"blue screen" at startup- still stuck!

So for some reason or another, I've ended up with the "blue screen" at startup problem. when I start my macBook in Leopard, after the apple logo, I get stuck permanently at a blue screen. The first thing I did was to repair the disk but the disk utility told me my disk was fine. Then I tried to do a restore of Mac OS X but after about a minute I get a error message saying "Restore Failure could not restore- File Exists". I have no idea how or why this happened or what it means. I would like to try apple's solution to the problem but they are very vague. They say try an "Archive and Install installation of Leopard". I have no idea how to do that! They say it is covered on "page 7 of the Install & Setup Guide included on the Leopard DVD" but I can't seem to find this so-called "Install & Setup Guide" anywhere on either of the two DVDs. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

It's all in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545?viewlocale=en_US BTW, the setup guide's on the Leopard installation disk (retail version) and not on the disks that came with your machine.

Similar Messages

IMac G5 running OS 10.4.11. Started playing with a bluetooth speaker (may or may not be related). Now I cannot get past the blue screen on startup. I can get into safe mode. Tried install disc for disc utility and reloaded OS. Still get blue screen.

I have an older iMac G5 running OS 10.4.11. The other day I started playing with a bluetooth speaker (may or may not be related). Now I cannot get past the blue screen on startup.
I can get into safe mode. But no regular startup.
I tried disabling bluetooth, thinking that might be related. It didn't help.
I even tried using the install disc to run disc utility. That didn't work so I reloaded the OS.
But I still get hung on the blue screen when trying a normal startup.
All help would be appreciated.

Try resetting the PMU/SMU and PRAM/NVRAM. You'd need to identify the mode of resetting depending on the model of your G5 iMac. The Apple support sites that would help you for this are –
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1767
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
I hope this solves your problem.

Blue screen at startup---have tried EVERYTHING!!! Any ideas???

Hi there, I've got a really frustrating problem concering my husband's iBook G4. One day he got home from work, tried to start up, and got only a blue screen (no cursor.) (This is shortly after updating to 10.4.11, incidentally...coincidence?) We went to the forums, and tried numerous fixes, including:
Booting from install and running disk repair (none needed)
Booting in target disk mode with my mac and removing the login.plist file
Removing all login items from both user accounts in target mode
Attempting a boot (and eventual restore) from the external firewire backup, but it won't get past the blue screen here, either.
It started up in safe mode a couple of times, and even restarted in normal mode once, but then in primary account froze back up after a few minutes. Then it wouldn't even start in safe mode.
Then we did an Archive & Install from the original startup (Panther) but when it got to the login screen, it wouldn't accept either user password (even though the hint indicated we were using the right ones) and then froze. It now won't even boot from this disk, or start up in safe mode.
Everything seems to be intact while perusing it in target disk mode; even ran a hardware test from the Apple Hardware Test disc and that all checked out (no idea if this would have made any difference, but I'm grasping at straws, here!)
I know we did a couple more things suggested in the forums/support pages, but I can't remember what they are at this point...my brain is fried! (Also remember following Apple's instruction's for what to do when you get a blue screen at startup...tried this first thing to no avail.)
Soooooo...any suggestions or ideas? We would greatly appreciate the help!
Thanks so much!
Jennifer

