I just went and bought a new screen for my PowerBook G4 today!
Now all I have to do is wait 3-4 days. Finally, I'll be able to use it as a laptop, except I don't have a battery…
Using the "set-defaults" command with resets seemed to bring the FireWire back on a 12" G4 867 MHz for me. It was having a similar problem recognizing drives at the volume select …