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    Having to restart computer every time I turn it on?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by nhp1, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. nhp1

    nhp1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Every time I turn on MBP and log in the computer gets a dark screen from top to bottom and asking me to restart my MBP. After restarting my MBP it ask to send a report to Apple. Why is my MBP doing this? Is there something wrong with my MBP? Thank you!
     
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    That dark screen is equivalent to the BSOD you'd expect to find on Windows - basically a kernal panic:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106227

    No specific remedies i can suggest other than trying to isolate the conditions that cause it and then looking it up, and doing the standard troubleshooting procedures (fixing disk, permissions, hardware test, reinstalling OSX, updating firmware, taking it to Apple store, etc.)
     
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    Yeaps, its a kernel panic. Did you recently install any application? The application may not have installed properly, that may be causing the problem.

    As taelrak said, the first step is repair permissions. If you do all the other things and it still doesn't work, the reinstalling OS X will fix the issue. If its still not fixed after a reinstall, then its a hardware problem, and contact Apple.
     
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    How do you perform a repair permission?
     
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    Just Spotlight "Disk Utility", select your hard drive and you will see a "Repair Disk Permissions" button. Click it :p.
     
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    After running repair permission, this is what it read:

    Permissions repair complete
    Permission differs on., should be drwxrwxr-t, they are drwxrwxr-x
    Owner and group corrected on.
    Permissions correte on.
    The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume.

    What does this mean, did it fix the problem or is it trying to tell me I still have a problem or what? Thank you very much!
     
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    Well, we can't really tell what it did :p. But it should help.

    See if you're still getting any more kernel panics. If there still are some, then obviously it didn't work. If you don't notice anymore, you're good to go :).
     
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