Hi Jennifer,
Ok, so...what's going on today is that Leopard will open to the login screen (sometimes I can log in but generally not), but then the cursor is frozen, as is the keyboard (can't type to login or use shortcuts) and even a usb mouse doesn't work. The only thing I can do is power down with the off button, and upon restarting, if I get past the login, get the message "Computer was restarted after Mac OSX quit unexpectedly" or something like that. (Just restarted from frozen login screen and got blue screen again.)
Wondering if it's Leopard or my wonky install (we started up in target mode, with the install disc in the drive, and opened the installer on my mac, then chose the broken mac hd to install to. Seemed to work, but may this be related to the driver issue you mentioned?) We did it this way (after doing a zero-out erase) because it wouldn't even start up from the install disc itself.
It sounds to me like this method of installing is okay. If you did not have the correct drivers, you could never get as far as you do in Leopard. I am wondering why you install with the disk in your Mac and not in the iBook.
Anyway, have reset the PRAM, still no luck. On the apple page regarding this procedure they mention a power management unit reset for ibooks...would this correspond at all to our problems? Is it something I should try or steer clear of?
Okay. Resetting PRAM was a long shot, but worth trying. I would steer clear of trying to reset PMU. That is related to sleeping, waking and such things and your problems do not seem to be related to that. Also, I have never reset PMU, but from what I recall, it sounded a bit tricky.
Am now attempting to reboot from backup. And yes, when I open Startup Manager, the internal hard drive DOES show up. If that means anything. Have a bootable backup (created with SuperDuper) which also shows up, but when I try to start up with it, I get stuck at blue screen (still.)
As far as the iBook hard drive is concerned, this is a good sign. I am thinking that perhaps the hard drive is okay and the problem is something else.
So, since the iBook originally came with Panther, and Leopard is really yet another unknown to throw into the loop, if I do another erase/install, I'm thinking Panther is the way to go? (Unfortunately we shared a family pack Tiger with a friend, and haven't got a hold of that install disc yet, otherwise I'd try Tiger, since it's what it was running and so is what the backup is, too.)
From what I have seen in the forums, when people are having startup problems, the last resort solution usually works. That is, they take the install disk that came with the machine (Panther in your case), erase and zero out the hard drive and then re-install. That usually seems to do the trick. What they have probably done is either replaced some corrupted piece of software or fixed a directory problem on the disk. In your case, you have already done most of this except not with the Panther disk. So, I think it is worth going through this effort with Panther. If this actually worked, then you could worry about how to update your software to where you want it to be. If it does not work, I would consider this more evidence that there is probably a hardware issue.
If this doesn't work (and would probably have to try in target mode again if the install disc won't open...) should I buy Tech Tool or Disk Warrior or just send it in for repair? I suppose there's a point at which I'll have to admit defeat!
Not sure that I caught this before. You imply that the install disk will not open if it is inserted into the iBook. Is this a problem that showed up when the blue screen business started? When you insert the disk into the iBook and then reboot that computer from the disk (pressing the C key during startup), do you get something on the desktop?
If, when repairing the hard drive with Disk Utility, you had received a message that the disk was not repaired, then a stronger utility would be a reasonable choice. But, that does not seem to be your situation. So, if it were me, I would probably not buy Tech Tool or Disk Warrior at this point. I do think that it is possible that these utilities might be able to do more troubleshooting than you can do with Disk Utility and the Apple hardware CD. Tech Tool in particular has some hardware testing capability. So, if money were no object, you might buy that and see if it can give you more detailed diagnostic information. Of course, these are purely my opinions. I could be totally wrong on any of this.
Oh yeah, I don't know if I mentioned this earlier or not but all the restarts yesterday were accompanied be a brief "whooshing" sound (like a fan) for a second or so, and once I got both that sound and a "boooooop" issuing from the innards. Not sure if this means anything or not, but thought I'd mention it. Maybe the hard drive is melting! (Also I get further along the startup route after it's been turned off for a while.)
This is worth mentioning and I overlooked it in your previous posts. The "booooooop" sound got my attention. When the computer is started up, one of the first things that is done is that there are some hardware tests performed. Apple does use some sounds to indicate certain problems. You can learn a little more at You hear "breaking glass" or "musical beeps" when you turn on your Mac. I don't know if you are hearing one of these sounds or if they are unrelated. But, I think that the "boooooop" sound in particular might be trying to tell you something.
Let me sum up my opinions (which could be dead wrong). I still suspect a hardware problem. However, maybe the hard drive is okay. I think it would be worth using the Panther CD to do another erase and install on the iBook. If you still do not have a working computer, it is probably time to seek professional help. (However, if you get to this point, it is conceivable that you could be having some problems with your RAM chips. If you have worked with RAM chips before, you could try to play games with them: reseating them and removing them one by one- if you have two chips. But, if you have not done this before and are do not have some familiarity with working on hardware of this nature, perhaps you should just leave this alone.)
If you need to seek some professional help, you might be able to try one of these options - If you have AppleCare, you should definitely give them a call. If you live close enough to an Apple store, you could take your computer to the genius bar and see if they can help.
Sorry that you are having such a hassle,
Rich

