Re: What does a Kernal Panic look like?

[Harry van der Dussen]

One thing that also causes kernal panics is memory problems. A friend 
of mine has an iMac with only 256Mb memory. Through the 'top' command 
in the terminal you can find out the memory status. On a certain moment 
I saw only 5Mb free memory. On that moment I started an other program 
and there it was: the kernal panic. On my own G4 I noticed that when 
the finder cannot discover an opened network connection, the system can 
become unusable. After starting the computer with the appointed drive, 
the finder is working normally and all the performance problems are 
gone.


This is very good description.  I have a Beige G3 tower and I get this 
about 1 a month.

You entire screen DIMS and a multilingual message to restart your 
computer comes on the screen

I personally believe most kernel panics are due to hardware problems. 
I have checked my memory several times (changed memory modules) I have 
checked my hard drive and it is very difficult to determine what 
causes the panic.  It would be nice if there was a kernel monitor (gui 
tool) that would help to diagnose the nature of kernel panics. At the 
command line there is a file where this is information is written (the 
problem is understanding the file).

on 03/9/16 11:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Sorry for the stupid question but I keep on hearing people talk 
about the
 dreaded "KERNAL PANIC" but I don't seeing anyone explaining what it 
actually
 is.

 I have had a lot of strange things happen on my beige and iBook but 
I don't
 know if I could claim the "KERNAL PANIC".

 > Can someone explain the symptoms or the event?



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