[G4] OS 9.2 start up issue

[Ronald Steinke]

On 9 February, 2006, at 9:12:14, nagable at comcast.net wrote:
>
> It's the Extensions manager.
>
> But first try booting holding the shift key down.  That boots with  
> all the extensions except the bare OS turned off.  The screen will  
> tell you "Extensions Off".
>
> When you reboot, hold the spacebar down.  That will bring the  
> Extensions Manager up immediately.  You can then turn off the ones  
> you think are causing the problem.  But do it methodically, like  
> Jay advised.

There is a much easier and more complete method of isolating the  
"trouble" extension----

Use the Extension Manager control panel to disable one half of your  
extensions and then reboot. If the problem has disappeared, the  
trouble is in the other half of the extension.

Whichever half has the trouble maker, disable one half of it and  
reboot. Again, determine where the trouble lives - which half of the  
half, or in other words, which quarter now.

Again, divide in half and reboot. Which half has the trouble now?  
Keep dividing in half and rebooting until you narrow the problem down  
to ONE extension. Disable that extension by using Extension Manager  
control panel and reboot. Remember to reactivate all the "good"  
extensions at each step before rebooting.

In a short time, you should have eliminated all the good extensions  
from suspicion and have only the guilty extension in the disabled  
extension folder. If that extension is vital to the operation of some  
program or your system, remove it and reinstall a new copy from the  
original software installation CD.