'Famous' blue screen at startup AND safe mode boot failure

Dear all,
Two days ago, after installing the new Java update/airport update and restarting, I encountered a 'blue screen' on startup after getting past the mac symbol and swirling cog. I cannot say whether the updates were the cause (doubtful) of if my cheap USB mouse that was still plugged it caused it or whether i have the dreaded 'bad sectors.' The cause aside, here is what i've tried to fix the issue:
1) Disk Utility - Verification (OK'd) and Repairs (fine)
2) Disk Utility - Verification of Permissions (a few needed to be done) All repaired
-blue screen-
-Restart after period-
3) Rebooting in safe mode, removing startup items from the login items settings menu
4) Removing startup items from System/Library/StartupItems folders
5) Remove airport extensions (recent - date modified in list view)
(NB - safe mode i could say my desktop perfectl in original form and all files!)
-Restart-
-no longer able to start in safe mode-
-blue screen remains-
6)Single User mode -
resetting preference files (loginwindow.plist and windowserver.plist)
Finally system profiler from Tiger DVD states:
*Permissions repaired
*Dependency errors: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily & com.apple.kernel.iokit no valid version found
*Integrity: kext has no receipt
I backed up most my data from the LAST crash, but recent music/1000 photos and others have been backed up altho i've been meaning to! Help!
I'M PANICKING now can no longer get in SAFE MODE!!
Please help Mac911!!!!
Charlie
G3 iBook 800mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Update:
So, I managed to do ALL that you said, EXCEPT, the reboot and work fine business.
I created the admin account which works fine. So now I can see three user accounts (looks like there as already an admin type one).
The one I created works fine, only, I can only access/see the login screen through a safe boot, (otherwise blue screens...) . I can get into the admin account fine, but when restarting and logging in as my original user account it won't boot. Something is very wrong in MY user account. I think at this point my data there is still retrievable somehow for a backup, clean start. but i haven't reached that point yet.
Anyone have any clues what migt have caused the error in my user login?
One of the things I tried (too hastily now i admit) first was to remove the recently added updates from the extensions folder. has this exacerbated the problem? Can i put them back without logging in as me??
remember from my first post system profiler says software/extensions integrity 'kext has no receipt' and dependency errors: 'com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily and com.apple.kernel.iokit; no valid version found' - whereas in my newly created admin account it appears AOK.
is this the source?
any ideas anyone?
sorry lots of queries here but i am ever hopeful.....
All yours,
Charlie
G3 iBook 800mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I see a blank blue screen at startup

I see a blank blue screen at startup. Am I going to lose everything that I didn't backup?

So I booted off the install disc (hold C at startup), did an archive and install) and then shut it down. Powered it up and zapped the PRAM at startup (commandoption+PR) and it now boots instantly. Just curious as to what video card you have in yours? I've been reading a lot of threads about problems caused by the ATI Radeon HD 2600, which is what I have in mine. Sounds as if a firmware update is needed, but not yet available. I also had 4 kernel panics in my first 20 starts. Apple Genius Bar said this was due to Symantec Anti-Virus for Mac.

IMac stuck on blue screen on startup

I recently purchased an iMac 21.5". It is running Mac OSX 10.6.2 (Snow leopard). When I turn it on it passes the screen with the gear and the apple logo, but gets stuck on the blue screen, with only the cursor showing.
I have already tried:
1. Booting into safe mode and deleting all startup items.
2. Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
3. Running Disk Utility and repairing the disk.
Anyone have any suggestions on hwo to fix it?

