[BLUG] Re: Is there an apple fancier on the list?

[Beartooth]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Kirk Gleason wrote:

> You might try this:
>
> Power on the machine, and hold down Command + Option + P + R 
> (yes that is 4 keys). Make sure you get the keys down before 
> you hear the chime.

 	I don't see a "command" key. Do you mean Ctrl? The enter 
key (called "Return")?? The one with the apple and the funny 
square??? (I assume P and R are just the alphabet keys.)

> Keep holding them down until you have heard the chime for the 
> 4th time (this is just generally accepted as standard procedure 
> in the mac community). The machine will cycle in between the 
> chimes. Once you hear the 4th chime, let go of the keys, and 
> the machine should boot.

 	Typical, absolutely typical.

> This crazy procedure is called zapping the PRAM, and can 
> sometimes fix odd problems on the mac.
>
> Also, I am not sure how musically inclined you might be, but if 
> you can tell if you are hearing a major chord or a minor chord, 
> it can point to some kinds of hardware problems. I just can't 
> remember what offhand.

 	I have a decent theoretical grasp of major and minor; but 
despite ten years' vast enjoyment of Music School offerings long 
ago, my ancient ears still lack something indeterminate ...

> BTW, I have been running (K)Ubuntu on an older Powerbook G3 
> since Hoary, and i have had relatively few problems (once you 
> get used to not having any Flash).

 	I think the problem this time is my fault; certainly not 
Fedora's. Last time I upgraded, I tarred up all of /home on my 
machine, scp'd the tarball to each other PC, untarred it there, 
and chown'd as necessary. (Took a bunch of handholding, which I 
got, but I did it -- and *think* I can do it again, with lots of 
up-arrowing ...)

 	All of that was straight Fedora, on Intel machines, of 
course. Then I tried it with this .ppc laptop. That *seemed* to 
work OK at first, but may have had a hook in it.

 	Adn if that's not it, it must be my somehow bungled 
attempt to install roadnav.

 	Roadnav, I hope, may finally enable me to do one of the 
main things I bought a laptop for in the first place. I'll put it 
on a passenger's lap (preferably mine), connected to a GPS and 
the cigarette lighter power supply, and go driving back roads.

 	We have lots of nice roads here in the Blue Ridge, that 
beat even Brown County and the Tunnel Road route to Bean Blossom 
(imnsho, of course, as an old mountain man from back of beyond). 
All without a line of M$ code nor any proprietary software -- nor 
High Technoid competence on my part. Keep lishing me wuck.

--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Double Retiree,
Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User, with precious 
(very precious) little idea where up is.