weirdness with 0.3pre when trying to boot 10.3

iplayband07 · Post by **iplayband07** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:29 pm

I don't know if this is a bug with ppc or if there is something wrong with my config file.. but this is what happens..

I start PearPC and choose the partition to boot then the grey screen with the apple and little spinny thing comes up for a few minutes.. and then my window shrinks to where you can only see the 3 buttons on the title bar.. does anyone know whats wrong?

heres a screenshot

http://iplayband.vzz.net/ppc.html

OSX · Post by **OSX** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:50 pm

Yup that is the same problem I am having. I got this problem on the latest .3pre. I'm sure the next pre.3 build will fix that. :D

robojam · Post by **robojam** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:06 pm

Remember that the 0.2 version is still a pre-release, so any pre-pre-releases are bound to have plenty of bugs coming and going as new builds are available.

It's probably a good idea to keep hold of a build that you know is working every time you get a new one so that you can revert to it if there are too many bugs in the new build.

scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:29 pm

I did the install of Panther with .3pre and I got the same error.
When I did the install w/ .2 and then opened with .3pre all was fine.

robojam · Post by **robojam** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:43 pm

I think that's common - there are a few posts advising people to install with the official version and then upgrade if they want to. It saves a lot of install problems...

Cybermagellan · Post by **Cybermagellan** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:10 pm

Might wanna try this....Edit your config file to read the following..

Current:

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## Resolution
##	
##	0: 640x480x15
##	1: 640x480x32
##	2: 800x600x15
##	3: 800x600x32
##	4: 1024x768x15
##	5: 1024x768x32
##
##	default: 2

ppc_start_resolution = "3"

Try changing it to:

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## Resolution
##	
##	0: 640x480x15
##	1: 640x480x32
##	2: 800x600x15
##	3: 800x600x32
##	4: 1024x768x15
##	5: 1024x768x32
##
##	default: 2

ppc_start_resolution = "800x600x32"

or whatever your OSX resolution range is. [/quote]

iplayband07 · Post by **iplayband07** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:38 pm

i already have it set like that

jbartone · Post by **jbartone** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:56 pm

I hope the boot problems are fixed soon...0.2.0 is waaaaaaaaaaay slower than 0.3pre

Cybermagellan · Post by **Cybermagellan** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:41 am

Is anyone trying to run 0.3 on this post?

jbartone · Post by **jbartone** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 2:50 am

The original poster?

Yukon Kid · Post by **Yukon Kid** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:57 pm

I have the same problem, and i always try to run the newest dl.

I tried to adjust the start up resolution and that is what started the problem.

I have the start up res and the osx res set to the same and i can get it to start.

iplayband07 · Post by **iplayband07** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:21 pm

itried putting them to the same resolution but it still causes the problem.. could it be because i have it on 1280x768x32?

Cybermagellan · Post by **Cybermagellan** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 1:21 am

Prehaps...set it to that....if that doesn't work set it at the 800x600x32 and see if that works for you.

iplayband07 · Post by **iplayband07** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:54 am

i ended up reinstalling panther because i was also having problems with my login account because osx changed my password..(don't know how) so i couldn't install anything... etc.

I used .2 to install and then tried .3pre and it works great.. what a speed difference! and the clock works right

My "mac" thinks its a 700MHz G3 with 400MB memory.. :D