My Mac mini dosen't start up!
My Mac Mini dosen't show the apple icon when I start it up. It shows a white, blank screen. It just stucks like that.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Try this:
1. Insert Snow Leopard Installer Disc into the optical drive.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
4. Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
5. Wait for installer to finish loading.
If you can do this then the computer is OK. If you still get a blank gray screen then there is a hardware problem.
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Process lists (NFS and SSH servers are enabled intentionally.)
TV not connected (look for process id 52):
<pre>
ps -axw
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? 0:00.08 /sbin/launchd -v
23 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
27 ?? Ss 0:01.41 kextd
32 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
33 ?? Ss 0:00.38 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchdaemon
34 ?? Ss 0:00.20 /usr/sbin/netinfod -s local
35 ?? Ss 0:00.68 /usr/sbin/syslogd
37 ?? Ss 0:01.31 /usr/sbin/configd
38 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
39 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
40 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/memberd -x
41 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/securityd
42 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/notifyd
45 ?? Ss 0:00.29 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
47 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/distnoted
49 ?? Ss 0:00.94 /usr/sbin/update
52 ?? Ss 0:00.19 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow console
57 ?? Ss 0:00.13 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
59 ?? Ss 0:00.73 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphic s.framework/Resources/Wind
60 ?? S 0:00.34 /usr/sbin/blued
64 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
66 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd -s
69 ?? S 0:00.02 /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/Resources/authorization host
70 ?? S 0:00.90 /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/SecurityAgent
76 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/crashreporterd
114 ?? Us 0:00.30 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mds
132 ?? Ss 0:00.10 ntpd -f /var/run/ntp.drift -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
146 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsiod -n 4
154 ?? Ss 0:00.00 rpc.statd
156 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/portmap
157 ?? Ss 0:00.01 rpc.lockd
160 ?? S 0:00.00 rpc.lockd
173 ?? Ss 0:00.00 mountd
176 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsd-master
177 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
179 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
180 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
181 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
182 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
183 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
184 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /Network -nsl -mnt /private/var/automount
188 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /automount/Servers -fstab -mnt /private/Network/Servers -m /automount/static -s
193 ?? SNs 0:00.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdimpo
234 ?? S 0:00.19 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
238 ?? S 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
277 ?? SNs 0:00.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdimpo
282 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/lookupd
239 p0 Ss 0:00.05 -bash
285 p0 R+ 0:00.00 ps -axw
</pre>
TV connected (look for PIDs 53 and 54 at end of the list):
<pre>
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? 0:00.05 /sbin/launchd
23 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
27 ?? Ss 0:01.35 kextd
32 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
33 ?? Ss 0:00.30 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchdaemon
34 ?? Ss 0:00.13 /usr/sbin/netinfod -s local
35 ?? Ss 0:00.71 /usr/sbin/syslogd
37 ?? Ss 0:00.49 /usr/sbin/configd
38 ?? Ss 0:00.07 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
39 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
40 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/memberd -x
41 ?? Ss 0:00.14 /usr/sbin/securityd
42 ?? Ss 0:00.07 /usr/sbin/notifyd
44 ?? Ss 0:00.17 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
45 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/distnoted
50 ?? Ss 0:08.36 /usr/sbin/update
59 ?? Ss 4:43.49 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphic s.framework/Resources/Wind
60 ?? S 0:00.33 /usr/sbin/blued
61 ?? Ss 0:00.14 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
65 ?? Ss 0:00.07 /usr/sbin/lookupd
79 ?? Ss 0:00.88 ntpd -f /var/run/ntp.drift -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
93 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsiod -n 4
101 ?? Ss 0:00.00 rpc.statd
102 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/portmap
104 ?? Ss 0:00.01 rpc.lockd
109 ?? Ss 0:00.06 slpd -f /etc/slpsa.conf
110 ?? S 0:00.00 rpc.lockd
115 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/crashreporterd
135 ?? Ss 0:00.05 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
158 ?? Ss 0:00.12 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mds
164 ?? Ss 0:00.00 mountd
167 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsd-master
168 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
169 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
170 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
172 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
173 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
174 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
175 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /Network -nsl -mnt /private/var/automount
179 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /automount/Servers -fstab -mnt /private/Network/Servers -m /automount/static -s
196 ?? S 0:00.20 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
200 ?? S 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
205 ?? SNs 0:00.14 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdimpo
201 p0 Ss 0:00.03 -bash
209 p0 R+ 0:00.00 ps -axw
2 ?? Ss+ 0:00.03 sh /etc/rc
53 ?? S+ 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/WaitingForLoginWindow
54 ?? S+ 0:00.04 /usr/libexec/WaitingForLoginWindow
</pre>
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
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Once I got the verbose mode.... the booting process shows a lot of commands and it stops by :
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