strange eMac startup
I am readying an eMac for a young person and at startup it acts a bit like a PC starting, showing a black text labelled 'Darwin Kernel' and after spewing out lots of information goes on to start up the OS as normal. Is there a setting in the system which turns this off or is it a symptom of a Kernel Panic? I don't want to give this person the machine and then have to replace it later. Any advice gratefully received. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: strange eMac startup
Kevin, It sounds like that mac is starting in verbose mode. Typically if you wanted to boot in verbose mode you would hit Command-V during startup, which brings up the familiar white on black console. If you’d prefer to always see the system messages on boot, you can adjust the firmware from the Terminal with the nvram command. To turn on Verbose booting, at the Terminal type the following: sudo nvram boot-args=-v Disabling Verbose booting is just as easy: sudo nvram boot-args= If you’re curious what the current firmware nvram settings are, type the following: nvram -p Again, if you just want to boot into verbose mode once, hold the following keys on system boot: Command+V Hope this helps. robin On 24/12/2011, at 11:15 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am readying an eMac for a young person and at startup it acts a bit like a PC starting, showing a black text labelled 'Darwin Kernel' and after spewing out lots of information goes on to start up the OS as normal. Is there a setting in the system which turns this off or is it a symptom of a Kernel Panic? I don't want to give this person the machine and then have to replace it later. Any advice gratefully received. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: strange eMac startup
Thanks Robin, The panic was not Mr Kernelit was me! Kev On 24/12/11 2:30 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Kevin, It sounds like that mac is starting in verbose mode. Typically if you wanted to boot in verbose mode you would hit Command-V during startup, which brings up the familiar white on black console. If you’d prefer to always see the system messages on boot, you can adjust the firmware from the Terminal with the nvram command. To turn on Verbose booting, at the Terminal type the following: sudo nvram boot-args=-v Disabling Verbose booting is just as easy: sudo nvram boot-args= If you’re curious what the current firmware nvram settings are, type the following: nvram -p Again, if you just want to boot into verbose mode once, hold the following keys on system boot: Command+V Hope this helps. robin On 24/12/2011, at 11:15 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am readying an eMac for a young person and at startup it acts a bit like a PC starting, showing a black text labelled 'Darwin Kernel' and after spewing out lots of information goes on to start up the OS as normal. Is there a setting in the system which turns this off or is it a symptom of a Kernel Panic? I don't want to give this person the machine and then have to replace it later. Any advice gratefully received. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: strange eMac startup
Robin, I followed your instructions and was prompted for a password. I do not assign passwords to giveaway computers and the Terminal won't let me continue. Any ideas? Kev On 24/12/11 2:30 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Kevin, It sounds like that mac is starting in verbose mode. Typically if you wanted to boot in verbose mode you would hit Command-V during startup, which brings up the familiar white on black console. If you’d prefer to always see the system messages on boot, you can adjust the firmware from the Terminal with the nvram command. To turn on Verbose booting, at the Terminal type the following: sudo nvram boot-args=-v Disabling Verbose booting is just as easy: sudo nvram boot-args= If you’re curious what the current firmware nvram settings are, type the following: nvram -p Again, if you just want to boot into verbose mode once, hold the following keys on system boot: Command+V Hope this helps. robin On 24/12/2011, at 11:15 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am readying an eMac for a young person and at startup it acts a bit like a PC starting, showing a black text labelled 'Darwin Kernel' and after spewing out lots of information goes on to start up the OS as normal. Is there a setting in the system which turns this off or is it a symptom of a Kernel Panic? I don't want to give this person the machine and then have to replace it later. Any advice gratefully received. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: strange eMac startup
Hi Kevin, sudo does not allow for a blank password, which is undoubtedly the problem here. When prompted for a password from sudo, if one simply hits Return, sudo assumes that the user has given up. You need to reset the password by booting from the installation DVD. You can reset the password(s) by booting from the installation DVD that came with your computer and going to the Utilities Menu after you get past the first screen. Just set a password, run the Terminal commands, then go back and change the password back to nothing. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 24/12/2011, at 12:17 PM, Kevin Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: Robin, I followed your instructions and was prompted for a password. I do not assign passwords to giveaway computers and the Terminal won't let me continue. Any ideas? Kev On 24/12/11 2:30 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Kevin, It sounds like that mac is starting in verbose mode. Typically if you wanted to boot in verbose mode you would hit Command-V during startup, which brings up the familiar white on black console. If you’d prefer to always see the system messages on boot, you can adjust the firmware from the Terminal with the nvram command. To turn on Verbose booting, at the Terminal type the following: sudo nvram boot-args=-v Disabling Verbose booting is just as easy: sudo nvram boot-args= If you’re curious what the current firmware nvram settings are, type the following: nvram -p Again, if you just want to boot into verbose mode once, hold the following keys on system boot: Command+V Hope this helps. robin On 24/12/2011, at 11:15 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am readying an eMac for a young person and at startup it acts a bit like a PC starting, showing a black text labelled 'Darwin Kernel' and after spewing out lots of information goes on to start up the OS as normal. Is there a setting in the system which turns this off or is it a symptom of a Kernel Panic? I don't want to give this person the machine and then have to replace it later. Any advice gratefully received. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: strange eMac startup
Thanks Ronnie, I have already started a clean install of 10.4.It is not a biggy, I'm not doing much else this afternoon. Thanks and regards, Kev On 24/12/11 3:35 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Kevin, sudo does not allow for a blank password, which is undoubtedly the problem here. When prompted for a password from sudo, if one simply hits Return, sudo assumes that the user has given up. You need to reset the password by booting from the installation DVD. You can reset the password(s) by booting from the installation DVD that came with your computer and going to the Utilities Menu after you get past the first screen. Just set a password, run the Terminal commands, then go back and change the password back to nothing. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 24/12/2011, at 12:17 PM, Kevin Lockkal...@iinet.net.au wrote: Robin, I followed your instructions and was prompted for a password. I do not assign passwords to giveaway computers and the Terminal won't let me continue. Any ideas? Kev On 24/12/11 2:30 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Kevin, It sounds like that mac is starting in verbose mode. Typically if you wanted to boot in verbose mode you would hit Command-V during startup, which brings up the familiar white on black console. If you’d prefer to always see the system messages on boot, you can adjust the firmware from the Terminal with the nvram command. To turn on Verbose booting, at the Terminal type the following: sudo nvram boot-args=-v Disabling Verbose booting is just as easy: sudo nvram boot-args= If you’re curious what the current firmware nvram settings are, type the following: nvram -p Again, if you just want to boot into verbose mode once, hold the following keys on system boot: Command+V Hope this helps. robin On 24/12/2011, at 11:15 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am readying an eMac for a young person and at startup it acts a bit like a PC starting, showing a black text labelled 'Darwin Kernel' and after spewing out lots of information goes on to start up the OS as normal. Is there a setting in the system which turns this off or is it a symptom of a Kernel Panic? I don't want to give this person the machine and then have to replace it later. Any advice gratefully received. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
