For the past week or so, whenever I boot my computer after a shut down, I get the normal gray screen with the black apple and the "sprocket" spinning for a minute or so, and then instead of continuing to boot I get a message in a large box that says (in several languages): "You must restart your computer ..." or words to that effect. It doesn't give me a reason, just says I have to hold down the power key for several seconds to shut it down and then restart it.
Usually after I've done this it will boot normally the next time. But after the next shutdown, I get that message again. Sometimes I'll get the restart message for two consecutive starts. I have used Disk Utility to repair permissions and run fsck -y (which reported no problems). I am running 10.2.6 on a Powerbook G4. I have recently tried to reset the Power Management Unit while troubleshooting a firewire port problem and this "restart message" problem dates from around that same time. Don't know if it's related or not. Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this message and what I need to do to keep it from occurring, or have other suggestions? Also: I have not had a real disk utility program since installing X. The latest I've got is Norton Utilities 5.0. I'd be interested in hearing recommendations for the best disk utility program for OS X. Dan Crutcher | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
