stepping back to X.2.6

metropical · 02-19-2004, 09:22 AM

G3 beige, 320M, 450Mhz, PCI USB, FW & AudioMedia III (OS 9 partition)

I had X running fine up to .2.6.
I updated to .2.8 and all heck broke lose.
The monitor and system would sleep at random and not be able to be woked up w/o a warm restart.

First question. I can't remember originally, if I updated to .2.6 with my SCSI buss disconnected, but I know for sure that I didn't when I upped to .2.8.
Could this have been the likely source of sudden sleep?

In any case, I just reinstalled up to .2.6 with the SCSI buss disconnected. (First 8G is OSX partition) So far so good. I didn't do the "wipe" install, but rather the save old system install. So I have a folder of the old system that is taking up space. I dumped the apps from that folder, as they were all the old Apple apps that have been reinstalled. Is there anything from that old system that I can or should use and put back? Or am I best off tossing it or what?
Obviously there are some prefs and the like that I need that are no longer in "my" system. Like the Transport monitor for Palm Desktop. Do I just reinstall that app?

In my original X install, I didn't have to log in each start up, as I'm the only user of my Mac. Now I have to log in on each start. I'd like to change back to the no log in method. I don't see anything in sys prefs, so was it some app like Cocktail or TinkerTool that allowed for that?

Thanks

DeltaMac · 02-19-2004, 06:28 PM

there's a box to select called 'auto-log-in' in your Users pref pane, I think (I don't have 10.2 in front of me) When you select that box, the system will ask you to authenticate, and verify that user will be the auto log-in.

metropical · 02-19-2004, 09:30 PM

got it. thanks for that part of it.

ManicMoov · 02-20-2004, 03:59 PM

Thank goodness someone else is having this problem.

I've been tearing my hair out today trying to install and then update 10.2 on an ageing Beige G3 Server.
Everything goes smoothly until 'Software Update' advises me to update directly to 10.2.8, which I do, only to find that my machine and monitor go to sleep (coma) for no reason.
Well I say no reason, it seems to be when I open the first App or Folder after the restart.

Sorry I have no answers, but I will watch this thread with great interest.

Does anybody know whether the problem is resolved with 10.3?

metropical · 02-20-2004, 07:49 PM

here's what I ended up doing to fix it.
reinstalled X.2.6. Annoying, but a fix.
Panther isn't supported in our beige G3's w/o video upgrade to PCI Rage 128 or Radeon 7000, non AGP versions for Mac. About $50 used. And then, who knows. I think I'm done updating. G5 this year.

BTW, when I re-installed X.2.6, I went back to the Jag CD and installed that. I didn't do the wipe your drive version, but the save old unusable system version. Then I installed X.2.5 then X.2.6.

So far so good. I lost a couple items, but I have back-ups.

got to move with the times or be outcast

02-19-2004, 09:22 AM	#1
metropical Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NYC/LI Posts: 78	stepping back to X.2.6 G3 beige, 320M, 450Mhz, PCI USB, FW & AudioMedia III (OS 9 partition) I had X running fine up to .2.6. I updated to .2.8 and all heck broke lose. The monitor and system would sleep at random and not be able to be woked up w/o a warm restart. First question. I can't remember originally, if I updated to .2.6 with my SCSI buss disconnected, but I know for sure that I didn't when I upped to .2.8. Could this have been the likely source of sudden sleep? In any case, I just reinstalled up to .2.6 with the SCSI buss disconnected. (First 8G is OSX partition) So far so good. I didn't do the "wipe" install, but rather the save old system install. So I have a folder of the old system that is taking up space. I dumped the apps from that folder, as they were all the old Apple apps that have been reinstalled. Is there anything from that old system that I can or should use and put back? Or am I best off tossing it or what? Obviously there are some prefs and the like that I need that are no longer in "my" system. Like the Transport monitor for Palm Desktop. Do I just reinstall that app? In my original X install, I didn't have to log in each start up, as I'm the only user of my Mac. Now I have to log in on each start. I'd like to change back to the no log in method. I don't see anything in sys prefs, so was it some app like Cocktail or TinkerTool that allowed for that? Thanks

02-20-2004, 03:59 PM	#4
ManicMoov Prospect Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Coulsdon, Surrey, England Posts: 9	Thank goodness someone else is having this problem. I've been tearing my hair out today trying to install and then update 10.2 on an ageing Beige G3 Server. Everything goes smoothly until 'Software Update' advises me to update directly to 10.2.8, which I do, only to find that my machine and monitor go to sleep (coma) for no reason. Well I say no reason, it seems to be when I open the first App or Folder after the restart. Sorry I have no answers, but I will watch this thread with great interest. Does anybody know whether the problem is resolved with 10.3? Last edited by ManicMoov; 02-20-2004 at 04:24 PM.

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02-19-2004, 06:28 PM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,996	there's a box to select called 'auto-log-in' in your Users pref pane, I think (I don't have 10.2 in front of me) When you select that box, the system will ask you to authenticate, and verify that user will be the auto log-in.

02-19-2004, 09:30 PM	#3
metropical Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NYC/LI Posts: 78	got it. thanks for that part of it.

02-20-2004, 07:49 PM	#5
metropical Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NYC/LI Posts: 78	here's what I ended up doing to fix it. reinstalled X.2.6. Annoying, but a fix. Panther isn't supported in our beige G3's w/o video upgrade to PCI Rage 128 or Radeon 7000, non AGP versions for Mac. About $50 used. And then, who knows. I think I'm done updating. G5 this year. BTW, when I re-installed X.2.6, I went back to the Jag CD and installed that. I didn't do the wipe your drive version, but the save old unusable system version. Then I installed X.2.5 then X.2.6. So far so good. I lost a couple items, but I have back-ups. got to move with the times or be outcast