On 05/05/2005, at 10:37 AM, Toby Oldham wrote:
Anyone know what the above errors refer to?
http://www.appleerrorcodes.com/ reports these errors as follows (note
they show only -(negative) 60)
ID=12 Unimplemented Core Routine
A programmer might set breakpoints in parts of a program to inspect for
errors. This requires using a debugger. If a debugger isn't installed
when a breakpoint occurs, you see this error code.
-60 badMDBErr bad master directory block
A friend has an 1.2Ghz (512Mb) eMac running 10.3.9, does some web
surfing (wireless D-link modem with airport card), plays WoW. Errors
have begun appearing since the 10.3.9 update - display darkens,
message pops up asking him to restart.
This sounds very much like a kernel panic.
Running disk restore gives him the above error messages. Interestingly
the issue doesn't manifest when logged into his girlfriends account.
There's your clue. The problem is constrained to his account. The text
explanations of error codes are at best often misleading, and at worst
just plain wrong. There may be problems with the hard drive, but it is
doubtful that they are behind the kernel panic. Disk restore is
reporting problems, but it is not really clear just what those problems
are. You best bet is to get a copy of Disk Warrior to do the job.
The kernel panic is related to something in your friend's user account.
Start with login items (ie, remove them all, then start adding them
back one by one until the problem occurs again, logging out and back in
each time). If it's not with login items, the problem will be more
deeply-seated, and could be anything from a corrupt .plist file to a
bad font in the user account.
Solving this involves creating a new user account for himself and
moving all his treasured items across to it. Check out www.tidbits.com
for their excellent eBook, Take Control of Users & Accounts in Panther,
for a great guide on doing this. The best $5 you will ever spend.
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