I have the same thing on my wallstreet running on a 5200rpm 20gb drive an g3 500 sonnet upgrade processor and 384mb of ram. wheee.
I didn't install OS9, or any of its drivers. I'm actually slowly actively searching for a solution to this. The whole reboot in OS9 thing to cure the problem seems kludgy. What I know/ observed. The backlight obviously works when the computer is turned on, you can see the apple and the spinning line cursor. If I use -v as a boot option in the nvram, I can watch the text scroll by as it starts services, checks file systems, and other system startup issues. The very last thing I can see when it boots is the IP firewalling statements being loaded. Right after that quartz takes over the video, and poof the backlight is gone. So it seems to me that it's an issue with some config file or parameter when the OS hands off to quartz and the display drivers. I'm a unix guy, but system v not system iv. So I'm not sure where mac os x does all of its startup work from. I've noted that it ignores a lot of convention unix config files anyway. So if anyone has a document that explains the OS X startup procedure for 10.2, and where the respective files are kept... or even hints. My efforts will be greatly speeded in figuring out how to make a more viable solution. What I find really interesting is that on wake from sleep the backlight key doesn't do anything at all. I think newer pb's than the wallstreet actually have a backlight parameter in their nvram/OF the wallstreet most definitely doesn't ... If I figure it out, I'll of course let you all know... but I work full time and go to school so time is somewhat limited :-) If you have any hints for me... please let me know. Thanks, zr > >Why I don't have OS9 installed: > >I replaced the HD with a 20gig Travelstar. > >So I had a completely new hard drive, and OSX discs, but no OS9 discs. I >installed 10.2.8 to the first partition (8gb rule), and had another 12g >partition. > >I can't seem to get the 'book to boot from the OS9 CD, tho (yes, I'm holding >the C key throughout the boot). It sucks, and I really want to be able to >use OS9. > >What gives? OS X has some funkiness on an older G3 PB. The easiest way to achieve what you want would be to mount the CD while in OS X, then select it as the startup disk. Then re-boot. If you have the room in the 12 GB partition, you can install OS 9 there. It doesn't have to be installed in the first 8 GB. Somebody help me out here, I don't want to give bad advice. Will Dave be able to **boot* into OS 9 is he didn't install the OS 9 drivers when he partitioned in OS X? I can't imagine that he did if he doesn't have OS 9 installed. >Again: Wallstreet 300gHz, 192mb RAM, 20g HD (8g/12g partitions) Wow, 192 MB is not very much when it comes to running OS X. Is there's any way you can manage to up it to 384, you'll find OS X runs faster and quite a bit better for you. HTH, B0b ------------------------------ G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- End of G-Books Digest #1933 *************************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
