[Ti] Big problems with panic dumps today

[duenasd]

I started seeing the same thing yesterday. Using 10.2 on a Ti500 with 1GB
RAM. I get the grey screen with instructions to hold down the power button
and restart the computer.

I was testing various PPPoE connections on our network and can duplicate the
problem when I constantly try to connect and disconnect from the Internet
Connect panel. One of our ISPs was having problems connecting to our
broadband access server (Nortel Shasta box), and when I constantly try to
connect, after, about ten unsuccessful attempts, the system will force me to
restart. My guess is it has something to do with the constant changing of
network profiles (our accounts versus the ISPs) and continually attempting
to connect without success. This action must freak out the operating system
somehow.

Otherwise, this is the first time I have seen this kind of screen in 10.2.

> The only thing I can find in the system.log indicative of this is
> 
> Dec  2 21:46:42 Robert-Nicholsons-Computer /usr/libexec/panicdump:
> Error (-1) se
> tting variable - 'aapl,panic-info'
> 
> I cannot find the information that the display showed when the machine
> paniced.
> 
> On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 10:01  PM, Robert Nicholson wrote:
> 
>> As of today only I've been seeing a lot of kernel panics and that
>> multi language "You need to restart your computer"... with
>> FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF as the last line.
>> 
>> Anybody know where the panic dump info is saved?
>> 
>> This has happened about 4 times today and I'm a bit concerned.
>> Prior to today it hasn't happened at all.
>> No signifcant software installations have taken place recently.