Darwin/BSD login screen?

After trying to update my Powermac G3 to 10.4.8 (from 10.4.2) I got a message saying the hard drive is almost full and it couldn't install the update. The next time I turned the computer on, it took a long time to start up. When i tried to login in, it looked like it was logging in normally. The login window disappeared and the screen turned blue. The the screen went black and said
Darwin/BSD (computer name) (console)
login:
one account can login here and one can't. I've tried repair disk permissions, repair disk, reset PRAM, safe mode, reset NVRAM. I have network access to that computer so i can see the contents of that hard drive.
Does anyone know a way i can get Aqua to run again?

gameguy
OK, your first three lines of the first extract, and all of the second extract, are possibly caused by disk space shortage, so we'll ignore those for now. I'm still concerned by your free disk space.
I am pretty sure that it doesn't have to do with a lack of disk space since it had been running fine for a long time with only 250MB free.Many of my colleagues would have a fit if they saw that! They think I am foolish to only have 3.8 GB free! (I've now upped that to 5.8 GB).
Thomas suggested removing the vm swap files—that would do no good since they are removed at startup anyway. But as soon as you restart, the firs swap file will be created, and it requires 67MB.
Thomas's other suggestion, to try a Safe Boot, is a good one, because it will force a check and repair of your disk. It may not get you to the GUI login, but at least we'll know your filesystem is OK. See:
Mac OS X: How to Start Up in Safe Mode
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
Mac OS X: Safe Boot Takes Longer Than Normal Startup
Mac OS X 10.4: Computer shuts down during Safe Boot
Hopefully the last of these won't be applicable.
When you've done that, post back and we'll try to address the "AuthorizationRef doesn't have a username" problem, which is, as you mentioned, a NetInfo database issue.

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Startup Leads to Darwin/BSD Login Screen

After scouring this discussion forum for solutions to my problem, I've come up with multiple partial answers, but nothing that really fixes my system. I was working in Photoshop (CS2) yesterday when the program quit and refused to open again. So I shut it down and rebooted the machine. The gray screen with the Apple and the progress bar came up for about 10 minutes, then switched to a black console Darwin/BSD login screen. Unfortunately, I don't know my login, because my machine is set to auto-login.
I found this old post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1545778&#1545778
Which was VERY helpful. I followed Michael Conniff's directions carefully, checking the log and running 'fsck'. But the error messages I'm seeing are different than the ones listed in that post.
I tried restoring the NetInfo database, as per the previous post, but when I rebooted, I still got stuck at the gray screen with the Apple logo.
Please help!
PowerPC Mac Mini G4 1.2Ghz Mac OS X (10.3.9) 512MB RAM . 80GB HD . AirPort . Wired Keyboard / Mouse

Scott
Welcome to Apple Discussions!!
Login authorization failed (60005)!
AuthorizationRef doesn't have a usernameYou really should start a new Topic instead of tagging on to an old one, since frogface's problem has moved on from his original post.
However, given the current behaviour of the forums I will reply here if I can, since there's no guarantee of me seeing a new topic
Standard post follows:
Where the system log shows "AuthorizationRef doesn't have a username" followed by "exiting to console", the NetInfo database is corrupt. so we will need to give you a new one. This will involve re-creating the user accounts (don't worry, this doesn't take too long) but the order in which they are created matters. I recommend you print this out in a largish mono-spaced font so you don't miss any spaces (or add extra ones). Note that case is important.
Start up in Single User Mode (see Mac OS X: How to Start up in Single-User or Verbose Mode for details) and type carefully:
/sbin/fsck -fyRepeat the above until it says your disk is OK. Then:
/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /var/db/netinfo
mv -f local.nidb/ local.nidb.bad
rm -f /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
ls -ln /UsersThis last command will give you one line for each user, plus one for the "Shared" directory, which doesn't interest us. Each user will have a line like one of these:
<pre>drwxr-xr-x 29 501 501 986 Jan 17 18:38 michaelc
drwxr-xr-x 14 520 20 476 Sep 10 2004 jdoe</pre>The second numeric field (501, 520) is the user ID (UID) and you need to list the uids against the shortname s given in the final column. Make sure you get the name right for UID 501! Then continue with
rebootWhen you restart, you should get the Setup Assistant, just as if it was a new machine. You will be prompted for all of your user information. Be careful to use the same short name as previously for user 501.
If there are any further users, these can be added, in the order of their UIDs, i.e. 502, 503 …, using System Preferences > Accounts. Again, be careful to use the same shortname. If there are any gaps in the UID sequence 501, 502, … you will need to create dummy users to fill them. These can later be deleted.
Post back if there's anything you have difficulty with …