Try this:
You will need to type some Unix commands. If you are not comfortable with this, I don't know of anything other than a re-install. But if you are careful, you should be OK. 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.
Be careful. Some of these commands are dangerous, since you are going to be root.
Start up in Single-User mode by restarting the computer. After the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-S keys until you see white text on a black background. When this has finished you will see a prompt ending in '#', although there may be other messages. Enter the following commands after the prompt:
/sbin/fsck -fy
Press RETURN. Wait a few seconds for 8-10 lines of output. If the last line says repairs were carried out, repeat this command until you get a message 'The volume <yourdiskname> appears to be OK'. Then continue with:
/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /Library/Preferences
rm com.apple.loginwindow.plist
rm com.apple.windowserver.plist
cd /Library/Caches
rm -r *
cd /System/Library
cd /System/Library/Caches
rm -r *
reboot
Press RETURN after each command.
This should now take you to a proper login screen after the normal boot sequence. You should then Repair Permissions by using Disk Utility (in your /Applications/Utilities folder).

HP Pavilion HPE h8-1220t Desktop PC stuck at blue screen of startup HP

Hi there,
My newly bought desktop computer HP Pavilion HPE h8-1220t Desktop PC sometime stuck at the start up of the computer and nothing happens after that. It stuck at the blue HP screen and I cannot even press esc key or f12 and can't do anything at all. I have to hard reset the computer and restart again THEN it still stuck at that blue screen. Last time I have do hard reset 15 times to boot up. It is getting really annoying, please help me it is super annoying

A new machine should not be giving this problem. I would phone HP and ask for service under the standard warranty. For contact info start here>>> Contact HP
******Clicking the Thumbs-Up button is a way to say -Thanks!.******
**Click Accept as Solution on a Reply that solves your issue to help others**

Power Mac G5 stuck on light blue screen at startup.

My mac starts normally *until after the Apple/loading screen. After that it stays on a light blue screen.
I have tried a new video card, different RAM. What is the problem?

Hello,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, 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 at top of the screen. (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. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive & clear caches.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

Can't get past the Blue Screen during startup

I decided to upgrade the 4/8/08 firmware on my aluminum bluetooth keyboard this afternoon using my mac mini. Shortly after the procedure started, something happened to the keyboard and it could not complete the install. I tried a second time, but again no luck. I then decided to replace the keyboard batteries and try again, but I was no longer able to connect the keyboard to the mini.
I decided to restart the computer and try the whole procedure again. But after the grey screen comes up with the Apple logo, the mini went to the blue screen with the spinning gear, then the mouse appeared in the upper left hand corner, then a little later the gear, then nothing, then the mouse, then the gear... I could never get past this blue screen.
I plugged in a wired keyboard and was able to startup 10.5 using the install DVD, which allowed me to check and repair the permissions and the disk. After a restart, still stuck on the blue screen.
I tried zapping the pram. Still couldn't get past the blue screen.
I was not able to start up in safe mode (is the timing critical for when to hold down the shift key?)
I started up in single user mode and attempted to move the preference files as described here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464#symp1
but got an error that I did not have the correct permissions. I assume that is because I was trying to save the preference1.old (and preference2.old, etc) files to the root part of my hard drive.
Any suggestions? Does it make sense that upgrading the firmware on a bluetooth keyboard could take down the whole computer???

Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer.

HELP! OS X won't boot - Blue Screen at startup... No mouse, nothing...

I have a PowerMac G4 MDD running OSX 10.4.8 (or 9)... About a month ago, it suffered a kernel panic, and upon restarting, it wouldn't load OS X. Now whenever I start the computer, it displays the white screen with the Apple logo and the spinning gear, then it switches to a solid blue screen and stays there. There is no mouse on the screen and the keyboard is unresponsive.
The computer will boot in safe mode. I have tried removing login items in the account preferences and third party items from the StartupItems folders. But still, I get the blue screen.
I've tried resetting the PRAM. I booted from the install disc and repaired the startup disk. It said no repairs were necessary. I've repaired permissions on the disk as well. I also booted from the Hardware Test disc, but still, nothing.
Yesterday I did an Archive and Install from my Tiger install disc, hoping that this would fix things, but it didn't. As a last resort, I'm considering wiping the hard drive and doing a fresh install of OS X.
Does anyone have any advice? Has this happened to you too? Does this sound like a hardware or software problem?
PowerMac G4 MDD Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Do you have a firewire external drive, or other bootable backup? Try booting from another drive & see if the problem persists. Run Disk Warrior while booted from its CD, or from an alternate drive. I don't think it will help, though, because Archive & Install should create a new directory. If the problem persists when booting from an alternate system, you most likely have a hardware problem. You could install a fresh copy of OS X on your alternate drive to make sure (but not if it's your only backup!).
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 4.5 GB RAM, 74 GB WD Raptor Boot Drive, 30" ACD

Powerbook G4 12" Version 10.5.8 Blue screen on startup.

