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2,583 reads · 2008-11-06 – 2008-11-07
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lawlessppc 10.5.4 boot up slowly with black screen

i install it with nvinject 0.2.1 and gfx 256m selected. when reboot with -v given,after logiinwindow session started.the screen was black but still booting up the system.for a long time about 5minutes to 10minutes. then system up.auto…

Primary Author
@liony Published 2008-11-06
Collection
Leopard 10.5
Archival Footprint
2,583 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 4 dispatches) · 2008-11-06 – 2008-11-07
Credited Voices (2)
@liony (3)@LawlessPPC

i install it with nvinject 0.2.1 and gfx 256m selected.
when reboot with -v given,after logiinwindow session started.the screen was black but still booting up the system.for a long time about 5minutes to 10minutes. then system up.auto login into desktop.please help !
p.s:sorry for my bad english.

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @liony

Author Update #1 @liony 2008-11-07

nForce 560 chipset
SATA mode with AHCI selected
installed with nForceATA selected

Author Update #2 @liony 2008-11-07

i just tried to remove NVinject and AppleNForceATA kexts.
it's the same problem.
i don't know how to fix this problem

Synthesized Community Field Notes

1 technical responses curated from 4 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @LawlessPPC 2008-11-06

what chipset have you got and what chipset driver did you install. If i had to guess at anything i would say its only running in generic ide mode

Sources & Contributor Provenance (2 credited usernames · Thread #1558)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@lionyPrimary Author32008-11-06 → 2008-11-07
@LawlessPPCContributor12008-11-06