Can't stop getting Darwin/BSD login; can't log in or start up in Safe Mode

Hi. I'm on an iBook G4 and I think I'm running OS 10.4.1 but I'm unsure. When I turned on my computer tonight, the grey screen popped up, but instead of going to my normal login screen, it went to the black Darwin/BSD screen.
After searching the Support site here as well as Googling, I logged into the Darwin screen and did... something with fsck. At the #root prompt, I typed in /sbin/fsck/ -fy. The screen said that if I wanted to continue checking, I needed to type in "-f", I think, so I did... It said there were "overlapping extent allocation errors" and then it said that it had repaired something. But it didn't say the hard disk "appeared to be okay."
I then (foolishly?) tried to restart my computer in Safe Mode, but it booted in Darwin again.
I then tried to log back into the Darwin screen, but this time it didn't let me -- I type in my username and password and it tells me my password is incorrect. So now I'm worried that I screwed something up during my adventures in fsck.
I also am unable to find the disk that came with my iBook (I honestly don't remember an OS X disk coming with my iBook, but it must've), so I can't reboot from the disk.
I have a desktop G4 with an older version of OS X (10.3, I think)... I'm not sure if I can use that to do Target Disk Mode for this problem or not. (That computer also doesn't have internet access; I'm typing right now from my sister's PC.)
Help?
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.1)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Juhme:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
First, I suggest that you try this fix suggested by Michael Conniff in this thread.
Next, since it is possible that the fix may not work for you, and you may need to re-install or Archive and Install, you will need to have install disks. Tiger can be purchased from the Apple Store or, on CDs, from applerescue.
If you do not have a backup of your data, yes, using Firewire Target Disk Mode will be one way to rescue your data at this point. If you need assistance with this please post back.
Good luck.
cornelius

Booting to Darwin/BSD login/password

Help! Upon doing the recommended Apple Updates, my comuter boots to a black screen asking for
Darwin/BSD (my name-Computer.local) (console)
login:
I executed some suggestions from other posts and it accepted a login & password, but then I get "Welcome to Darwin".
Help!

Sojourner:
I thought I'd share the more technical Unix approach first. I am not at all adept at Unix. Michael Coniff, who posted that solution also posts in the Unix Forum, but also frequents these pages. My own solution was more rudimentary. I share it here not because it is any way exemplary, but because it worked for me.
Here is an account of how I dealt with the issue:Nov 3, 2005 11:54 AM
I was finally able to get the iBook to boot from the install disk, after failing to get it to boot from TechTool Pro CD. Disk Utility reports a lot of extent allocation file overlaps that it can't repair. I was able to select my LaCie external boot drive as a Startup drive. I have TechTool Pro installed on it and am now running TechTool Pro. Hopefully this will straighten out those overlapping extent allocation files. Will keep you posted.
Nov 4, 2005 1:24 PM
After being able to get into the iBook by booting from my LaCie boot drive I ran DU and found all kinds of overlapping directories that DU couldn't repair.
Went to TechToolPro and repaired, rebuilt directories, optimized drives (took all night; my son-in-law never did any maintenance and almost 20,000 disk fragments). So I thought, for sure we had taken care of Darwin. However, rebooted from the iBook this a.m. and, sure enough, there was Darwin again.
So I am in the process of cloning the entire drive to an empty partition on my LaCie reserved for just such emergencies. Then I plan to wipe the entire HDD and write zeros all over it. Then reinstall and restore. Hope that takes care of the little devil. Will let you know.
Nov 4, 2005 7:59 PM
The project is complete. I have reinstalled Tiger and restored the User Folder, and the computer boots on its own. Darwin must be lurking somewhere, which is fine, so long as he doesn't show up on the display.Here is the link to that thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1047613&#1047613
Good luck.
cornelius

Darwin/bsd login

hey, i have a powerbook running OSX - a little while ago i was online and it froze up completely. i turned it off and turned it on again and now it refues to load OSX, instead it just goes to console mode.
it comes up with a message saying:
darwin/bsd (and the name of my computer)
it then asks me to login, however no combination of login name or password helps.
i've looked around online for solutions but have yet to find any, i would greatly appreciate some help.
thankyou

Some solutions are proposed in this discussion:
Apple - Support - Discussions - Booting to Darwin-BSD Screen

Darwin/bsd screen??