I have a problem with my Powerbook G4 12". Whenever I start it up I get the chime then I hear the buzzing of the computer and soon after I see the gray screen with the apple logo. But this is where the problem starts; after going through the grey screen my mac goes to the blue screen before the login screen. It is on this screen that I get a major problem; I get two cursors, one stuck in the left top corner of the screen the other being controlled by my trackpad. For any amount of elapsed time I leave my computer after starting up I will come back to the same unhappy sight, a blue screen. The only way I have managed to start my computer fully is by using Safe-Boot. Does anyone know how to solve my dillemma?

This can be a OS issue, or a logic board issue. The OS could've been corrupted some how, or the logic board is just dying, my bet is on the OS as if you could boot into Safe Mode it'll still work. Boot into Safe Mode, backup anything you want, then run a system test to see if everything is alright. Also try reseting the OS, if no blue screen and other error occurs you're good, if you have no access to the original OS, download Linux, its free, I prefer the MintPPC version, google it, just burn it on a CD and see if that'll work.
Cheers, -JP

IMac Freezes on blue screen during startup after installing itunes 9.2

I let iTunes update to 9.2 today on my 27" iMac quad and when it restarted itself it froze on startup at the blue screen. The blue screen switches between two different shades but never exits that loop. I CAN boot in safe mode (which is what i'm doing right now).
Thus far i've tried:
- reinstalling itunes
- resetting my pram
- uninstalling itunes
- removing itunes startup app
I still cannot boot normally. Help!

You might try booting from your install CD and running disk repair in Disk Utility.

Hangs on Blue Screen on Startup

Hi all. I know there are similar posts to mine, but my questions can not be found so far in my searches.
I have a 2009-ish refurbished Apple Store MacBook Air with a SSD.
Today I restarted my computer, it seemed to be running a bit hot and slow. After rebooting I could only get it to get to a blue screen and no desktop. Computer boots normally with grey screen, apple logo and gear icon... following which I get a blue screen, sometimes with a gear other times with no gear or an alternating with/with out gear on blue screen. Screen never goes to desktop screen but momentarily there appears to be a single pixel square (or possibly a 4 pixel square) of white near the upper left corner that appears momentarily over the blue, then gone.
After searching I have tried the following things...
Tried booting in safe mode (holding down shift) with same results.
Tried doing a PRAM reset with same results.
Tried booting in verbose mode with same results.
Tried booting in single user mode and did the following:
ran fsck -fy and disk verified with no errors, however it did indicate that something had updated. rebooted with same results.
again ran fsck -fy multitple times with no errors, rebooted with same results.
ran mount -uw, disk reported it was HFS read only journaled... changed drive mount to -o for read write sucessfuly, then ran fsck again and rebooted with same results.
So according to fsck the drive is fine, but if I reboot and then try mount -uw again, it again shows as read only. I am not sure if this is normal or indicates there is in fact a hard drive problem. Or perhaps there is a bigger issue.
I do not have a usb CD Rom drive to attempt to boot from OSX Snow Leopard disk in order to test further, I am stuck at the moment. I do have another laptop and a MacMini which I could potentially use to share a CD over WiFi, but I am unsure if I can boot from a shared CDROM via wifi and if so how to boot into that mode.
Does this sound like a drive issue or potentially something else like a virus or motherboard or graphics card failure? Thanks in advance for your time and efforts to answer this question.
bk

Update: Using Remote Install I was able to remotely boot my mac from another laptop's CDROM drive and run Disk Utility from the installer which again passed with out errors like the fsck command. I also repaired disk permissions. Upon reboot to the internal SSD, I am again getting the same blue screen.
So, since I can boot remotely and my disk seems to check out ok I am guessing now that there is something wrong with my OS, some kind of corruption has occurred, but that is just a guess. It is possible I guess for there still to be an actual hard drive or hard ware failure of some kind.
Any help is still appreciated.

