On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Dan Ziegler wrote: > I think I have found (at least one) culprit. Looking in the > CrashReporter log, > Process: DashboardClient [1171] > ... > Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) > Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x000000000003ffc0 > Crashed Thread: 0 > > Plus whenever I start Dashboard it triggers the whole speed dump > problem. > > Also Bruce I think it needs RAM as well. With Safari and Firefox open > with 4 tabs, mail open, and textedit, I am down to 18 MB of free RAM! > > So besides some more RAM what could be wrong w/ Dashboard?
It might just be the low RAM available causing this, but what I'd do is start by deleting all the active dashboard widgets, then re-adding them one at a time. If you can't even start dashboard to do this, delete the file Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dashboard.plist then in a terminal window type: killall dock to force the Dock to quit and restart. Then add the widgets you use back in one at a time until it breaks. then you found the offending one. If you don't use the Dashboard at all, you can follow the directions here to stop it from running: <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20050723123302403> -- 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
