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In article <1a7j72INN6gu@gap.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark  
Adler) writes:
>
..
> but the dock of applications on the right, I used command-` to get the
> "restart or power-down" prompt.   This worked, appeared to power off
> the machine correctly, including ejecting the OD.
> 
> Then I try to power back on.  The whole process seems to work fine
> (the hard disk was clean from the power off), up to it saying "boot
> complete" or somesuch.  But no login window.  The messages window
> stayed up, and no mouse arrow appeared.  (I have the "verbose" boot
> option set on my rom, so I was able to see the boot process get
> rather far.)
> 
> Any ideas?

YES!  This exact thing has now happened on two of the machines we've  
upgraded here.  One was done using Upgrade.app and one was a build.  The  
Upgraded one showed these symptoms right away, but the built one worked  
for a while - and also similar - the machine had to be restarted via  
Cmd-`.  It started behaving exactly the same way - the normal boot process  
finishes (ie. /etc/rc finishes), then when the WindowServer and  
loginwindow are supposed to run, nothing happens (ie. the screen stays  
with the console window) and the machine is hung.

Help NeXT or somebody!
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