On Oct 17, 2004, at 8:59 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
On 17/10/2004 @ 13:57 +0100, Bill Stephenson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote:
Sometimes, usually when I get to my desk in the morning, my mac has a black screen with scrolling white text (that I've yet to actually read). No way to stop it that I know of short of unplugging the computer and starting back up.
That sounds, almost certainly, like a kernel panic. Run Disk Utility/Disk Warrior first of all but in my only experience of KPs mine was caused by a defective mouse so you'll need to note the text on screen to diagnose what's causing it.
Regards,
Phil.
Thanks for tip Phil.
I was hoping that the error might be found in one of the Console logs. It's difficult to read the text that's scrolling on the screen because it's moving so darn fast, my old eyes aren't very good anymore, and I tend to get those pesky "Optic Migraines" when I stare at anything that strobes or has significant glare, and of course, David points out the other obvious reason below....
On Oct 17, 2004, at 8:09 AM, David Cantrell wrote:
Did you not consider for one moment that perhaps that text might help you to solve whatever's going on, before wasting our time? Idiot.
Of course I did.
Geez, if I only had the omnipotent David Cantrel looking over my shoulder he could solve this in a nanosecond. I'm sure he scored incredibly high on his Evelyn Wood courses and even Albert Einstien would blush in his grave if he knew of his magnificent intelligence.
I apologize for wasting your time David. Here's a tip for you, make a "Rule" in your "Mail.app" that moves messages from me into your "Trash" or "Junk" directories.
Kindest Regards,
Bill
