Re: Linux Aftermath

2012-06-11 Thread Amanda Ward
Ah! Thank you sir! I'll give that a try right now. Amanda On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: > >> I've tried just about everything I can think of. Have I fatally munged the >> Sawtooth somehow? Has anyone else run into this is

Re: Linux Aftermath

2012-06-11 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> The Sawtooth =will= boot to a linux cd!? This sounds like the Linux bootloader has altered some OpenFirmware variables. Bruce's suggestion about a CUDA reset is a good one. You can also try getting into OpenFirmware with Cmd-Opt-O-F and then following these instructions at http://suppor

Re: Linux Aftermath

2012-06-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: > I've tried just about everything I can think of. Have I fatally munged the > Sawtooth somehow? Has anyone else run into this issue? > > I would deeply appreciate any suggestions Remove the PRAM battery. Press the CUDA button a couple of ti

Linux Aftermath

2012-06-11 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey All… I've been experimenting with linux and thought I'd try installing it on a Sawtooth I had sitting around collecting dust. The machine was running just fine before I tried installing Ubuntu. I got almost through the installation and the installer decided that my DVD was faulty. Several

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread glen
- Original Message - > From: AppleMac Revisited > > Specification: > Beige G3 > Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache > 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO > Machine has been out of use for a couple of years. Rebooted it this > morning, screen message came up: > > “Your computer crashed or was not shut

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread Todd -
> > I have a USB card in my Beige G3 and use a USB mouse which doesn't work > until the extensions have loaded for it as Valter mentioned so if I get > that message I have to hit Return key for it to clear and continue. > > > Todd M -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Grou

Re: Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 11-06-2012 16:24, AppleMac Revisited ha scritto: > Can anybody help me revive my quite old G3? > > Specification: > Beige G3 > Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache I'd be happy to help you (although I have no idea, at the moment, about your particular issue). I had the very same Mac years ago,

Re: Leopard won't install on G5 1.8ghz dual power mac.

2012-06-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 10, 2012, at 10:28 PM, TFH wrote: I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which does not have a dual layer dvd drive. AFAIK all DVD drives can read dual-layer media. The only difference is whether or not they can burn or create dual-layer media. Since all G5's

Re: Leopard won't install on G5 1.8ghz dual power mac.

2012-06-11 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 10, 2012, at 8:28 PM, TFH wrote: > I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which > does not have a dual layer dvd drive. I've installed Tiger 4.11, and > it is stable and fast. I've tried putting the Leopard dvd onto my > external HD in it's own partition, (had outsi

Leopard won't install on G5 1.8ghz dual power mac.

2012-06-11 Thread TFH
I'm rehabbing this 2004 model (Dual G5 1.8, 2GB ram, 250GB HD) which does not have a dual layer dvd drive. I've installed Tiger 4.11, and it is stable and fast. I've tried putting the Leopard dvd onto my external HD in it's own partition, (had outside help with this) but it won't install. I've made

Bringing G3 back into use

2012-06-11 Thread AppleMac Revisited
Can anybody help me revive my quite old G3? Specification: Beige G3 Power PC G3 266MHz 1MB Cache 64MB/4GB HD/24x CD/MSO 24 Nov 1998 06:53:13 Serial No. CK8480X3DZ5 OS 8.5 Machine has been out of use for a couple of years. Rebooted it this morning, screen message came up: “Your computer crashed

Re: Mailplane and Google.com kaput

2012-06-11 Thread Geke
Glad you got it working. TenFourFox is not just an escape; I think it's the best browser, as long as you don't need Flash video (which may not work properly anyway with a G4). Just one thing that comes to mind: maybe there's a problem with cookies and that's why it's limited to those few sites? Se

Re: Mailplane and Google.com kaput

2012-06-11 Thread tina
Den Fredag, 8/6 2012, 01:09, dan auerbach skrev: > As I said in my post, I was using Safari (5.0.6) and Firefox > (3.6.28). Sea Monkey 2.0 worked to go to gmail website but very > slowly. Any other website that I go to gives no problem in any and all > of the above browsers. I created a new user