There is a reboot in the middle of the Snow Leopard install process.
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Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2009 12:25:44 pm PDT #11206 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NoiseDesign - Sep 19, 2009 1:39:28 pm PDT #11207 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
From everything I've been reading Qlab runs fine under Snow Leopard. I'm actually configuring a bunch of Qlab machines right now but I'm playing it save and leaving them on Leopard.
Jon B. - Sep 19, 2009 2:16:01 pm PDT #11208 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
There is a reboot in the middle of the Snow Leopard install process.
Good to know. But should it be sitting with a blank screen for an hour after it starts to reboot?
Tom Scola - Sep 19, 2009 2:17:37 pm PDT #11209 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
No. Maybe Snow Leopard is having a little difficulty recognizing your TV?
Jon B. - Sep 19, 2009 7:11:30 pm PDT #11210 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
OK, funny thing. I rebooted again with my finger on the keyboard eject key to get the DVD out. After it popped out I switched over to the TiVO 'cause C wanted to watch something. An hour or two later, when the TV was free, I switched it back over to the Mac and lo and behold, there was the login screen! Sure enough, 10.6 had been installed and was working!
All was well, I installed some other updates, everything's groovy. Then I took a look at the display resolution options. "Oooooh -- there's 1080p. I don't remember seeing that before. Let me try switching to that one."
Screen goes blank.
How do I change it back? I tried rebooting to no avail. I assume there's some sort of "safe mode" where I can change the display back to where it was?
le nubian - Sep 19, 2009 7:18:22 pm PDT #11211 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DCJensen - Sep 19, 2009 7:32:51 pm PDT #11212 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
You might also zap PRAM:
power on, -> immediately press and hold down the Option+Command+P+R keys until three or four startup tones are heard.
Jon B. - Sep 19, 2009 7:33:46 pm PDT #11213 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
OK, thanks. I'll try those in the morning.
Jon B. - Sep 20, 2009 11:02:21 am PDT #11214 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Booting in safe mode worked and everything is hunky dory. Thanks, all!
Funny postscript, though:
I bought Snow Leopard almost as an afterthought. I was getting Final Cut Studio via a healthy academic discount and 10.6 was available for $29, so I figured "why not?"
Well, since 10.6 was finally all set, I started to install FCS. Turns out my Mini (a 2006 model) doesn't meet the minimum VRAM requirements. The install won't run. And you can't increase VRAM on the Mini either. Some frantic googling has confirmed that my only option is to get a better Mac.
As it turns out, I can get a decent academic discount on a new Mini that has more than enough VRAM, so I'm going to use this as an excuse to get one.
I think I'll put the current one up on eBay to offset the cost. I wonder what it's worth?
NoiseDesign - Sep 20, 2009 11:35:44 am PDT #11215 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I just picked up two of the new Mac Minis, they seem to be quite nice. I did immediately bump the system ram up to the full 4 GB and may eventually replace the hard drives, but for the moment they seem quite good.