The logs are located in /Library/Logs and ~/Library/Logs. You read them with Console, which is in /Applications/Utilities. Console for 10.2.8 probably has an icon in the top left corner that looks somewhat like an old amber computer display. If you click that, you can see all available logs, regardless of where they're located. There *may* be info in the logs that points to what device driver is at fault, such as the USB drivers.
The OS, per se, is probably not frozen. If you had a means of telnetting into your Mac from another machine, you might be able to unhang the offending component. But, since most of us don't have such a setup, it might as well be frozen.
On May 30, 2004, at 6:43 PM, Eric Wilson wrote:
On Sunday, May 30, 2004, at 11:10 America/Phoenix, James S Jones wrote:
Describe what the freeze looks and behaves like. Do you get a kernel panic (a black screen with text in 10.2.8) or is the screen and interface just unresponsive? Does the mouse cursor move or not? Do you know about the console logs? If yes, what do they say? Do you have anything connected to the onboard FireWire and USB ports?
The freeze is just an old-fashioned OS freeze (nothing moves, not even the cursor).
It's not a kernel panic.
I'm not sure about the console logs, how do I access them?
My firewire stuff goes through the SIIG card but my mouse and floppy are connected to the onboard USB.
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