Blue screen and "startup disc is full" error

My iPad2 is frozen with an "unaable to download app.....' error and after unsuccessfully trying to turn it off, I attached it to my MacBook Pro to try to sync it. Nothing happened so i restarted my Macbook Pro. Upon start up, the MP screen went blue and the error message "Your Startup disk is full" appeared. I hit OK & was left with a blue screen.
After disconnecting the ipad2 from the MP and restarting the Mp, same issue appeared. Turned MP off and started in single user mode (Cmd-S). Typed 'reboot'. came back up again with blue screen.
Tried single user mode again & typed 'fsck -fy'. System ran a checking routine and came back with "**The volume MacIntosh HD appears to be OK". Entered 'shutdown -r now' to same results - blue screen , start up full -
Now what?
Looks like I'm running Mac OS X, 10.6.8
when I go to start up ion via the option key network startup has a ? Mark. Chose the startup with Mac OS...
Same blue screen & error message
I can get to system preferences using the option key but that's it

I understand CS4 does like to use a lot of space for scratch space when making complicated image changes. Verify you are able to control how much scratch space it uses in such functions. If you aren't, maybe it is indicative of needing a separate partition or hard drive to store CS4 temporary drive. When you have a separate partition or hard drive, you can erase the drive, and avoid fragmentation of files larger than 20 MB. Normally Mac OS X doesn't suffer fragmentation, except with large files as explained here*:
http://www.macmaps.com/directoryfaq.html#DEFRAG
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

