On Oct 22, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> If it *STILL* KP's after that, you have a hardware fault. > > I wonder when Apple will make a computer that "just tells me" what's > the matter with it? Seriously, it's because of the nature of a Kernel Panic, which happens when some process accesses memory it's not been allocated. The Unix kernel is a pretty simple thing; at it's heart it's a traffic cop and supply clerk: it tells processes when thye can use the CPU and what memory they can use. When some process steps out of line and writes to memory that doesn't exist, or is not it's own, the kernel essentially pulls the big red switch and kills everything, because letting the errant process continue can produce more data corruption than just immediately shutting down. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_panic> The OS doesn't KNOW why it crashed, only that the panic condition had occurred. We won't get the kind of information you want until thiotimoline based interface circuitry is developed. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
