Text all over the place

[Cuckoo]

Hi All,

Got an issue with my mac mini i can't quite grasp... When i start my mac mini...

when booting it shows all sorts of linux texts...... instead of the usual apple logo..

can i do something about this?

thanks in advance....

Cuckoo

 

[Makosuke]

Technically Unix, but regardless, what I assume you're seeing is what's called "Verbose" mode; usually if you hold down apple-V at startup, you will see all the progress messages of the boot process that are usually hidden.

Why this would be showing up by default without you doing anything, I don't know--it's certainly not supposed to happen, and there isn't even any way I know of to make it do that without holding down the keys.

I can only think that a reinstall (or, rather, "archive and install") would fix it, but maybe somebody else knows what causes this.

 

[Lixivial]

Well, you have two recourses I think. You can wipe your entire PRAM and NVRAM by following this step:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

Or you can jump into Terminal and type

sudo nvram boot-args

If something along the lines of -v is shown, then you can type in

sudo nvram boot-args=""

And that should boot it into normal mode. I'd suggest the apple document, but if you're comfortable in terminal, the other options should work, too.

 

[Cuckoo]

Thanks!!!

going to try the termal commands first

opening a mac mini isn't quite the 'walk in the park'

i'll keep you all posted

 

[Cuckoo]

Well, you have two recourses I think. You can wipe your entire PRAM and NVRAM by following this step:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

Or you can jump into Terminal and type

sudo nvram boot-args

If something along the lines of -v is shown, then you can type in

sudo nvram boot-args=""

And that should boot it into normal mode. I'd suggest the apple document, but if you're comfortable in terminal, the other options should work, too.

WOW

that so hit the spot!!!! thank you .... all is well now!

if you're ever in the neighborhood.... i'll buy you a pint!

thanks

 

[Lixivial]

I'm glad it worked out for you. I just wanted to clarify one thing for any future search references to this thread:

opening a mac mini isn't quite the 'walk in the park'

The Apple document I posted shouldn't have told you to open your Mac mini. It's basically a matter of restarting while holding down command-option-P-R. The only caveat, of course, is that you lose certain date/time settings, etc.

In most cases, that's what I personally would recommend, as messing with boot arguments is a little riskier for standard users.

 

[Cuckoo]

I'm glad it worked out for you. I just wanted to clarify one thing for any future search references to this thread:



The Apple document I posted shouldn't have told you to open your Mac mini. It's basically a matter of restarting while holding down command-option-P-R. The only caveat, of course, is that you lose certain date/time settings, etc.

In most cases, that's what I personally would recommend, as messing with boot arguments is a little riskier for standard users.

Thank you for clarification.

I'll make a note of that as well