will know it is a hardware issue.

Amber


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Re: Next Powerbook after Lombard?

[Mary Russell]

I have a lombard 333 running 10.3.7.  Memory is 128 on the bottom and 
256 on the top.
Top was bought at OWC.  It runs fine with no problems.  When trying to 
install updates
to OS10, don't use the combos.  That's the info I got from the apple 
store.  Instead
of 10.2.8 combo, do the 10.2.6 and then the 10.2.8.  I had 10.2.8 
installed on a 4g drive.
I replaced it with a 10g.  No problems with either one.
Mary

Op 29-jan-05 om 15:51 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven:
 

Hi,
I have a Lombard thats driving me crazy.  I really love it but will 
probably
end up getting rid of it because I have struggled way to many hours 
trying to
get OSX on it with no success.  I upgraded the battery, bought two new
"certified mac" chips 256 and 128 from OWC, a new shell, a 10 gig 
drive, etc.  I was
hoping to keep it alive.  I even bought a 2.5 external enclosure and 
installed
10.3 (Panther) on it from another computer and reinstalled it into the
Lombard.  It starts to startup in 10 but then I get a blue screen and 
mouse is
frozen or a kernal panic. Needless to say no success.  Someone 
suggested 10.2 but I
don't have
a copy of that and getting tired of investing $ into it.

Is there away to upgrade the cards inside?  And what would I get?
Or should I get rid of it - and what would be the next step up?  Would 
need
it to handle most graphic programs like adobe, macromedia, office etc 
in the
OSX operating system?
I can't afford a brand new one right now, what would be a step up from 
the
Lombard?

I really love my Lombard and would hate to see it go - wish I could 
find a
way to keep it.
TIA for all your suggestions/answers.
Linda

   

 

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Re: Erasing hard drive

[Zoltan Batiz]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 8:16 PM, Amber wrote:
After a week of finding various firewire drives to back my hard drive 
up to,
I am finally ready to erase my hard drive and hope that all the 
problems I
have been having with the PB will disappear.

Just wondering - would you guys suggest that I zero all data and start 
from
scratch or would a normal erase likely resolve the software problems 
that
may be responsible for plaguing my PB and causing the superdrive to 
stop
working properly ?

Thanks,
Amber

Amber,
Food for thought:  I too was having problems with one of my PB's and 
decided to try something: I installed OS X Panther on my external 
Firewire drive; the drive that was meant to simply back up all of my 
data so I could re-format my main internal drive.  What I found was 
quite disturbing. . .the exact same problems occurred running from the 
external drive only after about 30 minutes in operation!  While this 
may not be true for you, I'm still at a loss as what is causing my 
issues, which is odd delays in some of my apps.  Just food for thought. 
. .

Zoltan
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Re: Erasing hard drive

[Zoltan Batiz]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 8:47 PM, Amber wrote:
On 1/29/05 8:25 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

Just wondering - would you guys suggest that I zero all data and 
start from
scratch or would a normal erase likely resolve the software 
problems...

You don't need to do a "zero all data". Just a standard erase in Disk
Utility would do fine...
-Laurent.
Great - Thanks Laurent !!
Amber

The only real need to "zero all data" is if you fear someone would try 
to recover anything from your drive in the unlikely event someone stole 
your computer AND if you actually had data that would be considered 
necessary to find/recover.  Yes, if you don't zero it out, it is 
possible to recover data from the drive after a re-format.  But, this 
data would not be found by standard software running over it.  In other 
words, Laurent is correct in saying that "zero out data" is something 
you really don't have to do.  For me, working for the government, it's 
a requirement to use the zero out option for obvious reasons.  Just 
wanted to add my two cents!

Zoltan
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Re: Erasing hard drive

[Amber]

On 1/29/05 8:25 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> Just wondering - would you guys suggest that I zero all data and start from
>> scratch or would a normal erase likely resolve the software problems...
>> 
> 
> You don't need to do a "zero all data". Just a standard erase in Disk
> Utility would do fine...
> 
> -Laurent.

Great - Thanks Laurent !!

Amber


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Re: Erasing hard drive

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 29/01/05 23:16, Amber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> After a week of finding various firewire drives to back my hard drive up to,
> I am finally ready to erase my hard drive and hope that all the problems I
> have been having with the PB will disappear.
> 
> Just wondering - would you guys suggest that I zero all data and start from
> scratch or would a normal erase likely resolve the software problems that
> may be responsible for plaguing my PB and causing the superdrive to stop
> working properly ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Amber
> 

You don't need to do a "zero all data". Just a standard erase in Disk
Utility would do fine...

-Laurent.
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going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it -- I'll fix it later."
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Erasing hard drive

[Amber]

After a week of finding various firewire drives to back my hard drive up to,
I am finally ready to erase my hard drive and hope that all the problems I
have been having with the PB will disappear.

