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Is there a fix for the current amount of time you must sit staring at a black screen

before the desktop finally loads? I have an AMD system with an Nvidia 7800 GTX.

I was able to update to 10.5.2 and the graphics update, but now it takes forever

for my system to boot up. Once at the desktop everything moves along like normal

with full QE/CI.

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Is there a fix for the current amount of time you must sit staring at a black screen

before the desktop finally loads? I have an AMD system with an Nvidia 7800 GTX.

I was able to update to 10.5.2 and the graphics update, but now it takes forever

for my system to boot up. Once at the desktop everything moves along like normal

with full QE/CI.

If you used the Kalyway combo, you should install the newer kernel (a separate Kalyway download).

  • 4 weeks later...
  • 1 month later...

When you said you had a long boot, would you just get a gray screen with a cursor spinning? I am trying to get my first successful install of Kalyway 10.5.2 and the furthest I have gotten is the gray screen, it has not gotten past this screen. I am just trying to figure out if this is the same issue? I am running nvidia as well

  • 1 month later...
Ok I fixed this with the new kernel. The problem with the new kernel is you have to be running EFI which I wasn't. Installed EFI and the new kernel and everything is back to normal. Thanks for the advise though.

 

Hey there, I am on an an Intel Pentium M (SSE2) which does not seem to be an option in the updated Kalyway 10.5.2 kernels. The first choice is for the vanilla Apple kernel, and the second choice is for SSE3 only.

 

Which one should I choose for my case? I am getting about 5 min booting time, and most of the time is the black screen after the grey Apple-logo screen. I used Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD, followed by the Kalyway 10.5.2 Combo Installer.

 

Thanks.

I get the same sort of wait on boot, but only when I have my shuffle plugged in. I know it has to be the problem, because it'll sit there and clock forever and eventually get to black screen, and sits there forever, but if I unplug the shuffle at any point, it just kicks into gear immediately. Looks to be a problem with my usb (board wouldn't even post with the shuffle plugged in and usb dos compat turned on in bios). I also have to boot with it plugged in, and then yank it and then plug it back in after deskltop loads before osx will mount it.

 

Kind of similar to my only other issue with my install: randomly when I insert a CD, it'll spin up and shows on the desktop for a split second, then disappears. Acts like the drive is still mounted though, when I hit the eject button nothing happens. It started happening a lot less once I went from two optical drives to one.

 

Otherwise everything works fine. Installed using leo4allv3 checking only via, rhine, and ac97 drivers. Installed nvidia using nvinstaller 41.

 

Celeron D 2.53Ghz

2 GB DDR1 Ram

MSI PM8M2-V Mainboard (via 8237 sata, ac97, rhine 2 ethernet)

HP 630 DVD r/w

WD 500 GB sata HDD

nVidia 5200 128 MB generic card (qe/ci all work, just no transparent menubar)

  • 2 months later...

I have the same problem, after loading everthing, when trying to load the login window it takes about 3-4 minutes to display the interface, meanwhile a black screen is shown

 

How to update to the new kernel like eddie11c said? I have zephyroth 10.5.1 updated to 10.5.4.

 

How to know what version of kernel do I have?

 

Thanks in advance

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