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12" major yet still elegant crash
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Hi everyone,
I've had my 12" for about a month now without a crash, but previously I had been on a PC. So the last kernel panic I experienced was back when I put OS X 10.0 on my grandmother's iMac.
Well now I have have jaguar of course and was wondeirng if kernel panics still look the same. Back in 10.0 the iMac exited to a Blue screen with some lovely criptic error message in the top left corner.
The reason I ask is because when I was sitting in class writing an email in mail, the funniest thing happened. The screen did a linear fade from the top of the screen down that darkened the whole screen a few leveles then I got a modal dialog box in multiple languages telling me to hold down the power button to reset the machine. I am assuming this was a nasty crash but I have never heard of it on these boards anywhere and was wondering if anyone knew what it was.
Thanks,
-Thomas
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Old Skool ~ 3rd Gen iPod
New Skool ~ White MacBook 2Ghz
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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yeah seen that once using 10.2
its a better way to crash but have not crashed again for damn I can't remember how long
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Yeah, I've also seen it just a little bit too often... It often happens when I'm trying to set up a direct cable connection with my brother's Win-machine... I've stopped bragging about X's stability, since he doesn't believe me any longer 
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Yep, that's a kernel panic. You should repair permissions and run fsck -y everytime that happens (see apple's support site for details.) You should also use the software update System pref panel to make sure you have the latest system software.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: San Francisco Peninsula
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Originally posted by amazing:
Yep, that's a kernel panic. You should repair permissions and run fsck -y everytime that happens (see apple's support site for details.)
Just wondering. Does OS X automatically repair the disk after a hard crash? I rarely restart and it is extremely rare to have a crash but it seems that OS X takes extra long time to start after a crash. Anyone know about this for sure?
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Happy owner of a new 15" Al PB.
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Nov 2000
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Originally posted by neutrino23:
Just wondering. Does OS X automatically repair the disk after a hard crash? I rarely restart and it is extremely rare to have a crash but it seems that OS X takes extra long time to start after a crash. Anyone know about this for sure?
I believe it does, yes.
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