dsc106 Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 My specs: XFX Nvidia GeForce 7800gt 256mb PCI-Express AMD Athlon x2 4800+ w/sse3, socket 939 ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 4gb ocz pc 3200 ddr RAM 200gb IDE Maxtor HDD secondary master, one partition I used the pkg installer to install the macvidia drivers 1081 (update release only). It copied them to extensions directory, and said it needed to reboot. (please note I have had absolutely no other drivers for my graphics that I tried installing before this, or for anything for that matter. All I have is the jas 10.4.8 install with the AMD extensions selected during install). Anyway, rebooted, and now it goes to the grey apple screen, flashes a couple times, then freezes saying that I need to restart my computer. When I started with -v, the last thing I saw was a message (shoot I forgot... but it was the one about no airport command or key or something). Any ideas? Also, is there a command to boot in a safe mode or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 boot in safe mode: -x at darwin boot promt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsc106 Posted May 2, 2007 Author Share Posted May 2, 2007 Safe mode didn't work. I am trying to boot using -s command. And then remove the four files from the /system/library/extensions/ the files are NVidiaGA.plugin NVidiaGLDriver.bundle NVDriver.kext NVidia.kext apparently they aren't just files though, they are directories? So anyway I tried to use the RM command, but it says they are read only files or something. Do I need root access? If so, how can I get access to remove these directories/files? Does it have something to do with sudo or chmod? Sorry I am new to all of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Here just follow this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=41603&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsc106 Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Hey RAMM, thank you, I really appreciate all your replies and help to my questions. I had some trouble with this one, though. I followed the instructions in the thread you linked to, but when I went to delete the files, I got the message for each one of them: "Read-only file system" I booted with -s, and then when the prompt came up I typed sudo -s So I should have root privelleges? Any idea what the problem is (anyone)? Thanks a bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsc106 Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 mmm k. I fixed the read only problem by doing this: mount -rw -a But now when I load, while I don't get the "must reboot" screen, it just stays at the apple screen forever, with the little circular thing still spinning/animating. But it just stays there, and spins, and spins, and spins... forever. Booted with -v and the last line it stops at is: skgeosx: setMulticastMode on So I tried using -x to boot in safe mode. Still hangs at the grey apple screen, with the animated circle thing spinning, spinning, spinning, its little bars attempting to hypnotizing me into a deep sleep of anger and frustration. *** So I used -x & -v and it looks like now, it says unable to get ethernet address. and then every so often a another line pops up with the DNS responder as if it is going out trying to get access or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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