Just wondering - would you guys suggest that I zero all data and start from
scratch or would a normal erase likely resolve the software problems that
may be responsible for plaguing my PB and causing the superdrive to stop
working properly ?

Thanks,

Amber


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Re: Black Screen of Death?!

[John McGibney]

> 
> On Jan 29, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> 
>> on 29/01/05 19:44, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Well, it looks like my roommates iBook has officially died.  Unless
>>> anyone here knows what happened to it.  Now it won't boot all way.  It
>>> will get to just before the login window comes up, then the screen
>>> goes
>>> to black, with white text saying, Darwin BSD: loginwindow failed to
>>> execute.  Does the Mac now have a "Black Screen of Death" reminiscent
>>> of the old PC days of the "Blue Screen of Death?"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> For those who want to help, this is from the original thread titled,
>>> "Strange sounds of the iBook. . ."
>>> 
>>> iBook info:  600 MHZ G3, dual USB 14"  (Son of Pismo)
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any info,
>>> 
>>> Zoltan
>>> THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER
>>> 
>> 
>> Corrupted installation, I guess. Have you tried to boot from the OS X
>> install CD?
>> 
>> -Laurent.
>> 
> Not yet. . .sometimes the CD-ROM won't work at all.  Not sure what is
> going on, but there are times when the CD-ROM drive doesn't do
> anything, not even when it booted fine.  There's a slight pause when OS
> X boots, when it looks for all connected drives, internal or otherwise.
> When this normal pause occurred on the iBook, the drive did nothing.
> After it booted, when you press eject on the keyboard, nothing.  I'll
> try to boot it up with the CD-ROM, as sometimes the drive works.  If it
> doesn't, I guess there's the Target Disk Mode option with my Pismo.
> Thanks for your input Laurent.
> 
> 
> Z
> 
Try rebooting and running "fsck". Repeat until fsck reports no errors.
Details can be found at:


John

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Re: 'Book batteries...

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On 1/29/05 8:52 PM, "- drive - drift - dream -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> To get the best battery life, is it better to leave them on and plugged
> in and asleep all the time you're not using them, and keep them plugged
> in as much as possible when you are, or is periodically draining the
> battery better?  And if so, how far should you drain it before
> recharging?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> (was never able to even get 3 hours out of her 12" PB with the "5 hour
> battery life", even with the optimized energy saver settings...)
> 
I doubt anyone gets 5 hours out of one battery using OS X but I was able to
come very close to that regularly with OS 9. I¹m afraid OS X isn¹t as power
efficient as OS 9 was although Panther does seem to be more efficient than
Jaguar and Jag was much better than Maine Coon Cat, or whatever 10.1 was.

We regularly have posts about the best techniques for maximizing battery
life. They involve a full and frank discussion of the issues and so far no
one has died as a result of his/her wounds.  In other words, this is
an area where we tend to have some disagreement. I charge my batteries fully
when I do plug in the computer and when I unplug it, whenever possible, I
discharge it down to the 10 minute warning. My current PowerBook is 15
months old and the original battery still gives me a good 2 hours use. My
newer battery gives me about 40 minutes more. I keep BlueTooth off except
when I¹m using it, AirPort on, my drive is set to sleep whenever possible,
the LCD to dim after 60 seconds, and sleep after 5 minutes.

david




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'Book batteries...

[- drive - drift - dream -]

To get the best battery life, is it better to leave them on and plugged 
in and asleep all the time you're not using them, and keep them plugged 
in as much as possible when you are, or is periodically draining the 
battery better?  And if so, how far should you drain it before 
recharging?

Thanks!
(was never able to even get 3 hours out of her 12" PB with the "5 hour 
battery life", even with the optimized energy saver settings...)

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Re: Black Screen of Death?!

[Zoltan Batiz]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
on 29/01/05 19:44, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Well, it looks like my roommates iBook has officially died.  Unless
anyone here knows what happened to it.  Now it won't boot all way.  It
will get to just before the login window comes up, then the screen 
goes
to black, with white text saying, Darwin BSD: loginwindow failed to
execute.  Does the Mac now have a "Black Screen of Death" reminiscent
of the old PC days of the "Blue Screen of Death?"

For those who want to help, this is from the original thread titled,
"Strange sounds of the iBook. . ."
iBook info:  600 MHZ G3, dual USB 14"  (Son of Pismo)
Thanks for any info,
Zoltan
THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER
Corrupted installation, I guess. Have you tried to boot from the OS X
install CD?
-Laurent.
Not yet. . .sometimes the CD-ROM won't work at all.  Not sure what is 
going on, but there are times when the CD-ROM drive doesn't do 
anything, not even when it booted fine.  There's a slight pause when OS 
X boots, when it looks for all connected drives, internal or otherwise. 
 When this normal pause occurred on the iBook, the drive did nothing.  
After it booted, when you press eject on the keyboard, nothing.  I'll 
try to boot it up with the CD-ROM, as sometimes the drive works.  If it 
doesn't, I guess there's the Target Disk Mode option with my Pismo.  
Thanks for your input Laurent.