Hi, I know this has been asked about before but a lot of the answers went over my head and some of the links were no longer working etc. Aside from design programs I'm not overly clued in about this stuff but i'm not too bad at figuring things out and following instructions so if someone could help that'd be awesome.
the other day my husband was using my powerbook G4 when it started going really slow (spinning coloured circle styles) so he quit out of everything and restarted and when it restarted it went to the black darwin/bsd login screen....
I can log in but I really have no idea what to do from there.
I followed some other instructions about a fsck etc etc until it said it "appears to be ok" but then I still don't know what to do from that and every time I restart it still goes to the darwin/bsd screen.
I have stuff on this machine that I hadn't backed up(stupid I know) that I'd rather not lose. Any help on what I should do would be appreciated.
I'm not so bothered about the laptop as I just got a new imac, so even if there's just a way to get my stuff off the laptop that would be cool.
Thanks

retanraiz :
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
The Darwin/BSD screen results from a corrupted NetInfo database. Michael Conniff has authored a method that works better in Panther (10.3x) than in Tiger. You can try it, if you wish.
The other option is to backup your data and do an Archive and Install.
If you are able to boot your computer into Firewire Target Disk Mode and you have access to a second Mac that supports firewire, you can backup your data to the HDD of the second Mac. The article linked has directions. However, if you have questions about this, please do not hesitate to post back and ask.
Good luck.
cornelius

Booting in Darwin/bsd question

Hello, I have a macbook that starts up to the darwin/bsd login: screen. I followed the first two steps from Micheal Conniff's posts to a similar question, but this is where i get stuck.
I get to where the log says:
loginwindow[64]: Login Window Started Security Agent
loginwindow[64]: Terminate WaitinForLoginWindow (51)
loginwindow[64]: AuthorisationRef doesn't have a username (<LoginAuthRefMgr: 0x338bc0>).\n
launchd: onoption repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping
If anyone has any advice or experience with the same problem, I would really appreciate the help. Thanks alot.
John

In all likelihood, securityagent is crashing because of a problem with the NetInfo database.
Oh, ok, if the NetInfo database is potentially the root cause and probably has to get fixed anyway, I'll work on that. Any idea why the NetInfo database would just suddenly start causing a problem, and how to prevent this from occurring again?
So I'm to rename local.nidb, delete .AppleSetupDone, then reboot? Is there a typo in your instructions, does the "/" after ".nidb" belong there?
This sounds similar to Apple's "Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server: How to Replace the NetInfo Database" instructions (except Apple doesn't seem to care about matching UIDs & shortnames!), in there they also mention the possibility of restoring from a potentially extant automated backup of your NetInfo database, is this a procedure I should be considering, would it be easier or better than restoring it via Setup Assistant?
If you still think going ahead via Setup Assistant is a better route, I have to figure-out if I think I can guide her through it over the phone. Do you have a rough idea of what info I need to be able to supply besides the UIDs & shortnames? If this works as you expect it to, what's the end state we're left in, is the system likely to be perfectly back to normal and function again as though none of this happened or is there expected to be additional recovery steps to do after this? How risky/disruptive would this be for me to intentionally do this (rename local.nidb) to my own machine (like hers, PB G4 17", except I'm OS 10.4.2) so that I know how it will look when she runs Setup Assistant, would that be a good idea?
bear in mind the time difference and the fact CSI is on tonight
I know there's lots of CSI fans out there but personally once I'd watched all the "Battlestar: Galactica", "24", & "Robot Chicken" sitting on my DVR I'd go watch re-runs of "Stargate" (many I've never seen). But enjoy!

From being stuck in Darwin/BSD to a blue screen loop

Hi,
I guess I must face the idea that my BabyMac might be dead. But, I'm going to keep trying until I know for sure.
I was changing permissions this pm, and Restarted the Finder... then restarted. When the computer booted up, it took me only to the Darwin/BSD (console) screen. My disc drive doesn't seem to be working, or maybe my disc, so that's moot.
I followed the directions given by Michael Conniff on "Restoring the NetInfo database after an Authorisation failure,". I may have messed up on where it says that "...you need to list the uids against the shortnames given in the final column" because I don't understand what is meant by "list." List them where? How? BUT, nevertheless, I then continued with "reboot" as stated.
Instead of starting up in the Setup Assistant mode, the computer seems stuck in a loop between a blue screen with the curser (about 2 sec), a blank blue screen (flash), then a blue screen with the little rotating grey circle (about 2 seconds) then another blue flash, then everything all over again.
That is where I'm at now. Any suggestions on how to get my BabyMac back?

