Both the 10.3 and 10.4 installs on my Wallstreets left me with scrambled video when Thousands of colors mode was used (Millions was better but still screwy). Replacing the ATI Rage Pro kexts in the System with ones from 10.1.5 (10.2.5 or 10.2.8 seem to work well, too) fixed these problems for me and the speed boost of 10.3 and 10.4 over 10.2 make the Wallstreets pretty nice to use.
If you decide to go this route, you'll need to remove the following files from System/Library/Extensions on your OS 10.3 or 10.4 WallStreet: ATIRagePro.kext ATIRageProGA.plugin Then acquire the same files from a 10.1.5 (or 10.2.5 or 10.2.8) install and put them into the same location in System/Library/Extensions. You need to chown the files to root:wheel and remove the Extensions.mkext and Extensions.kextcache files when modifying the /System/Library/Extensions folder or your changes won't be noticed by the system. My method of chowning the extensions is to do the following commands in order: sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRagePro.kext sudo chmod -R go-w /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRagePro.kext sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRagePro.kext sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRageProGA.plugin sudo chmod -R go-w /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRageProGA.plugin sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRageProGA.plugin WARNING: I am not a *nix monkey in any shape or form, I just know that this method was recommended to me for manually inserting kexts into the System and giving them the correct permissions to function. This has worked wonderfully for me in the past but that's no guarantee of anything. Some of this information is taken from a post by Randall on XLR8YourMac about 2 years ago which helped me get 10.3 and later 10.4 on my Wallstreets: WS G3/266 384MB 12GB 10.4.2 WS G3/300 384MB 30GB 10.4.2 - Tom On 7/25/06 11:23 AM, "John Tamine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the wallstreet will support 10.2 natively. i have not found any > problems using it on my ws, with sonnet G4/500/512mb/30gb/usb-fw combo > cardbus(VIA). i recall other list members have reported that 10.3, > especially certain versions, seemed to cause unresolvabe issues (video?) > when installed on the wallstreet using XPF. you might check the list > archives. > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
