Kernal Panics

[jlewis2k1]

How would i know when I get a kernal panic? Would it be anything like the blue screen of Death or no?

 

[WildCowboy]

It looks like the first picture on this page.

 

[jlewis2k1]

ok so its nothing like a BOD. thanks for your response wild

 

[miniConvert]

Indeed it isn't, it's possibly worse in that you get no information whatsoever about what is wrong or what to do next 😀 Luckily they don't show their ugly heads that often...

 

[jlewis2k1]

lets say i do get a KP, does it log this anywhere or no? It would be helpful to get an idea where the problem is.

 

[WildCowboy]

lets say i do get a KP, does it log this anywhere or no? It would be helpful to get an idea where the problem is.

Check the article I linked...it mentions that it logs the info to a file called panic.log. The log file can sometimes be difficult to decipher though.

 

[jlewis2k1]

hmm what you mean it would be hard to decipher this particular log? I though apple was susposed to be simple lol.

 

[gekko513]

The panic.log isn't ment to be understood by a normal user. It's for the engineers at Apple, developers, sysadmins and the like.

Besides, you'll never get a kernal panic. It's a kernel panic. 😛

Hopefully you'll never get a kernel panic at all, so you don't have to worry about it. I have only ever seen it once and I've been using 5 different Macs for around three years

 

[jlewis2k1]

hmm you are right my bad on the spelling...