Bruce, Have you tried to log in through the tex-only console?
login: >console passwd: [blank] See if that lets you log in. Seems like the Security Update did the system in? It was working fine until then? Maybe it's something low-level like a file system problem. You could try Disk First Aid in 9 and/or boot into single-user mode (cmd-s at startup) and type in "fsck -y". Do you have enough space on that single partition to house both X and 9? Just some ideas. -Charles > I'm trying to install OS X on an 8500. It's got 128 MB of RAM and a > 3 GB disk and a 266 MHz MaxPowr G3 card, all of which have been > working great since 1998. It is otherwise stock. > > What I've done: > > - low level formatted the disk, made a single HFS+ partition > - installed 9.1 > - logged on, allowed the setup program to run, then copied the latest > XPostFacto from another machine using AppleShare. > - installed 10.0 > - logged on, allowed the setup program to run, ran System Preferences > to disable screen saver and Energy Saver, enabled SSH logins, turned > off auto-login. > - rebooted into 9.1 > - installed 10.1 > - logged on, ran Software Update and installed the offered Oct01 > security update > - rebooted > > The machine is now at the login screen. I can SSH in from other > machines and happily do anything e.g. run top. But if I try to log > in I get an eternal spinning beach ball. Top reports 20% CPU being > used by loginwindow, 4% by Window Manager, 2% by kernel_task, 1.3% by > top, 0.1% by sshd, machine otherwise idle with 60 MB free RAM. > > I can still ^Z top and fg it back again, but if I try to do anything > else, such as run ps or ls then the ssh session locks up forever. > > Attempts to ssh in as another session result in no reply and an > eventual timeout. > > It's now impossible to even ping the machine. > > > Any ideas? > > The G3 card is in there, but I haven't yet enabled the 1 MB L2 cache. > My best guess is that something is locking up when it tries to access > the disk. But why? > > -- Bruce -- 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> 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/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