OSX Server Hangs on Blue screen at startup

We have an Xserve Running 10.5.8. We have been having strange issues for some weeks with client's logging in and their desktops being missing. Last Friday I noticed that the backup was not running correctly and I had a student who had lost her work mysteriously too. I decided to restart the server to see what would happen. On restart I cannot log in to the server either remotely or locally because after the white apple with spinner screen the machine goes to a blue screen with no login window. Services are up and running, I can view and use Server Admin and Workgroup Manager, and I can ssh into the server. I have trawled the internet in search of answers but all to no avail. There are some errors in the log but I am not familiar enough with these things to know which are significant to this problem. To further complicate matters the OSX server disk is nowhere to be found, hasn't been seen since well before I arrived on campus. I have ordered Snow Leopard for this machine but would like to get to the bottom of the issues.
I have booted into safe mode from ssh but this has made no change to the situation. I am relatively new to comand line management of macs so please don't assume I know how to use it like an old pro. I am learning rapidly.
Thanks
Lincoln
Here is a log from a fresh reboot:
Jul 6 13:37:50 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: /etc/rc.server: line 55: logger: command not found
Jul 6 13:37:50 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: kern.maxproc: 532 -> 2500
Jul 6 13:37:50 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: kern.ipc.somaxconn: 128 -> 2500
Jul 6 13:37:50 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: kern.maxnbuf: 16384 -> 21000
Jul 6 13:37:50 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: kern.maxvnodes: 66560 -> 120000
Jul 6 13:37:50 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: kern.maxprocperuid: 266 -> 1000
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: propertyList is NULL
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: no plist was returned for: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/nmbd.plist
Jul 6 13:37:54: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: propertyList is NULL
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: no plist was returned for: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.winbindd.plist
Jul 6 13:37:54: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: propertyList is NULL
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: no plist was returned for: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/smbd.plist
Jul 6 13:37:54: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: getaddrinfo(): Temporary failure in name resolution
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost kernel[0]: formExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/RP01@1C/IOPCI2PCIBridge/P8PC@0/IOPCI2PCIBridge/S AS@2/AppleLSIFusionSAS/SAS Target 052B290A8A98376A@3/IOSCSITargetDevice/IOSCSILogicalUnitNub@0/IOSCSIPeripheralDe viceType00/IOBlockStorageServices/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST380815AS N Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost kextd[24]: safe boot detected
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Jul 6 13:37:52 localhost kextd[24]: safe boot; invalidating extensions caches
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost kernel[0]: FusionMPT: Notification = 22 (SAS Discovery) for SCSI Domain = 0
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost kernel[0]: Discovery condition = 0x00000000
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 6 13:37:55 localhost DirectoryService[25]: Launched version 5.8.1 (v514.28)
Jul 6 13:37:59 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntel8254XEthernet: Ethernet address 00:1e:52:f3:ca:24
Jul 6 13:37:59 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntel8254XEthernet: Ethernet address 00:1e:52:f3:ca:25
Jul 6 13:38:06 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 6 13:38:06 localhost kextd[24]: 0 cached, 287 uncached personalities to catalog
Jul 6 13:38:06 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 6 13:38:06 localhost mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-176.3 (Jun 17 2009 18:57:49)[31]: starting
Jul 6 13:38:08 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Jul 6 13:38:08 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::getCPU_PSSData - WARNING: _PSS table invalid; ACPI is probably incomplete
Jul 6 13:38:10: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Jul 6 13:38:10 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.openssh.sshd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Jul 6 13:38:12 localhost kernel[0]: Ethernet [Intel8254X]: Link down on en0 called by enableHardware() --
Jul 6 13:38:13 localhost bootlog[83]: BOOT_TIME: 1309923414 0
Jul 6 13:38:14 localhost com.apple.printservice_LPR_mDNS_Media_A3_Printer[63]: Registering Service Media A3 Printer._printer._tcp port 515 TXT txtvers=1 qtotal=1 rp=Media_A3_Printer pdl=application/postscript ty=\(null\)
Jul 6 13:38:16 localhost kernel[0]: Ethernet [Intel8254x]: Link up on en1, 1-Gigabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [792d,ac08,0de1,0e00,c1e1,7800]
Jul 6 13:38:14 localhost com.apple.printservice_LPR_mDNS_Media_A3_Printer[63]: 13:38:14.436 Got a reply for service Media A3 Printer._printer._tcp.local.: Name now registered and active
Jul 6 13:38:14 localhost com.apple.printservice_LPR_mDNS__ITS3_01m[65]: Registering Service Media A3 Printer @ ITS3-01m._printer._tcp port 515 TXT txtvers=1 qtotal=1 rp=_ITS3_01m pdl=application/postscript ty=\(null\)
