[X Newbies] Startup hangs on "Waiting for NetInfo"

[David Crandon]

David,

Reinstall Jag using the Archive and Install mode. This will give you a
"clean" installation.

Follow this Macworld article for advice.

http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/install/

David Crandon



"David B. Holton" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just upgraded my wife's G4 Powerbook (667) to Jaguar (out of the box,
> whatever version that is--10.2.1?).
> 
> However, it won't boot into X. It hangs on "Waiting for NetInfo", the
> luscious blue-worm bar churning away. I've left it for as long as several
> hours, to see if it'll find whatever "info" it's looking for, but it
> doesn't.
> 
> She had never booted into X before, though 10.0.x came loaded on the
> machine; whenever I tried to boot into that, I got kernel panics, which is
> why I got her the upgrade.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Best,
> David
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