[shortcipher]

I have been experiencing frequent kernel panics, often when I am away from my computer. Does anyone have any idea what these might be? I am running a dual 1.4 MDD with 1GB RAM, no funny USB hardware or anything, but I am on Ethernet. I have Windowshade and Fruitmenu installed, latest versions.

Here is the latest panic log:

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Wed Jan 21 18:54:44 2004


panic(cpu 1): thread_dispatch: state 0x1

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000833B8 0x0008389C 0x0001ED8C 0x0002B568 0x0002B1D0 0x000913B0
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x008D6000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0:
Thu Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC


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[Detrius]

unfortunately, that isn't particularly informative as far as the crash is concerned. I can see you are running 10.3.2 on a dual processor machine, but this doesn't list an error. If you have been having many of these kernel panics, look back through the log and see if any of them reference a specific kernel module.

[Diggory Laycock]

bad RAM?

[shortcipher]

If you have been having many of these kernel panics, look back through the log and see if any of them reference a specific kernel module. [/B]

got a few of these:

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Wed Jan 21 15:12:25 2004


panic(cpu 1): thread_invoke: state 0x1

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000833B8 0x0008389C 0x0001ED8C 0x0002AF3C 0x0002B2E8 0x00015E54 0x0001B0B8 0x0001C0A0
0x0001C0D8 0x00093E78 0x00490064
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFEDE0

Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.ATIRadeon8500(3.0.4)@0x48c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x38b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3)@0x457000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3)@0x476000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x008D6000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0:
Thu Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC


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ermmm?

[Millennium]

OK, that one's significantly more useful. It looks like there's something going on with your video card (or possibly just the driver for the video card).

Unfortunately, that's all I know from this standpoint, but perhaps someone here knows if there are any issues with the Rage128Pro driver in 10.2.3?

Meanwhile, do you know how to check to make sure that a card is properly seated? I'm guessing that your machine is relatively old, and it's possible that the video card has somehow come loose. If that's the case, it just needs to be put back in properly.

[shortcipher]

Originally posted by Millennium:
OK, that one's significantly more useful. It looks like there's something going on with your video card (or possibly just the driver for the video card).

Unfortunately, that's all I know from this standpoint, but perhaps someone here knows if there are any issues with the Rage128Pro driver in 10.2.3?

Meanwhile, do you know how to check to make sure that a card is properly seated? I'm guessing that your machine is relatively old, and it's possible that the video card has somehow come loose. If that's the case, it just needs to be put back in properly.

actually the machine is practically brand new (Dual 1.4Ghz G4), but it is possible that the card has become strained slightly due to the cables trailing out of the back of the machine and up through a hole in my desk.