Z
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different Wallstreet English keyboards?

[kaldav]

Hello,
I have seen two Wallstreet powerbooks and they had different, but 
both in English, keyboards-
on the bottom row one has a symbol for both Option keys and the Enter key.
In the next row there is a symbol for the Shift keys and the 
tilde/accent key is located next to the 'z', instead of in the upper 
left.
In the next row there is a symbol for the CapsLock key and an extra 
key with line symbols. Thus the Return key is shaped like an upside 
down L to fit the extra key.
In the next row the Tab key has a symbol and the keys with lines 
symbols is missing (it's already in the row below).
In the  next row there is an unlabelled key with an underlined 
addition symbol and a swirl. The Delete key has a symbol.
The top row of F keys are all labelled the same- both in numbers and 
the English writing above.
Were these keyboards made for different countries or different 
models? Are they interchangeable?

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Re: Black Screen of Death?!

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 29/01/05 19:44, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Well, it looks like my roommates iBook has officially died.  Unless
> anyone here knows what happened to it.  Now it won't boot all way.  It
> will get to just before the login window comes up, then the screen goes
> to black, with white text saying, Darwin BSD: loginwindow failed to
> execute.  Does the Mac now have a "Black Screen of Death" reminiscent
> of the old PC days of the "Blue Screen of Death?"
> 
> 
> For those who want to help, this is from the original thread titled,
> "Strange sounds of the iBook. . ."
> 
> iBook info:  600 MHZ G3, dual USB 14"  (Son of Pismo)
> 
> Thanks for any info,
> 
> Zoltan
> THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER
> 

Corrupted installation, I guess. Have you tried to boot from the OS X
install CD?

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entrails; also see the AI koan about Tom Knight in "Some AI Koans" (Appendix
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Black Screen of Death?!

[Zoltan Batiz]

Hello,
Well, it looks like my roommates iBook has officially died.  Unless 
anyone here knows what happened to it.  Now it won't boot all way.  It 
will get to just before the login window comes up, then the screen goes 
to black, with white text saying, Darwin BSD: loginwindow failed to 
execute.  Does the Mac now have a "Black Screen of Death" reminiscent 
of the old PC days of the "Blue Screen of Death?"

For those who want to help, this is from the original thread titled, 
"Strange sounds of the iBook. . ."

iBook info:  600 MHZ G3, dual USB 14"  (Son of Pismo)
Thanks for any info,
Zoltan
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yo-yo adapter sound question

[kaldav]

Hello,
I have had an adapter replaced under the 4402 G3 adapter recall. 
However, the yo-yo adapter makes a  slight buzzing sound where the 
cord plugs into the yo-yo connector. Is this normal?

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Re: MCE is at it again! 100 gig internal HDD for Pismo!

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jan 29, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote:
Oh ok.  I didn't know we had internal drives that had broken the 80  
gig barrier.  Cool. . .
Yeah, they were announced last April about 1 week after I ordered my  
Powerbook:

http://news.com.com/Toshiba+spins+more+storage+for+laptops/2100-1005_3 
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Re: The USB hub issue. . .

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On 1/29/05 5:42 PM, "Zoltan Batiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK. . .we all know that one USB port can host over 100 devices. . .but
> I have only been able to find 4 port hubs.  Why is this?  Is there
> something about USB I don't understand?  I need an 8 port powered hub.
> . .not the usual "8 port USB/Firewire Combo" that only provides 4 USB
> ports and three Firewire ports, but an actual box that houses 8 USB
> ports. . .anyone know where I can get one?

Funny you should ask this question because last night I went looking to
replace my 4 port hub. It seems that 4 and 7 are the magic number. Check out
Buy.com and you¹ll find several 7 port hubs. I chose the Belkin model
because it has the usual ports in front and 2 on the top - perfect for thumb
drives or iPod shuffles even.

david




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The USB hub issue. . .

[Zoltan Batiz]

Folks,
OK. . .we all know that one USB port can host over 100 devices. . .but 
I have only been able to find 4 port hubs.  Why is this?  Is there 
something about USB I don't understand?  I need an 8 port powered hub. 
. .not the usual "8 port USB/Firewire Combo" that only provides 4 USB 
ports and three Firewire ports, but an actual box that houses 8 USB 
ports. . .anyone know where I can get one?

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Re: MCE is at it again! 100 gig internal HDD for Pismo!

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On Jan 29, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote:
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- $100 less than that.

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Re: Next Powerbook after Lombard?

[Dijkwel]

I guess that would depend on the money you can spend. If I were in your 
situation, though, I think I'd probably go for a used 800 MHz iBook G4: 
by now reasonably priced but still petty powerful and well suited for 
"normal" use.

