[G4] How to get actual kernel panic data?

[Eric Wood]

Man, that's a rotten thing to have start up. Did the shop you took it  
to try different RAM? Certainly it's either there or on the board  
some place, considering it happens from a different drive with a  
different system installation. One other thought is some failure in  
the cooling? I could imagine a kernel panic coming up if something  
overheats. Maybe a thorogh cleaning with canned air would do the trick.

As for kernel panic data, the lead I've found is at http://www.index- 
site.com/kernelpanic.html
"I would also look at the Panic.log file with the Console program on  
your machine to see what may have caused the kernel panic if you get  
one. "

Eric W.

Am 09.04.2009 um 16:16 schrieb Eric Smith:

> My iBook G4 has started experiencing regular kernel panics.
> My immediate question is how can I get the actual kernel
> panic message to display, rather than the generic message
> ("You must restart your computer ...") ?
> It's a long shot but maybe there's some clue in there
> I could decipher.
>
> Background: this started happening out of the blue.
> Once it started, it would either happen during the boot,
> or if it did boot all the way up it would happen as soon
> as I tried to log in. I was able to boot from the install
> CD without any problems and run Disk Utility, repair the
> filesystem and repair permissions (but no significant
> problems were seen). After doing this it would run for
> a longer period of time after booting, but after about
> 15-20 minutes of operation it would panic again, and
> then start panicking on every boot again.
>
> I took it to my authorized Apple repair shop (and they're
> good; I've used them for years on different systems).
> They ran all their HW diagnostics and found nothing
> (I have never opened it and added RAM or anything else),
> and wiped the disk clean and reinstalled. They also tried
> different kb/mouse, running off an external drive, etc.
> The result: still random panics, although they claim the
> panics are less frequent now. At that point they gave up.
>
> So I'm not sure what to do next. Live with a system that
> panics at random intervals and hope it doesn't get worse,
> or declare it a total loss? I don't expect that taking it
> to Apple will be of any use because they will probably just
> want to replace the logic board at a prohibitive cost.
> All I'm thinking is that if I can gather some more data on
> the actual panics there might be some hope.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric S.
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