It is much similar to a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in Windows, and can be triggered by the same causes: faulty hardware or driver bugs. A related condition is the kernel oops, when the Linux kernel registers inadequate operation but can usually recover by killing the offending application.
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Kernel panic on boot
Last week I installed SL6.2 on my tower using the LiveCD iso and unetbootin without issue. I was taking my time configuring it since it was my first real jump into linux. I ran into problems when I ...
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Upgrading 800 MHz G4 to Dual 1 GHz G4 processor results in kernel panic
I removed the 800 MHz G4 Processor then replaced it and upgraded to a Dual 1 GHz G4 Processor.
The system started with the Apple Chime and OS X 10.5.6, but then I received a kernel panic screen with ...
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Two Kernel Panics in two weeks, what's wrong? [closed]
I've had two kernel panics in two weeks on my Macbook.
Any idea what's wrong?
Here's my report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 386578 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: ...
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Ubuntu Wubi Kernel Panic
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 through Wubi to a Windows 7 NTFS drive. Everything worked ok -- after I booted into Ubuntu I did all the upgrades and everything was ok and I rebooted etc. However today, ...
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Use initrd as root filesystem for network boot
I'm creating a stand-alone set of netboot images based on a LinuxFromScratch installation (7.0, kernel 3.1.0). I want to deploy that image to many diskless clients, but NFS is in my situation not an ...
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Kernel Trap - Divide by Zero
I am currently using a 2011 iMac running OS X Lion. We are constantly running into this error which is causing the machine to error and force us to shutdown.
The 2nd line of the error is the most ...
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Fedora 15 - Kernel Panic not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root on unknown-block (0,0)
Fast to the point..
I have installed on my dystem a copy of Fedora 15 and Ubuntu 11.04. I first installed ubuntu on /dev/sda5 and grub2 was instaled at the begining of /dev/sda. Next i installed ...
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Mac Book Pro Kernel Panic On connecting DataCard
I have purchased new Mac book pro recently. I am facing kernel panic error every time when I use my USB data card for surfing. I have reinstalled my OS even I get kernel panic error.
Any help are ...
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LFS 6.8 not booting into right kernel
(Full disclosure: I am a no linux expert, but not a complete novice.)
I have been following along with Linux from Scratch 6.8 and everything has been going well. I got past an issue with GRUB ...
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Do not automatically restart on system failure
I need to know: how do not automatically restart GNU/Linux after a critical system failure
(kernel panic). For some reason the pc is rebooted, actually throws the error
screen Reboot just moments ...
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MacBook Pro kernel panics
My laptop has been acting up recently. It's seemed especially slow, video and audio has been very jittery, and it seems unable to do simple stuff like playback YouTube videos without jitter.
This ...
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Macbook kernel panic, esp. during DLs, kernel_task causing page fault
I've owned a 2010 13" Macbook for a little over a year and throughout that time have often downloaded files from sites like MediaFire and RapidShare without any problems. However in the past few ...
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ArchLinux kernel panic on boot
So I got home today to find that my KDE login screen would not let me log in. It said the authentication process failed or something and I needed to terminate the screen lock process manually. So I go ...
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Macbook is COMPLETELY frozen and it WILL NOT shutdown! [closed]
My macbook is completely frozen and will not shut down.
So i closed the lid to my macbook earlier and when i came back an hour or so later it had the kernel panic screen.
I go to hold down the power ...
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Macbook Pro Kernel IO errors - Freezes, Extremely slow Boot
Having kernel IO errors in the console, extremely slow boots, and reproducible freezes.
Tech Specs:
Macbook Pro Early 2008
4 GB ram
500 GB Seagate Momentus XT HDD/SSD hybrid drive (installed late ...
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kernel panic during network use, esp. downloads
I have a 2010 MBP that has been a test of patience since I got it about 6 months ago. The main issue has been the tendency to lock up solid when I unplug an external monitor or data projector, close ...
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How do I reinstall OSX with panic error (can't boot into OSX, keeps giving kernel / panic error)
I can't boot into OSX. I've tried everything to fix the panic / kernel error, but no luck. Don't think it is a hardware issue because this happened after I did a software update.
How do I do a clean ...
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OSX Panic about once a week
I am running OSX 10.6.6 and I this is the second kernel panic in 2 weeks.
Here is the log that gets sent to Apple. Help!
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor ...
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buildroot rootfs on arm board
After building buildroot with Kernelimage and rootfs (jffs2)
i flashed them to my board.
bootargs set to:
mem=64M console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock1 rw rootfstype=jffs2
Now when i boot i get ...
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Mac (PowerPC G5) gets kernel panics when booting off of installation disks
I've ran disk utility's disk verify on Mac OS 10.4 on a PowerPC G4, and it told me the computer's volume should be repaired. I lost the install disks for now, so I booted it off a Tiger installation ...
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1answer
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Boot from USB device - file manager tool [closed]
hi there
i got os x installed on my dell mini but after update there is a kernel panic.
I need to replace the existing one therefore i need to boot from usb - with some sort of tool (like file ...
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Kernel panic booting CentOS 5 image in VirtualBox
I'm using VirtualBox, and have a vdi. It works fine on the virtual machine I originally configured for it, but if I clone it (with VBoxManage clonehd) or just copy it, create a new VM and boot it, I ...
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2answers
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Kernel Panic on Mac OS X: What to do?
My brand new MacBook shows a kernel panic message. Does anybody have some suggestions on how to resolve that problem?
What is the first thing I should do (I have already updated but nothing). What is ...
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4answers
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What do I do when I get a Linux kernel bug?
I just bought a tiny computer called a fit-pc2 which came with a somewhat customized Ubuntu 9.10 installation. uname -a reports:
Linux 2.6.31-34-fitpc2 #7 SMP Thu Apr 22 17:43:26 IDT 2010 i686 ...
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Ubuntu Kernel Panic on Inserting Network Cable
I've been having a recurring kernel panic with my Ubuntu 9.04 installation (see other posts by me).
Today, I was fiddling around trying to get some cable attached when the system panicked. Looking ...
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1answer
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System will only boot into a Live CD with core disabled in BIOS and ACPI off
I have a system that was running a Q6600 and Windows 7 RC. It crashed last night into a BSOD with a MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION. Now it does that every time it boots into Windows.
I tried using my ...
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4answers
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Mac OS X kernel panic after TM restore
I changed my HD in my MacBook Pro, and restored from Time Machine backup. Now I keep getting kernel panic error everytime I restart.
I booted from the DVD and ran a few tests, noticed that HD and ...
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Is it my motherboard?
Early this week my home server (a Linux machine) threw a kernel panic. Yesterday is happened a couple of times. Then all of a sudden, when I plugged a USB stick in to run a memory test, the monitor ...
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4answers
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Mac OS X Leopard Kernel Panics getting absurd
Today Mac OS X kernel panicked twice on me.
The first time, I got this log.
The second time, I got this log.
A few minutes ago, iTunes started sounding blocky, after quitting FireFox everything went ...
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4answers
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Kernel Panic every time I open a print queue
Every time I open any printer queue I get a kernel panic and have to reboot. It's quite frustrating. I've tried removing/adding printers, clearing all caches with Onyx, repairing permissions, all ...
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What is a kernel panic?
I know that this sounds like a LMGTFY question but i thought i'd ask it so that google actually turns up (more) good results. What is it?