Peter
Op 29-jan-05 om 22:46 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven:
Unfortunately, I don't know anyone with a Lombard - and I have 3 
different
certified mac chips various sizes plus 2 others.  And all I have is 
OS10.3.
Tired of trying to get it to work.  So what model would be a good
next step up that would take 10.3 and run all the current programs???
Linda

In a message dated 1/29/05 10:22:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Hi Linda,
Similar problems over here with our Lombard: I was able to install OS
10.0.3 using the original 64 MB RAM chip the Lombard came with. From
10.1 up, one needs al least 128 MB but all the RAM upgrades I've
tested, in various configurations up to and including 512 MB,
invariable gave me a freeze or kernel panic. So, I would advise you not
to waste any money on a copy of OS 10.2. Rather, try to locate someone
with a Lombard who has been able to install Panther, see if you can
borrow that working RAM chip to install Panther and then swap it for
the RAM you have (apparently, for installing the Lombard is much
pickier then for actually running 10.3).
Peter
Op 29-jan-05 om 15:51 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven:
Hi,
I have a Lombard thats driving me crazy.  I really love it but will
probably
end up getting rid of it because I have struggled way to many hours
trying to
get OSX on it with no success.  I upgraded the battery, bought two new
"certified mac" chips 256 and 128 from OWC, a new shell, a 10 gig
drive, etc.  I was
hoping to keep it alive.  I even bought a 2.5 external enclosure and
installed
10.3 (Panther) on it from another computer and reinstalled it into the
Lombard.  It starts to startup in 10 but then I get a blue screen and
mouse is
frozen or a kernal panic. Needless to say no success.  Someone
suggested 10.2 but I
don't have
a copy of that and getting tired of investing $ into it.
Is there away to upgrade the cards inside?  And what would I get?
Or should I get rid of it - and what would be the next step up?  Would
need
it to handle most graphic programs like adobe, macromedia, office etc
in the
OSX operating system?
I can't afford a brand new one right now, what would be a step up from
the
Lombard?
I really love my Lombard and would hate to see it go - wish I could
find a
way to keep it.
TIA for all your suggestions/answers.
Linda
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Re: Next Powerbook after Lombard?

[Polkadoter]

Unfortunately, I don't know anyone with a Lombard - and I have 3 different
certified mac chips various sizes plus 2 others.  And all I have is OS10.3.
Tired of trying to get it to work.  So what model would be a good
next step up that would take 10.3 and run all the current programs???
Linda


In a message dated 1/29/05 10:22:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< Hi Linda,

Similar problems over here with our Lombard: I was able to install OS 
10.0.3 using the original 64 MB RAM chip the Lombard came with. From 
10.1 up, one needs al least 128 MB but all the RAM upgrades I've 
tested, in various configurations up to and including 512 MB, 
invariable gave me a freeze or kernel panic. So, I would advise you not 
to waste any money on a copy of OS 10.2. Rather, try to locate someone 
with a Lombard who has been able to install Panther, see if you can 
borrow that working RAM chip to install Panther and then swap it for 
the RAM you have (apparently, for installing the Lombard is much 
pickier then for actually running 10.3).

Peter

Op 29-jan-05 om 15:51 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven:

> Hi,
> I have a Lombard thats driving me crazy.  I really love it but will 
> probably
> end up getting rid of it because I have struggled way to many hours 
> trying to
> get OSX on it with no success.  I upgraded the battery, bought two new
> "certified mac" chips 256 and 128 from OWC, a new shell, a 10 gig 
> drive, etc.  I was
> hoping to keep it alive.  I even bought a 2.5 external enclosure and 
> installed
> 10.3 (Panther) on it from another computer and reinstalled it into the
> Lombard.  It starts to startup in 10 but then I get a blue screen and 
> mouse is
> frozen or a kernal panic. Needless to say no success.  Someone 
> suggested 10.2 but I
> don't have
> a copy of that and getting tired of investing $ into it.
>
> Is there away to upgrade the cards inside?  And what would I get?
>
> Or should I get rid of it - and what would be the next step up?  Would 
> need
> it to handle most graphic programs like adobe, macromedia, office etc 
> in the
> OSX operating system?
> I can't afford a brand new one right now, what would be a step up from 
> the
> Lombard?
>
> I really love my Lombard and would hate to see it go - wish I could 
> find a
> way to keep it.
> TIA for all your suggestions/answers.
> Linda
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Re: iBook not playing nice on the network!

[- drive - drift - dream -]

It's a Belkin, a couple years old, has three wired ports and 
wireless,
it's been used with wireless cards in 3 different PCs, my old
Powerbook, and an iBook I was cleaning up to sell, as well as a USB
wireless PC adapter and an ethernet wireless adapter for the G3 iMac
downstairs - no other machine has ever made the wired one disconnect,
though *once* a month or so ago it stopped transmitting wirelessly, 
so
had to be reset through the machine that's connected with a cable.
Hmmm, sorry, I don't have any experience with the Belkin, but I would 
be
tempted to say that it's the problem.

