Darwin launches after 10.4.4 on startup...

Same problem exactly on my iMac. Called Apple support last night...they don't have a clue!! Stuck in darwin. Apple: give us a break and at least acknowledge the problems with this update.

G4 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.3)

From your description, it sounds like there is a problem in launching the GUI login window. If this is the case, it could be due to some problem with a system file or perhaps even a corrupted preference file.

The 1st thing that I suggest you do is to boot off your install CD and use Disk Utility to repair the disk. There are instructions for this at Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption. See the section on Repair Disk.

If that does not help, I think that there are two directions to go. One would be to do a re-install of Tiger via Archive and Install. Then, do the 10.4.4 upgrade again. The other route is to try to figure out what is going wrong and this probably involves starting up in Single-User mode and poking around to look at various logs to find an error message. If there was success in finding an error, you might be able to fix the problem. If you want to try this route, say the word and I can give some suggestions.

EMAC G4 1.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4)

You will laugh about this one day, I promise. I know I didn't at the time though. We all have an account name, mine is my name yours might be something else. But when it says "Welcome to Darwin!" then you wait a few secs and then it says "login:" and you type in your ACCOUNT NAME. Then press enter. Then it will say "password" then type in your ACCOUNT PASSWORD. What ***** about this whole thing is that some people forget their user name because most people don't have to log in especially if they are a single user on the computer. Anyhow, do that then press ENTER after you enter the password. THEN! Now wait, it gets good right here. type in "logout" exactly like that without the quotations then press ENTER! Then it should take you back to Tiger... GOOOOOOD LUCK! That Darwin was my PowerBook Jaguar Life Story!

I am having the same problem following updating to 10.4.4
I can't get my cd/dvd drive to open. I am stuck in Darwin and know nothing of the necessary commands to get out of it.
Can any of you help me?
Thanks.

Ruben et al:

No one has a clue about Darwin/BSD, if they do they are not telling. I had the same issue several months ago, so it does not have to do with the latest update. It was 10.2.2. Here is the account of my saga: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1047613&#1047613

If wish there were some other way, and maybe there is.

Good luck.

cornelius

Pismo400, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS (10.4.4) Mac OS X (10.3.9) Beige G3 OS 8.6

Here is a response from the Unix Forum

Your machine is having trouble. Read the messages on the screen for some hints.

Tried resetting PRAM, NVRAM on restart it goes back to the same place.

Until you solve the underlying problem, this will be the case. It's unlikely to be a PRAM problem that is causing this. It's far more likely to be a disk-related one. If that's the case (the messages on screen should imply this), you need to run some basic disk repair utilities to get your system back up and running. After rebooting, and assuming there's some message regarding a disk-related error, try the following:

fsck -y

to check the disks, then:

/sbin/mount -uw /

to mount the drive, then run:

/usr/sbin/diskutil repairpermissions /

Incidentally, 'Darwin' is the name Apple chose for the Unix core at the heart of Mac OS X, akin to Sun's Solaris, IBM's, AIX, and more.

Pismo400, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS (10.4.4) Mac OS X (10.3.9) Beige G3 OS 8.6

I have the same problem as everyone. Darwin keeps popping out for no reason. I think I'll just update my mac to Tiger.

Hi
I think you received excellent advice from Rich JG, you would of had to
have read thru, it was heading to reinstall, as a last resort, someone said no one knows any thing about Darwin, well its unix , it osx.
All comes down to good manitanice, and how do you forget (Milah) the computer loggin even in atuomatic log in i do not know, write it down !

Finally gave up and reinstalled Tiger (archive and install option) and then ran 10.4.4 Combo update. Works fine now. I lost nothing but time.

Not reading thru help offered will do that and not even a thank you to those who help is just not gracious. BWT you forget to mention to run permissions repair before & after the update.
Thanks for your time.

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