I'm in a horrible position:
Yesterday my Powerbook G4 had been running fine, and I installed a bunch of updates (had been without internet for a while, so there were many and I'm not sure what, although a OS X update wouldn't install), and restarted with no problem, although oddly I couldn't copy/paste any text. So i restarted, hoping to fix that minor glitch and I'm stuck on this gray apple screen. There is another post on the board from a guy with the exact same problem but no resolution here:
http://macosx.com/content/faq.php/q2...ey-Screen.html
I'm running OSX 10.4 (not sure which updated version) on a PBG4 12'.
This is what I've tried so far:
-running Disk Utility from install disks: repaired disk permissions (fine); then tried to repair disk. There was an error and it couldn't repair the disk, it said something about 'overreaching' (I will try this again and update post about the exact wording)
-running Hardware Test from install disks: no problems.
-starting in Safe Boot: won't go beyond same gray screen, even after holding shift for 10 minutes.
-resetting PRAM/NVRAM: it made appropriate restarting chime, but did nothing beyond that.
-logging into verbose mode: I got this error:
Failed to load extension com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI.
Couldn't alloc class "AppleMacRiscAGP"
Couldn't alloc class "AppleMacRiscPCI"
kld_load_from_memory() failed for module com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI.
etc, and then eventually "waiting for root device" and then nothing.
My Applecare expired less than a month ago, and I have 2 huge problems- 1, I'm in the Czech Republic and REALLY want to avoid going to an Apple store here, and 2, there are several files I need to get intact (my fault for not backing up, I know)
Please, any suggestions?? I had some startup problems before, and traced them back to a VLC media player which I stupidly did reinstall, so I have a feeling this may be a factor, or some other startup preferences/login items, which I could deal with if I could at least start up in Safe Boot.
Please help.
Yesterday my Powerbook G4 had been running fine, and I installed a bunch of updates (had been without internet for a while, so there were many and I'm not sure what, although a OS X update wouldn't install), and restarted with no problem, although oddly I couldn't copy/paste any text. So i restarted, hoping to fix that minor glitch and I'm stuck on this gray apple screen. There is another post on the board from a guy with the exact same problem but no resolution here:
http://macosx.com/content/faq.php/q2...ey-Screen.html
I'm running OSX 10.4 (not sure which updated version) on a PBG4 12'.
This is what I've tried so far:
-running Disk Utility from install disks: repaired disk permissions (fine); then tried to repair disk. There was an error and it couldn't repair the disk, it said something about 'overreaching' (I will try this again and update post about the exact wording)
-running Hardware Test from install disks: no problems.
-starting in Safe Boot: won't go beyond same gray screen, even after holding shift for 10 minutes.
-resetting PRAM/NVRAM: it made appropriate restarting chime, but did nothing beyond that.
-logging into verbose mode: I got this error:
Failed to load extension com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI.
Couldn't alloc class "AppleMacRiscAGP"
Couldn't alloc class "AppleMacRiscPCI"
kld_load_from_memory() failed for module com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI.
etc, and then eventually "waiting for root device" and then nothing.
My Applecare expired less than a month ago, and I have 2 huge problems- 1, I'm in the Czech Republic and REALLY want to avoid going to an Apple store here, and 2, there are several files I need to get intact (my fault for not backing up, I know)
Please, any suggestions?? I had some startup problems before, and traced them back to a VLC media player which I stupidly did reinstall, so I have a feeling this may be a factor, or some other startup preferences/login items, which I could deal with if I could at least start up in Safe Boot.
Please help.