-Laurent.
I too agree it sounds like the router. Power it down and reset it to 
default
as per the instructions that came with it.
The router still functions fine with a PC laptop and the 
ethernet-wireless iMac, and with the old Powerbook up until I got rid 
of her.  It gets reset every time the iBook kills the wired connection. 
 The orange light that says the machine's transmitting or receiving 
data still lights up when it's not working, the machine just can't find 
the host.  The router's connected through DHCP to my DSL modem, it 
basically runs at factory settings all the time except for the SSID is 
different.

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Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

[Mary Russell]

Scott,  1.Have you repaired permissions?   That can sometimes help.  At 
least it does for me.
2.  Go to printer utility; highlight the printer, what does it say under 
location?
3. Click on add at the top of the box.  Another box should come up.  
Does it say auto select at the
bottom of that box?  If not, highlight your printer and click add at the 
bottom.
4. Click utility at the top of the box, pick test print.
All this should be done while in the 2nd account.  You may have to 
repair permissions again
after these changes.  If these don't work, I don't know what to tell you.
One other thing.  You're using OS 10, but are you working in classic at 
the time.
I have 2 different drivers for mine.
Mary


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Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts
Hi Mary,
After setting up the second account, I tried simply printing first, the printer name shows and is selectable in the Page Setup and Print dialog menus, but the print jobs just hang. Then I did go to the Printer Setup utility and followed everything the Mac OS Help had to offer, but the printer does not show up in any Printer Utility windows no matter how many times I refresh.  

Okay, I just tried printing again, this time in the Print dialog window there is an exclamation point by the HP printer name. This brings up the Printer Utility program. The printer is there, so I don't know what else to do at this point. 

When I send the print job, everything goes as normal, I get an blue & white spraling progress bar and then the solid blue progress bar and it looks like normal, yet part-way it just stops and says Jobs Stopped. When I Start Jobs it just repeats the same over again. 

This is the exact same behavior in both accounts. I no longer can print from 
the original account.
I am currently at a loss, so any ideas are appreciated. Thank you.
Scott
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:10:19 -0600 
From: Mary Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Subject: Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts 
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

Did you go to the printer setup utility while in the 2nd account.  You 
might have to pick the printer again from that account. 

Mary 

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1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts 

Hello all, 

I have an issue that is eluding me at the moment. I have just put a second account on my iMac, since my PB is down for upgrades at the moment. First time I have done this in OS X (10.3.6), pretty nifty with the cube spin eye candy. After setting up the second account, I tried to print a test doc in that account, however that account (#2) is not recognizing the connected printer. The printer is an OfficeJet G85xi All-in-One type. I have tried the online Mac OS help, yet have not found a solution. Do I need to install the driver in both accounts, ala Windows style? Or am I just missing a step somewhere? 

I appreciate any advice or help with this. Thanks. 

Scott 
   


 

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Re: MCE is at it again! 100 gig internal HDD for Pismo!

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Hmm.  100 GB hard drives are available from many online stores for 
$80 - $100 less than that.

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Re: Next Powerbook after Lombard?

[Alan Miller]

On Saturday, January 29, 2005, at 11:26  AM, Dijkwel wrote:
Similar problems over here with our Lombard:
Op 29-jan-05 om 15:51 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven:
I have a Lombard thats driving me crazy.  I really love it but will 
probably
end up getting rid of it because I have struggled way to many hours 
trying to
get OSX on it with no success.
I have both a 400 Mhz Lombard and a 400 Mhz Pismo which my wife uses, 
and we travel with, since it has an airport card. I was able to install 
and have been running OS X.2.8 on both machines for the last year. I 
have had no problem with either.

When I went to install OS X on the pismo (I did it first just to test 
X) I reformatted the drive and reinstalled 9.2.2 and then loaded OS X.2 
on after updating to 9.2.2. With the lombard I just made sure it was 
updated to 9.2.2 and again had no problem doing a fresh install using 
my OS X.2 disc and then using software update to get to OS X.2.8. I 
guess I'm one of the lucky ones since I have no problems with OS X on 
these older laptops.
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Re: Next Powerbook after Lombard?

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On 1/29/05 9:51 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Or should I get rid of it - and what would be the next step up?  Would need
> it to handle most graphic programs like adobe, macromedia, office etc in the
> OSX operating system?
> I can't afford a brand new one right now, what would be a step up from the
> Lombard?
> 
> I really love my Lombard and would hate to see it go - wish I could find a
> way to keep it.

Hi Linda:

There are lots of people on this list who have nursed their PowerBooks and
iBooks through many many years of service and have fixed hardware problems
that I¹d never bother trying to so I¹ll let them advise you there. Don¹t get
me wrong, I admire these guys and when it comes to desktop computers I am
the same. I just tend to view notebooks as (very expensive) disposables and
my work lets me finance them in that fashion. I¹ve owned two G3 based iBooks
and now have a G4 alBook and I use the software you mention so I can give
you a few ideas about what to expect.

