Upgrade caused loss of video

[Gandalf2]

I upgraded today to the latest version on my Macbook Core 2 Duo. The VM starts fine and the splash screen for Windows XP shows along with he progress bar. Then the screen goes black. I hear XP start up but nothing appears on the screen.

I stoped the VM and checked the Video .. it is set to 640/480 resolution and 16 MB RAM. XP was running fine until this latest version. I think something happened when I ran the Tools Installer..

I reinstalled the update and ran Tools Unstaller again. No luck,


Any thoughts?

 

[bluloo]

I had the exact same issue on my Mac Pro.

When I got the black screen, I made sure the cursor was over the VM window and hit the enter button, if I heard an error sound, I clicked the mouse button and waited. After a 10-20 seconds I'd click the enter key again, if there was an error sound, it was the mouse click...

IIRC, the VM eventually rebooted and I had a normal screen again.

I think that there was some sort of uninstall or install going on and the clicks/key input is necessary to prompt certain steps in order to complete it.


edit: forgot to mention that I also used applejack to clear caches, repair permissions etc. You can also use Onyx, Tiger Cache Cleaner etc.

That combination worked for me.

good luck

Please post back with results.

 

[Gandalf2]

Problem Solved!

You were on the right track, bluloo. However, your solution did not work for me. Someone else on my local Mac list had the answer:

"I had a similar problem over the Christmas holiday. The video was
wrong because of Parallels Tools. Boot XP in safe mode (F8, I
believe) and run parallels tools again. This self corrected the
problem for me. "

It worked......

 

[bluloo]

Sweet!

Someone suggested I boot into safe mode and run parallels tools again as well.

In my haste, I promptly booted OS X into safe mode where Parallels wouldn't even run! LOL!

Glad you are back on track.