Hi,
I guess I must face the idea that my BabyMac might be dead. But, I'm going to keep trying until I know for sure.
I was changing permissions this pm, and Restarted the Finder... then restarted. When the computer booted up, it took me only to the Darwin/BSD (console) screen. My disc drive doesn't seem to be working, or maybe my disc, so that's moot.
I followed the directions given by Michael Conniff on "Restoring the NetInfo database after an Authorisation failure,". I may have messed up on where it says that "...you need to list the uids against the shortnames given in the final column" because I don't understand what is meant by "list." List them where? How? BUT, nevertheless, I then continued with "reboot" as stated.
Instead of starting up in the Setup Assistant mode, the computer seems stuck in a loop between a blue screen with the curser (about 2 sec), a blank blue screen (flash), then a blue screen with the little rotating grey circle (about 2 seconds) then another blue flash, then everything all over again.
That is where I'm at now. Any suggestions on how to get my BabyMac back?

Michael C stopped my MacBook booting into Darwin/BSD, but it is now sloooow

I am testing a MacBook 2.16 GHz for possible use at work. Upgraded to 3GB RAM and Hitachi 200GB HD. Performance was great after a week, but one day I got a dark screen at bootup with the Darwin/BSD-login-password message that a lot of people seem to get. I followed Michael Conniff's advice (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4550428) and got the system to boot into the GUI properly. But ever since then performance has been very slow: e.g. selecting the Date and Time takes 5 seconds to launch and clicking on the AirPort icon takes the same amount of time to produce the drop-down menu. It's like the MacBook is running in slow-motion. The exception is the Dock: it pops up quickly and the Apps scroll by quickly. Launching the Apps is another matter, though.
NO OTHER APPS INSTALLED. Really. No MS programs or even freeware. Just iLife '08. All the current updates have been installed. Zapped the PRAM, ran Disk Utility to check the disk and verify permissions--even booted into single-user mode and ran fsck (disk was okay). Tonight I reinstalled the OS in a clean install, installed all the updates, and afterwards the MacBook is just as slow. What is going on? If it's this slow, I guess I won't be using Parallels anytime soon to replace my Dell!

Well, this has been frustrating. The original hard disk also will occasionally boot into Darwin and menu selection is still very sluggish. The local Apple Store won't touch an Apple recertified MacBook--even one that was just delivered a couple of days ago from the Apple Store Online. I then spent several hours on the phone, mostly on hold, but sometimes transferred in a closed loop from Customer Support to Tech Support and back to Customer Support. Sadly, the case number I was given by a rep (the third one I spoke to) isn't showing up as valid either. At this point I just want to return the MacBook (which I think I still can), but I can't reach anyone to arrange for this!

Mac drops to BSD login console.

Hi all,
I am new to the apple forum (and new to mac Os... I usually work in a gentoo linux environment). And, since having updated system software, My mac book pro drops to the nongraphical system console right after I enter the password in the graphical login window.
With some googling I have seen that quite a few mac users are having the same problem... so I tried ALL the solutions suggested (like rebuilding the netinfo database etc etc...)
The last lines of my system.log are, as all others with my same problem, roughly like this:
Oct 4 05:49:02 soyu crashdump[151]: SecurityAgent crashed
Oct 4 05:49:03 soyu loginwindow[95]: AuthorizationRef doesn't have a username (<LoginAuthRefMgr: 0x3385b0>).\n
(I think this is the relevant part.... does not seem to me that the crashdump log add any relevant info)
ALL others with the same problem seem to have reverted to an Archive and Install... Might be my Linux way of thinking, but:
I am sure that there must be a possibility to solve this problem without having to reinstall all config data (the reinstall to fix philosophy is one of the things that turned me away from Windows a lot of time ago)
(I have also bootcamp installed with WinXP + parallels with linux and winXP, plus fink with a whole lot of unix dev tools.... It would take me to much time)
Does anyone have any suggestion ?

...
I also have another problem:
I am trying to connect remotely to my "console only" mac, but the net is down... (I switched off AirPort just before the software update... after the update process finished asking me to reboot, I got the BSD login screen as said above)
So, reading the "command line OsX guide" I am trying to reenable AirPort and connect to my home network (so I can try doing something from my other PC, the one I'm using now).
the commands I issued are the following (I have to manually write them, since I have no network)
prompt > *sudo ./networksetup-panther -setairportpower on*
You cannot set AirPort power because all AirPort network services are disabled.
ok... so I have to enable services....
prompt > *sudo ./networksetup-panther -setnetworkserviceenabled AirPort on*
prompt > *sudo ./networksetup-panther -getnetworkserviceenabled Airport*
Enabled
prompt > *sudo ./networksetup-panther -setairportpower on*
You cannot set AirPort power because all AirPort network services are disabled.
... uhhh !? (maybe I am missing something ?)
by the way, I found yesterday a file (that I can't find anymore now) telling me that among the updates were also AirPort sw and Firmware... (do not know if this helps...)
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Darwin/BSD setup problem