The original iBook (clamshell with a 300mHz G3) has enough horsepower to run
OS X 10.3 and the Adobe Creative Suite but there are a few disadvantages.
The two big disads are the screen resolution (800x600) and anemic
video-card. The programs won¹t run fast but I used Photoshop 7, InDesign 2,
and Word X on that computer to put out a monthly full color newsletter for
almost a year. Adobe¹s reliance on screen hogging palettes sometimes made me
scream but even though I had access to desktops with more power and larger
screens the convenience of being able to use the iBook anywhere over-rode
the inconvenience of a slower computer and smaller screen. Speaking of
slower computer, I noticed the speed difference most when booting up the
computer, loading software, and working with large documents. For example, I
once timed my tangerine startup at 4.5 minutes from turning it on to
finishing loading the last start-up application. Thankfully that was
something I didn¹t have to do very often.

I had the opportunity to replace my tangerine with a 600mHz dual USB iBook
and the difference between the two was dramatic. Startup and application
launch times were nearly halved. Everything was peppier - delays that I¹d
never noticed before became apparent - so much so that the beige G3 desktop
I was using at work became nearly intolerable to use. But I think the big
deal was moving from that 800x600 display to the new iBook¹s 1024x768.
Suddenly I could leave a couple palettes on the screen while working in
Photoshop and InDesign. Word¹s text format palette now became really useful.
This had a big impact on my efficiency.

One of the last clamshell iBook models had a 466mHz G3 and I used one for a
couple weeks. It was noticeably faster than my tangerine but the difference
wasn¹t as dramatic as that of the 600mHz dual USB model. For this reason, I
suspect the 500mHz dual USB model wouldn¹t be as good a deal as the 600mHz
model.

Prices on the TiBook are very reasonable at this time but I strongly
recommend against the TiBook for one simple reason: the hinges. The hinge
assembly, more specifically the metal case where the hinge attaches, is
weak. Most of the people I know who have a TiBook that is 2 years or older
have either had to have a hinge (or both) replaced or are now nursing a weak
hinge and putting off the inevitable. The repair is not inexpensive and
since it often requires replacing the bottom case it can be more expensive
the the value of the computer.

The original 12² alBook is also worth mentioning. It shares the dual USB
iBooks form factor but has a G4 processor. There¹s a lot to like about this
computer but when we got one in at work I eagerly put it through its paces
and was disappointed. Its performance was little better than the 800mHz G3
iBook¹s in real world use.

So, this seems to be a very longwinded reply saying take a look at the iBook
with a processor speed of at least 600mHz and as much memory as you can dump
into it.

david




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Re: Next Powerbook after Lombard?

[Dijkwel]

Hi Linda,
Similar problems over here with our Lombard: I was able to install OS 
10.0.3 using the original 64 MB RAM chip the Lombard came with. From 
10.1 up, one needs al least 128 MB but all the RAM upgrades I've 
tested, in various configurations up to and including 512 MB, 
invariable gave me a freeze or kernel panic. So, I would advise you not 
to waste any money on a copy of OS 10.2. Rather, try to locate someone 
with a Lombard who has been able to install Panther, see if you can 
borrow that working RAM chip to install Panther and then swap it for 
the RAM you have (apparently, for installing the Lombard is much 
pickier then for actually running 10.3).

Peter
Op 29-jan-05 om 15:51 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven:
Hi,
I have a Lombard thats driving me crazy.  I really love it but will 
probably
end up getting rid of it because I have struggled way to many hours 
trying to
get OSX on it with no success.  I upgraded the battery, bought two new
"certified mac" chips 256 and 128 from OWC, a new shell, a 10 gig 
drive, etc.  I was
hoping to keep it alive.  I even bought a 2.5 external enclosure and 
installed
10.3 (Panther) on it from another computer and reinstalled it into the
Lombard.  It starts to startup in 10 but then I get a blue screen and 
mouse is
frozen or a kernal panic. Needless to say no success.  Someone 
suggested 10.2 but I
don't have
a copy of that and getting tired of investing $ into it.

Is there away to upgrade the cards inside?  And what would I get?
Or should I get rid of it - and what would be the next step up?  Would 
need
it to handle most graphic programs like adobe, macromedia, office etc 
in the
OSX operating system?
I can't afford a brand new one right now, what would be a step up from 
the
Lombard?

I really love my Lombard and would hate to see it go - wish I could 
find a
way to keep it.
TIA for all your suggestions/answers.
Linda

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Next Powerbook after Lombard?

