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2     <HEAD>
3     <TITLE>Troubleshooting</TITLE>
4     </HEAD>
5     <BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF>
6    
7     <H1>Troubleshooting</H1>
8    
9     <H2>SheepShaver doesn't boot</H2>
10    
11     SheepShaver should boot all MacOS versions &gt;=7.5.2, except MacOS X. However,
12     your mileage may vary. If it doesn't boot, try again with extensions disabled
13     (by pressing the shift key) and then remove some of these extensions:
14     "MacOS Licensing Extension", Speed Doubler, 68k FPU extensions and MacsBug.
15    
16     <H2>The colors are wrong in 16 or 32 bit graphics modes</H2>
17    
18     If you're running SheepShaver on a something other than a PowerMac, it may be
19     that 16 or 32 bit graphics modes show false colors due to the frame buffer being
20     little-endian. Apart from patching the X server, there's unfortunately nothing
21     that you or SheepShaver can do about this.
22    
23     <H2>Full-screen mode doesn't work</H2>
24    
25     Some X servers on Linux PPC don't support DGA and full-screen mode cannot be used
26     with these (in this case, you should disable it in the "Graphics" settings). If you
27     are seeing a message like "cannot map /dev/kmem (permission denied)", you have to
28     either run SheepShaver as root (not recommended) or give yourself appropriate access
29     rights to /dev/kmem if you can login as root.
30    
31     <H2>Ethernet doesn't work</H2>
32    
33     <UL>
34     <LI>You have to either install the sheep_net driver or configure the ethertap device in the Linux kernel to use Ethernet. See <A HREF="using.html">Using SheepShaver</A> for more information.
35     <LI>If you're using TCP/IP on the MacOS side, you have to set up different IP addresses for Linux and for the MacOS.
36     </UL>
37    
38     <H2>SheepShaver crashes, but yesterday it worked</H2>
39    
40     Try the "Zap PRAM File" item in the main menu of the SheepShaver preferences editor.
41     When you are using a ROM file and switching to a different ROM version, you <B>have</B>
42     to zap the PRAM file or SheepShaver might behave very weird.
43    
44     <H2>Known incompatibilities</H2>
45    
46     <UL>
47     <LI>MacOS programs or drivers which access Mac hardware directly are not supported by SheepShaver.
48     <LI>Speed Doubler, RAM Doubler, 68k FPU emulators and similar programs don't run under SheepShaver.
49     <LI>MacsBug is not compatible with SheepShaver.
50     </UL>
51    
52     <H2>Known bugs</H2>
53    
54     <UL>
55     <LI>The QuickTime 2.5 Cinepak codec crashes the emulator.
56     <LI>Programs that use InputSprockets crash the emulator when in window mode.
57     <LI>The mouse cursor hotspot in window mode is not correct.
58     </UL>
59    
60     <HR>
61     <ADDRESS>
62     SheepShaver User's Guide
63     </ADDRESS>
64     </BODY>
65     </HTML>