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Machine: B&W G3 ziffed to G4 running Panther fully updated. Dual CRT displays, the master (with the menu bar) on the built-in Rage 128 and the other on a Villagetronic MPDD Pro PCI card.
Problem: After repairing permissions or optimizing, the machine will not restart in Panther. The display on the Rage 128 immediately begins a five-second on-off cycle and the restart hangs there. The other screen lights, but nothing appears.
One Solution: Since I can't always get the machine to start up in 9.2.2 by holding down the option key, I must use an OS 9.2 CD and hold down the C key. As soon as that starts (normally, showing both screens), I change the startup disk to Panther and all is well - a perfect start with both screens. When I select 9.2.2 as the startup disk, that works too.
A maybe: In my old Beige G3, I could fix Rage 128 problems by starting with Cmd-Opt-O-F down, then init-nvram, set-defaults, and reset-all. Don't know if this works and conservatively haven't tried it on the B&W. Zapping PRAM doesn't help.
Suggestions?
Problem: After repairing permissions or optimizing, the machine will not restart in Panther. The display on the Rage 128 immediately begins a five-second on-off cycle and the restart hangs there. The other screen lights, but nothing appears.
One Solution: Since I can't always get the machine to start up in 9.2.2 by holding down the option key, I must use an OS 9.2 CD and hold down the C key. As soon as that starts (normally, showing both screens), I change the startup disk to Panther and all is well - a perfect start with both screens. When I select 9.2.2 as the startup disk, that works too.
A maybe: In my old Beige G3, I could fix Rage 128 problems by starting with Cmd-Opt-O-F down, then init-nvram, set-defaults, and reset-all. Don't know if this works and conservatively haven't tried it on the B&W. Zapping PRAM doesn't help.
Suggestions?