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Kernel panics
Authored by: ewelch on Dec 11, '02 11:54:37PM
I had a boatload of kernel panics last friday. My computer wouldn't run five minutes before crashing over and over again. Didn't matter what I was doing.

So I did a clean install of 10.2 and upgraded to .2.2 and it's been perfect ever since. Even restored all my settings except sharing preferences, and I didn't have to reinstall anything.

Thanks to this tip, I found the Apple support article on the topic and it directed me to the panic.log in the /library/logs folder (which was in my "previous systems folder" since I had done the clean install).

What was consistent in every single report was:

Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.symantec.kext.symfs(7.0.2)@0x1e3a9000
dependency: com.symantec.kext.symdc(1.3)@0x1ed21000


Symantec!!!!

Any idea what this is referring to?

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Kernel panics
Authored by: rmuir on Dec 12, '02 09:15:58AM
>Symantec!!!!
>
>Any idea what this is referring to?


My guess is Norton Utilities... I had a devil of a time with kernel panics
and journaling on 10.2.2 after doing the most recent upgrade to NUM. I
eventually disabled journaling and then things were fine. I've since
reenabled journaling and things are working fine. I'm still intending to
remove the NUM cruft. And BTW, there's references to kernel panics and
Norton Utilities on the Symantec website.

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Kernel panics
Authored by: klktrk on Dec 12, '02 12:17:51PM

Norton Utilities causing kernel panics in 10.2.2 is well documented. It was tracked on the MacFixit site about a month ago. (Symantec makes Norton Utilities).

My recommendation, which is a position I've taken with most of my clients for the past year, is to forget Norton: It almost always causes more problems than it helps. Use Virex for Virus detection, and a VERY occasional use of DiskWarrior when disk problems appear.



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