Chimera defaulting to safe mode (-x flag must be removed on every boot) - how can I stop this?

[Stingray88]

The title pretty much says it all... A couple of weeks ago I had to boot into safe mode to fix an issue I was having with SMB and AFP. I was able to fix my issue... but ever since then Chimera has defaulted to having the -x flag. Every time I reboot my computer I have to manually remove that flag. Does anyone know how I can remove this?

Here is my chameleon boot plist incase it helps...

<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>darkwake=0</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>

 

[Obvious Answer Man]

There is no -x in this boot.plist

 

[Stingray88]

There is no -x in this boot.plist

Yeah... that's why I didn't say it was in the boot.plist

I said it was in Chimera during boot... in the space provided for you to type in temporary flags. They're supposed to be one-time flags that aren't use the next time you boot, however for me it's there every single time.

 

[MacMan]

In Terminal type the following command:

nvram -d boot-args

 

[rezmax]

same problem for me but the problem does not go away. Any other suggestions. doesn't make any sense.

 

[rezmax]

this is actually the needed command. It prompted my password and asked if I was sure blah blah. Rebooted to check: BLAMMO it worked. No more hitting backspace at chimera bootloader screen. All is good now. Thanks for leading me to the answer.

Mavericks 10.9.1


sudo nvram boot-args=""


Source from: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564