[Polkadoter]

Hi,
I have a Lombard thats driving me crazy.  I really love it but will probably 
end up getting rid of it because I have struggled way to many hours trying to 
get OSX on it with no success.  I upgraded the battery, bought two new 
"certified mac" chips 256 and 128 from OWC, a new shell, a 10 gig drive, etc.  
I was 
hoping to keep it alive.  I even bought a 2.5 external enclosure and installed 
10.3 (Panther) on it from another computer and reinstalled it into the 
Lombard.  It starts to startup in 10 but then I get a blue screen and mouse is 
frozen or a kernal panic. Needless to say no success.  Someone suggested 10.2 
but I 
don't have
a copy of that and getting tired of investing $ into it.

Is there away to upgrade the cards inside?  And what would I get?  

Or should I get rid of it - and what would be the next step up?  Would need 
it to handle most graphic programs like adobe, macromedia, office etc in the 
OSX operating system?  
I can't afford a brand new one right now, what would be a step up from the 
Lombard?

I really love my Lombard and would hate to see it go - wish I could find a 
way to keep it.
TIA for all your suggestions/answers.
Linda

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Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

[Matt and Sue Halter]

I would uninstall and then reinstall the printer drivers.  This has 
cured similar behavior for me in the past.

Matt
On Jan 29, 2005, at 4:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently at a loss, so any ideas are appreciated. Thank you.

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Re: iBook not playing nice on the network!

[John McGibney]

> on 29/01/05 02:45, Catherine Burnett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> On 29-Jan-05, at 2:32 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>> 
>>> What kind of router do you have? I have a Snow AirPort Base Station
>>> (802.11b) and I have 3 laptops with AirPort Extreme cards plus one
>>> desktop
>>> with an 802.11g card and I've never experienced what you describe.
>>> Hence my
>>> question...
>> 
>> It's a Belkin, a couple years old, has three wired ports and wireless,
>> it's been used with wireless cards in 3 different PCs, my old
>> Powerbook, and an iBook I was cleaning up to sell, as well as a USB
>> wireless PC adapter and an ethernet wireless adapter for the G3 iMac
>> downstairs - no other machine has ever made the wired one disconnect,
>> though *once* a month or so ago it stopped transmitting wirelessly, so
>> had to be reset through the machine that's connected with a cable.
> 
> Hmmm, sorry, I don't have any experience with the Belkin, but I would be
> tempted to say that it's the problem.
> 
> -Laurent.

I too agree it sounds like the router. Power it down and reset it to default
as per the instructions that came with it.

John

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Re: A question regarding OpenGL. . .

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 29/01/05 04:29, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> 
> Is OpenGL user configurable?  Or is this one of those background
> things?  And is there a certain (gulp) video ram requirement just to
> make it work?  Or is it always "working"?  I was enjoying the
> Visualizer in iTunes today and noticed that under the "options" button,
> I had clicked "Use OpenGL". . . which spawned this thread.  Have a
> great day everyone!
> 
> 
> Zoltan
> THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER
> 

I'm not an OpenGL expert, but from what I've learned, it's first of all a
low level, background thing. I would imagine that there isn't much of a
video RAM requirement since you can have OpenGL working in software only, no
video card.

-Laurent.
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Re: iBook not playing nice on the network!

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 29/01/05 02:45, Catherine Burnett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On 29-Jan-05, at 2:32 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> 
>> What kind of router do you have? I have a Snow AirPort Base Station
>> (802.11b) and I have 3 laptops with AirPort Extreme cards plus one
>> desktop
>> with an 802.11g card and I've never experienced what you describe.
>> Hence my
>> question...
> 
> It's a Belkin, a couple years old, has three wired ports and wireless,
> it's been used with wireless cards in 3 different PCs, my old
> Powerbook, and an iBook I was cleaning up to sell, as well as a USB
> wireless PC adapter and an ethernet wireless adapter for the G3 iMac
> downstairs - no other machine has ever made the wired one disconnect,
> though *once* a month or so ago it stopped transmitting wirelessly, so
> had to be reset through the machine that's connected with a cable.

Hmmm, sorry, I don't have any experience with the Belkin, but I would be
tempted to say that it's the problem.

-Laurent.
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N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and
author of "The Mythical Man-Month" (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN
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MCE is at it again! 100 gig internal HDD for Pismo!

[Zoltan Batiz]

And it's not too expensive either. . .only $279.00.  Thinking of  
getting one. . .

here's the link; you may need to copy and paste it into Safari:
http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? 
Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MTOS&Product_Code=MS100G&Category_Code=STORLTHDIN 
T

Make sure you put the entire link into your browser. . .ending with  
"STORLTHDINT"

Thought this info would excite fellow Pismo users. . .
Z
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A question regarding OpenGL. . .

[Zoltan Batiz]

Hello all,
Is OpenGL user configurable?  Or is this one of those background 
things?  And is there a certain (gulp) video ram requirement just to 
make it work?  Or is it always "working"?  I was enjoying the 
Visualizer in iTunes today and noticed that under the "options" button, 
I had clicked "Use OpenGL". . . which spawned this thread.  Have a 
great day everyone!

