[X4U] White text on black

[Randy B.Singer]

Paul Moortgat said:

>Once in 14 days I get white scrolling text on black background when I 
>open the lid of my PB 867 with 10.3.5 after sleep.  Then I've to 
>restart.
>I've run Drive 10 and DiskWarrior.  Still the same.  I also repaired 
>permissions.
>What can be wrong?


Sounds like a kernel panic.

A kernel panic is an OS X error message that appears, telling you that 
you need to restart your Macintosh (in several languages).
See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106227

Though a kernel panic can be caused by a software problem, it is much 
more often caused by a hardware problem. Usually bad RAM (usually third 
party RAM) or a bad USB hub or USB device.

Have you installed more RAM, or added a USB peripheral, recently?  Remove 
them and see if things clear up.

For more info see:

http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html 
Item #'s 10 & 11

http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html 
Item #6




Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html