shut down

i;ve never seen this before

but while surfing the net my macbook froze
with a message in english you need to retart your computer
hold down the power button etc

then below that multi language versions

all in a black window box with white text

anybody had this or know why i'm getting it?

same thing happened on my g5 imac

A Kernel Panic. There are many causes, and you will need to investigate further.

Post more conditions/circumstances surrounding the incident, as maybe some can help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_panic

kernel panic

cvx5832 said:

A Kernel Panic. There are many causes, and you will need to investigate further.

Post more conditions/circumstances surrounding the incident, as maybe some can help.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_panic

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thank you for the reply
yeh feared that it was 'kernel panic' - first time in over three years.

very odd that i get it on two machines within a couple of hours of each other
just surfing the net independently. i'm led to beleive that visiting badly coded
web pages on both the machines could have caused the panic?

anything else i need to tell you?

will repairing permissions help?

programmes

what about 'recently installed apps'

could another suspect be yahoo widgets (konfabulator)

did that on both machines recently and its now a prime suspect?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464#symp2

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107043