Jul 6 13:38:14 localhost com.apple.printservice_LPR_mDNS__ITS3_01m[65]: 13:38:14.436 Got a reply for service Media A3 Printer @ ITS3-01m._printer._tcp.local.: Name now registered and active
Jul 6 13:38:14 localhost com.apple.printservice_LPR_mDNS_HCCSTU_Media_Test_Printer[64]: Registering Service HCCSTU-Media Test Printer._printer._tcp port 515 TXT txtvers=1 qtotal=1 rp=HCCSTU_Media_Test_Printer pdl=application/postscript ty=\(null\)
Jul 6 13:38:14 localhost com.apple.printservice_LPR_mDNS_HCCSTU_Media_Test_Printer[64]: 13:38:14.436 Got a reply for service HCCSTU-Media Test Printer._printer._tcp.local.: Name now registered and active
Jul 6 13:38:14 hillcrestmac com.apple.HeadlessStartup[74]: 65:6e:30:00:1e:52
Jul 6 13:38:15 hillcrestmac watchdogtimerd[54]: Automatic reboot timer enabled.
Jul 6 13:38:15 hillcrestmac named[50]: starting BIND 9.4.3-P3 -f
Jul 6 13:38:16 hillcrestmac fseventsd[75]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (21 77 136)
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac rpc.statd[59]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: Too many groups for root
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:2: path contains non-directory or non-existent components: /Volumes/Data/Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:2: no usable directories in export entry
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:2: using fallback (marked offline): /Volumes/Data
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: Too many groups for root
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:3: path contains non-directory or non-existent components: /Volumes/Data/Library/NetBoot/NetBootClients0
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:3: no usable directories in export entry
Jul 6 13:38:17 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:3: using fallback (marked offline): /Volumes/Data
Jul 6 13:38:19 hillcrestmac fseventsd[75]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 99F02D5F-57A3-4BDE-AC4B-76CC829E92B0
Jul 6 13:38:19 hillcrestmac configd[29]: setting hostname to "hillcrestmac.hillcrest.local"
Jul 6 13:38:19 hillcrestmac configd[29]: AppleTalk startup
Jul 6 13:38:19 hillcrestmac kextd[24]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Jul 6 13:38:20 hillcrestmac named[50]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#54
Jul 6 13:38:24 hillcrestmac /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[69]: Login Window Application Started -- Threaded auth
Jul 6 13:38:25 hillcrestmac emond[77]: SetUpLogs: uid = 0 gid = 0
Jul 6 13:38:25 hillcrestmac emond[77]: SetUpLogs: opening /Library/Logs/EventMonitor/EventMonitor.error.log
Jul 6 13:38:26 hillcrestmac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.portmap[100]): Policy denied Mach service lookup: com.apple.dyld
Jul 6 13:38:28 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: Too many groups for root
Jul 6 13:38:28 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:2: export entry OK (previous errors cleared)
Jul 6 13:38:28 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: Too many groups for root
Jul 6 13:38:28 hillcrestmac /sbin/nfsd[67]: exports:3: export entry OK (previous errors cleared)
Jul 6 13:38:28 hillcrestmac fseventsd[75]: bumping event counter to: 0x34cab (current 0x166) from log file '00000000000347cc'
Jul 6 13:38:28 hillcrestmac configd[29]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 6 13:38:36 hillcrestmac com.apple.KerberosAutoConfig[143]: Couldn't find KerberosClient config record
Jul 6 13:38:37 hillcrestmac com.apple.KerberosAutoConfig[144]: Couldn't find KerberosClient config record
Jul 6 13:38:54 hillcrestmac com.apple.ATSServer[154]: FODBCheck: New annex file created
Jul 6 13:38:59 hillcrestmac loginwindow[69]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jul 6 13:39:02 hillcrestmac servermgrd[60]: servermgr_web: Created WebDAV lock directory /var/run/davlocks
Jul 6 13:39:08 hillcrestmac servermgrd[60]: servermgr_calendar: created default calendar virtual host
Jul 6 13:39:09 hillcrestmac servermgrd[60]: servermgr_ipfilter:ipfw config:Notice:Flushed IPv4 rules
Jul 6 13:39:09 hillcrestmac servermgrd[60]: servermgr_ipfilter:ipfw config:Notice:Flushed IPv6 rules
Jul 6 13:39:15 hillcrestmac servermgrd[60]: servermgr_info: [60] [CertificateManager exportIdentity:]: Error exporting private key: SecKeychainItemExport (err = -25260)
Jul 6 13:39:16: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jul 6 13:39:16 hillcrestmac com.apple.DirectoryServices[25]: Enter machine password:
Jul 6 13:39:54 hillcrestmac kernel[0]: serialnumberd 209 FS_WRITE_DATA SBF /dev/dtracehelper 13 (seatbelt)
Jul 6 13:39:54 hillcrestmac /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[209]: serialnumberd started as /usr/sbin/serialnumberd.
Jul 6 13:39:55 hillcrestmac kernel[0]: serialnumberd 209 FS_READ_DATA SBF /dev/autofs_nowait 13 (seatbelt)
Jul 6 13:39:55 hillcrestmac kernel[0]: serialnumberd 209 FS_READ_DATA SBF /usr/sbin 13 (seatbelt)
Jul 6 13:39:55 hillcrestmac /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[209]: SN_Register(): New persistent, network record [tag=xsvr, extra=hillcrestmac.hillcrest.local] registered successfully by pid 209.
Jul 6 13:40:01 hillcrestmac /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[209]: launchd did not pass version 1 Mach port (bad launchd plist?)
Jul 6 13:40:31 hillcrestmac com.apple.dyld[26]: update_dyld_shared_cache[26] regenerated cache for arch=i386

Well I never did come up with a solution to this problem. In the end the Snow Leopard discs turned up and an upgrade fixed the problem.

"blue screen" at startup- still stuck!

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for