Zoltan
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Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

[sacear3]

Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

Hi Mary,

After setting up the second account, I tried simply printing first, the printer 
name shows and is selectable in the Page Setup and Print dialog menus, but the 
print jobs just hang. Then I did go to the Printer Setup utility and followed 
everything the Mac OS Help had to offer, but the printer does not show up in 
any Printer Utility windows no matter how many times I refresh.  

Okay, I just tried printing again, this time in the Print dialog window there 
is an exclamation point by the HP printer name. This brings up the Printer 
Utility program. The printer is there, so I don't know what else to do at this 
point. 

When I send the print job, everything goes as normal, I get an blue & white 
spraling progress bar and then the solid blue progress bar and it looks like 
normal, yet part-way it just stops and says Jobs Stopped. When I Start Jobs it 
just repeats the same over again. 

This is the exact same behavior in both accounts. I no longer can print from 
the original account.

I am currently at a loss, so any ideas are appreciated. Thank you.

Scott


Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:10:19 -0600 
From: Mary Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Subject: Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts 
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

Did you go to the printer setup utility while in the 2nd account.  You 
might have to pick the printer again from that account. 

Mary 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 

>1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts 
> 
>Hello all, 
> 
>I have an issue that is eluding me at the moment. I have just put a second 
>account on my iMac, since my PB is down for upgrades at the moment. First time 
>I have done this in OS X (10.3.6), pretty nifty with the cube spin eye candy. 
>After setting up the second account, I tried to print a test doc in that 
>account, however that account (#2) is not recognizing the connected printer. 
>The printer is an OfficeJet G85xi All-in-One type. I have tried the online Mac 
>OS help, yet have not found a solution. Do I need to install the driver in 
>both accounts, ala Windows style? Or am I just missing a step somewhere? 
> 
>I appreciate any advice or help with this. Thanks. 
> 
>Scott 


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Re: Pismo sound too loud

[sacear3]

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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:57:54 -0800 
From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Subject: Re: Pismo sound too loud 

At 12:40 PM -0800 1/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
>Good day all! 
> 
>My Pismo, the very same one I am upgrading, seems to have developed 
>a sort of tick. In the past week, the volume is excessively loud. 
>When it starts up the chime is shocking, very loud and distorted. I 
>have the volume set at one segment of the horizontal meter using the 
>keyboard volume controls, which reads 6% in System Prefs. Keeping it 
>at this level setting is plenty loud enough now for me to hear 
>System Alerts, interface sounds, and iTunes playback. If I adjust 
>the volume up to even half, it can be heard annoyingly in another 
>room. I have no idea when exactly this happened or how. I tried the 
>key-combination resets and the reset button in the back, none have 
>corrected the loud volume. Has anyone experienced this or heard of 
>this before? Is this a PRAM battery issue? 

What happens if you turn the sound off?  And then on to the minimum 
setting again? 
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Hi Clark,

Thanks for writing back.

No volume level adjustment has any affect on the start-up chime. I used the 
slider in Sys Prefs pane to (1) lowest before off, (2) all the way down to off, 
and (3) muted sound, then restarted and each time chime was very loud. Once 
desktop comes up, the volume seems to be where I last set it, which it still 
quite loud at the lowerst setting. Previously, I set the volume to three 
segments using the keyboard volume keys for average comfortable listening for 
myself. Now, one segment is too loud. I am quite stimied by this. My Pismo is 
over 4 years old now, and a couple times recently the battery has completely 
died on me before I could charge it. I think it even died once beyond the point 
of holding the Pismo in Sleep mode. I think the volume anomaly started soon 
after that incident. So, I wonder if the internal battery (PRAM) became drained 
as well, and is now shot. 

Scott



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Re: Pismo display removal issue

[Carl Freire]

At 1:03 PM -0500 1/28/05, G-Books wrote:
On Jan 27, 2005, at 5:50 AM, G-Books wrote:
Are you talking about the entire display/upper housing assembly?
Aye, exactly.
Meaning the tabs are the aluminum parts of the hinges. If so, it should
just pull out.
Aye, again, exactly.  There's a tab on both the right and left side 
of the entire display/upper housing assembly that slides into the 
hinge/bracket on the PB inverter board.

 I would suspect a burr on the hole edge, and some
working of it would set things free. There isn't a screw or anything
that holds things together in that area.
Yep, it's pretty clear that there's no screw involved here; you can 
see that this is the case once you've dissassembled the computer 
sufficiently.  What I was wondering was if there was some kind of 
groove, say, into which the tab on the left side had to slide in and 
out of (the tab on the right side slides in and out with absolutely 
no problem) and that required some special trick when it came to 
display removal like having to pull the display up to the left while 
pushing forward, chant "I hate Bill Gates" three times, and throw 
salt over your shoulder :-)  Sounds like a burr along the edge of the 
hinge/bracket or the tab is what's giving me grief; just have to see 
what I can do, I guess.

Cheers,
Carl
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