Hi Folks, Just thought I'd share this finding in case anyone else has been experiencing the issue.
On the day of Lion's release I upgraded my late 2010 MBA from Snow Leopard. While I experienced some issues, the biggest problem I had was that my system froze with a "Kernel Panic" six times on that first day after upgrading to Lion. I read through the system logs and noted that they mentioned a bluetooth driver, so I did some googling and found several threads discussing Kernel Panics that were happening under Snow Leopard on various mac models when the batteries in an external bluetooth device ran too low. While I'd never had a kernel panic with SL on this system, one of the discussion threads mentioned that the issue was continuing under Lion. I had paired my Magic Trackpad with the MBA but hadn't touched the MT that first day. I went into the bluetooth menu and checked the MT's battery status and, sure enough, it was at 10 percent. I swapped in a fully charged battery and never received another kernel panic on that system. Last week I took delivery of one of the new Airs -- an 11 inch i7 with Spanish keyboard. After using this new system for a week, I hadn't experienced any system freezes or significant issues. Then yesterday the system froze solid 3 times within an hour and could only be resurrected via hard power off/on. There were no kernel panics associated with these freeze-ups, but as part of my troubleshooting I checked the battery levels of my Apple Bluetooth keyboard and Magic Trackpad. Sure enough, the battery level in the keyboard was in the low teens. I swapped the batteries and have not locked up since. As always, YMMV. HTH, Bryan <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
