Thanks for the suggestions everyone...turns out it is a hardware problem (just bad timing on my part, it would have failed regardless of what I was diong), Apple tech support had me try a million things, and they think that the logic board needs to be replaced...So, its going back to Apple for repair this week, thankfully covered by warranty :)
Anyway, I'll probably continue to lurk on the list for another week or so until I get it back and try again...I'm sure I'll have more questions! Jason On Sunday 21 October 2001 15:43, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > >This morning I tried the snag key 'c' to boot off the debian 2.2r3 CD I > > just burned (yeah, I realized afterwords I need to do the boot > > cd:,\yaboot > > from OF > > >since I don't get anything but a white screen). Since then, when I power > > it on, I hear the Apple chime thing, but the screen never powers on. It > > doesn't boot OS/X, and if I press the apple-option-o-f thing to get into > > the open firmware, nothing happens. I've been in the open firmware stuff > > before, so I know I'm doing it right. I've tried pressing the > > apple-option-p-r combo when booting to reset the OF (note: not sure about > > the timing on that one, I've tried pressing and holding it before > > power-on, right after, after the chime, etc) but it doesn't seem to do > > anything. I also tried the little power management reset button at the > > back of the laptop...nothing. I tried unplugging power/battery and > > letting it sit for an hour, repeating my other fixes as well....nothing. > > I've even tried apple-option-o-f, then > > assuming its > > >in OF even though the display isn't on, and trying to type set-defaults. > > Could be broken env. variables in OF. > > Can you try using the same combo as if your were updating the firmware ? > I think it's something like powering up the book with cmd-power with the > power button kept pressed until you hear a tone. I think this cause it > to reboot on a backup copy of OF. If this cause it to double boot, then > try doing the cmd-opt-P-R or O-F combo on the second boot. > > Ben.
