Tried to trash a file - Then Kernel

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Duddle

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Hi folks,
I'm not sure if i'm in the proper forum but here's my querry. I tried to trash a file and when I was emptying the trash my screen went black with white text. I had a quick look at the message before turning the computer off, all I could see was something about kernels. I got some advice from the forum connected to the site that I downloaded the file from. I was told to re-boot into OS 9 then trash the file which I did and it worked.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again? Any advice much appreciated. :confused:
 
Duddle,

What's your operating system? OS X?

You probably saw a kernel panic, where the whole OS crashes. In OS X, this is rare. You probably have nothing to worry about.

Doug
 
I have exactly the same problem. I actually reinstalled the system when i had this problem before, because it wouldn't let up. 10 hrs work! Well it has come back now.... I assumed that it was a problem with ownership, so i went through all the files to be trashed and checked them and changed any that didn't have the correct owner. The computer still crashes, with a message saying that the computer must be restarted and the number of the network card at the bottom. VERY strange. Nothing wrong with the hardware either, which I thought, at first. Then one time, the computer, while restarting from the crash, restarted again by itself, and the trash wwas empty. However, the next time i tried to empty it, crash again. I have run COCKTAIL, and force emptied using this, and then a crash, repaired disk permissions, run disk utility. Everything... I don't know what to do when I can't empty the trash! None of the items to be tossed are system files of any sort, they are files i don't need anymore, like text, sit files, downloads that I didn't need, etc.
System 10.2.5, 867 G4 single processor, and 1 GB RAM. 400 GB hard drives in total.

cheers
Bert
 
Originally posted by dktrickey
Duddle,

What's your operating system? OS X?

You probably saw a kernel panic, where the whole OS crashes. In OS X, this is rare. You probably have nothing to worry about.

Doug
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Hello dktrickey,

OSX 10.1.5.
It has happened twice since my original post, it only happens when I try to trash large files. I re-boot into OS 9.2.2 and it trashes no problem.

All the best
Duddle.
 
Coincidentally,

Just after I replied to your message, my machine panicked :(.

Have you repaired your permissions ("/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility")?

Doug
 
I had this problem as well just booted to single user mode (hold down CMD+S when booting) and deleted the file from there worked a treat.

tobes
 
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