[G4] OS X crashes

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

Boot from the install cd and run the disk utility and repair privs on the
boot drive. Some of the most recent updates, itunes, quicktime 6.2, saw some
weird things. I was having some strange mouse movement problems that went
away when repairing privs. Just an idea. Have also had instances were bad
privs wouldn't even allow mouse movement on the login screen. Wayne.

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> From: 	Ron Goebel
> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:53 PM
> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: 	[G4] OS X crashes
> 
> Ok all you G4/OS X gurus out there, I have a problem.  I have a G4 
> QuickSilver running OS X 10.2.5 with no problems until about a week 
> ago.  Now, every 5 to 15 minutes, no matter what I'm doing, the 
> screen darkens, as if a gray film is being pulled down from top to 
> bottom, and a message says (in 4 languages): "You need to restart 
> your computer.  Press and hold down the Power button for several 
> seconds or press the Reset button."  The MAC address and local IP 
> address of the G4 are at the bottom of the dialog box.
> 
> I've ruled out a hardware problem by virtue of the fact that I can 
> boot into OS 9.2 and run just fine for hours.  Also, the problem will 
> happen even if no applications are running.  I've even restarted and 
> left it idle at the login screen, and within minutes the above 
> happens.
> 
> So far, I've run Disk First Aid to both repair the startup volume and 
> fix the permissions, run fsck at startup, zapped the pram, and run 
> Drive 10 from the CD - all to no avail.
> 
> At this point I'm thinking I need to reinstall OS X 10.2 and then run 
> the updater to 10.2.5.  However, it may be something as simple as 
> trashing some preference file, if only I could figure out which one. 
> Does anyone have any ideas about how to go about this task?  Oh for 
> something like Conflict Catcher for OS X.
> 
> Ron
> 
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