Tahosa Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 So I have an interesting problem I can't seem to find out about anywhere. I was able to successfully install retail SL (10.6, no updates) on my setup (see sig) but when I start up for the first time and it tries to load the intro movie, I get the "This computer must restart" message which looks like a kernel panic to my newbie eyes, and I suspect it has to to with the graphics kexts I am using. I am not exactly sure which, so any pointers would be helpful. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219673-first-startup-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahosa Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Any ideas? I am still new at this so I am stumped. As far as I can tell the kernel loads just fine, no errors when I specify -v, but if I do, it hangs on a black screen. If I don't specify -v, I get the "This computer must restart" error. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219673-first-startup-problem/#findComment-1479942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahosa Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Turns out it was a kext problem. As I did some more research I found a couple threads describing a similar problem, but only with a hang rather than a panic. I removed all of kexts from /S/L/E which started with NV* (rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/NV*) and it started right up. Now I need to find a way to get graphics acceleration back without breaking things. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219673-first-startup-problem/#findComment-1480514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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