Kenral Panic craziness - good luck with this one

[cocoax]

OKay
so
here';s the deal
My imac g5 (i have an intel as well, but my imac is small and i can travel with it)

is in full kernel panic
the first few times it happened
i finally got something new

i checked everything when i could, but now i'm in full panic

here's the catch number one

it's any usb hub
anytime anything is plugged in - i can however stick an external hub as extension, no problem------UNTIL i plug the usb connection (mouse or keyboard into that)
that is ANY CONNECTION

so
the system boots up fine with no connections

here's Catch number 2

the bluetooth isn't set up on the system at the moment, as when the last boots happened, the bluetooth was shut off

so i have no mouse
or keyboard to make a fix

kernal panics are easy to get around
and i've never had a problem
but i realized this one is a doozy

so
is there any ideas at all? about resetting bluetooth? or something, without the use of a mouse
this kid is stumped.

and i actually need to travel this week
and i gotta fix somehow
even if it's for just a week

ARGGHHH!!

 

[r0k]

So what you have is a "headless" mac.

One thought about the kernel panics is there is a possible hardware problem with your usb. Can you boot from an OSX dvd and use the keyboard and mouse? If the answer is yes, your fix might be easy: an archive and install. If the answer is no, you need to find another machine to carry with you while your machine is at Apple for repairs.

Now we come to the headless part. Even if you have a hardware problem, you should be able to ssh or screenshare into the broken machine to get your files backed up before you take it in for repairs.

 

[cocoax]

yeah
that's a tough one
though
i just managed after numerous boots
i did to get on in safe mode
now mouse and keyboard works fine

i guess i gotta go rip around preferences
we'll see
i'm pretty sure i'm going to need a fix.