[Ti] Big problems with panic dumps today

[robert at elastica.com]

yDid you solve your problem?

My pb is in the shop and i've since done a clean install so it wasn't
modelm related in my case.

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, duenasd wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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