QT Freezing MDD When Booting 9.2.2

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So I finally installed 10.4.11 and I got 9.2.2 bootable on another volume. 9.2.2 also works fine as the Classic installation, although I get a warning every time Classic launches that Quick Time 6.03 is not recommended for this Macintosh, or some such. I need to go look at it again.

When I boot the machine up with 9.2.2, if QT extensions and CP are loaded, the machine will get to the desktop and show all my volumes, and hte mouse cursor can move around, but the machine is frozen. Mouse clicking has no effect, the keyboard is ignored, and the power button will not work to shut the machine down.

Take QT out of the mix and the machine boots and works fine.

The OS 9.1 installer and 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 updaters left me with QuickTime 5.02 or maybe 5.03. So, I thought, okay, I just need an update. So I downloaded and installed 6.03. However, this has the exact same symptom. In fact, looking at the individual components, many of them seem to be the same from one version to the next.

Anyway, anyone run into this problem and have a solution?

Is 6.03 the last version of QuickTime which will run under 9.2.2?

I'm using MacOS ROM 9.5.1 in my System Folder. Perhaps I need a later version of that?

 

[equill]

QT 6.0.3 is the last available for OS 8.6/9.x.

The Mac OS ROM in my version of Z-9.2.2 is v8.7, if that helps you.

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[SiliconValleyPirate]

Using the same System Folder to boot Classic and true OS 9 is not recommended, as Classic alters the System files in OS 9 to allow it o interact via OS X, rather than independently.

For example, such things as the TCP/IP settings are locked down by OS X, so that if you boot the OS 9 partition as true OS 9 you can't alter the LAN settings.

I suspect (and it's only a hunch) that Quicktime was modified to forward the output to the OS X video playback system, which would result in the computer hanging in true OS 9 as the Quicktime extension would be lost and confused.

Try a clean OS 9 install on another partition and see if that solves the issue.

 

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Using the same System Folder to boot Classic and true OS 9 is not recommended, as Classic alters the System files in OS 9 to allow it o interact via OS X, rather than independently.

Ah, other discussions I'm involved in were pointing vaguely in this direction as well. I will try that. Thank you.

I'll put a classic installation on the OS 10.4.11 volume and use it for classic. And I'll reinstall the 9.2.2 installation on the 9.2.2 volume I've created and see if that solves the issues.

Geez, these things have gotten complicated. Or maybe it's just that I don't have the years of Mac magazine reading, that I did back when I used a IIci. I just can't stay interested in the magazine articles any more, not like I did fifteen+ years ago.

 

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Necro thread, but someone might find this question and need the answer...

Latest ATI drivers. With the ATI drivers which are installed with the OS 9.2.2 update, QuickTime 6.0.3 will lock up the machine during extension loading. The mouse will move but clicking the mouse and typing on the keyboard will have no effect.

The culprit is ATI Video Accelerator 4.8.5. Update to 4.8.7 by installing the January 2005 ATI OS 9 Mac Software Update. If you have an nVidia card, this probably isn't a problem. This experience occurred with a Radeon 9000.