I have rebuilt the netinfo db and rebooted using michael conniff's procedure after being stuck at the darwin/BSD login and password page and run through the initial setup, but when I reboot I begin the setup process however my computer seems to get stuck in third page, choose keyboard language. I hit continue and nothing happens. I keep trying to go back but nothing happens when I select the
language again and hit continue. Any suggestions? please help
claudia

Assuming nobody else has a better idea... The obvious assumption here is that your system is fairly well stomped, either the disk volume structures or potentially failing or faulty disk or system hardware.
I'm going to hope that you do have a current disk backup. If not, you're well deep into a difficult area now, as the next sequence involved here is to reset the PRAM (NVRAM on Intel), and (worst case) to reinstall from the DVD distro. (See below for target disk mode.)
Insert the distro DVD and hold down C when you boot up. Try using Disk Utility for its disk repair, and for its repair permissions. See if this allows you to reboot.
Insert the distro DVD and hold down D when you power up. This starts up the hardware diagnostics. Run some tests and see if something turns up.
Hold ApplePR when you power up, and continue holding until past the third startup chime. Now see if you can reboot after the PRAM/NVRAM reset; see if this gets you past your error.
The last in the sequence here is to boot the DVD (again, hold C down when you power up) and to re-install after wiping the disk.
If you have access to another Mac and you don't have a current backup of your data, power up the box holding T. This is FireWire target disk mode, and allows you to connect into your Mac disk from another Mac. This can potentially allow you to fetch over your files from the other Mac; to use your Mac disk as an external drive from another Mac.

My kids pushed something and this message comes up on a black screen: Darwin/BSD (new-host-4.home)(console) Login: What do I do to fix it?

My kids pushed something and this message comes up on a black screen: Darwin/BSD (new-host-4.home)(console) Login: What do I do to fix it?

Maybe I've spoken to quickly, see this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/320663?tstart=0

Installed new software, after restart black screen with Darwin/BSD promt

Hi
I have been struggling with thisissue. I installed some new software, a webcam driver called ilook 1321. I restarted my computer but forgot to take the disc out!
Now when I start my ibook G4 i get the black screen with Darwin/BSD (localhost) (console) and login. It accepts my usual login and password, then tells me my last login details and leaves me with localhost: Clarekristensen$.
I have done the disk utility repair, no problems, I also did the fcsk commands, but still goes back to the Darwin command.
I tried to do the Repair disk permissions but this failed with the message "no valid packages". On disc check I saw I had 25.6 gb of space left.
I am now at a complete loss what to do next. I have not backed up for a while so really don't want to re-install Mac OS X and wipe my disk.
Hopefully yours
Clarek BsD

Hi Clarek BsD, and a warm welcome to the forums again!
On that error...
Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: Disk Utility shows a "No Valid Packages" alert...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25704-no
Here's the steps I'd take...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
If it can't repair for any reason, stop here and report back.
Appears to be time for an Archive & Install, which gives you a new OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

Imac G4 black screen - darwin/BSD??? bash - 2.05a$

Wow what does this mean!!??
We were installing the operating software when we were asked for a password,
we had to reset password which we did, started up the computer again, got to log in screen, entered password and then............
black screen comes up with -
Darwin/BSD (macintosh.local.) (console)
login:
so we enter log in and password
it then says - Welcome to Darwin!
bash - 2.05a$
and thats it, thats where we are at!!!!
i just want my computer back! PLEASE PLEASE help!!!

all done

Restarted G4 and got "Darwin/BSD (Amnesiac) (console)" on black screen

Hi,
I had been playing music on my PB G4 for a while and when I came back to it to turn off the music I noticed that none of the info. in the menu bar was there (date/time/battery/volume etc.). This happened a few days ago also, so this time I decided to Restart. When I selected Restart, my computer didn't ask the usual, "Are you sure you want to restart?". Instead, the screen just went black and said, "Darwin/BSD (Amnesiac) (console)" and below asked for a login and then password. Well, I got my login wrong, so it said "incorrect login" and then returned to the same screen again. This time I think I got my login/password right but it still returned to the same black screen. At that point I pushed the power button and the computer turned off. After a few seconds I pushed it again to start up. It started up fine and I'm now backing up all my files, but should I be worried???

roxy_leopard:
The Darwin screen is usually caused by a corrupted NetInfo database, which usually involves trying to sort it out in Single User Mode. Sometimes a complete reformat and re-install is needed. That is why I suggest keeping your backup up to date, and do regular maintenance. However, if you have been running since your recovery, it is unlikely to recur, although there are no guarantees.
Cheers
cornelius

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