I think I may had a kernal panic...

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...I say think, because I just experienced something on my Quad that has not occured before, or on any of my other Macs, either.
I was browsing my EXS library, when suddenly a load of text ( white characters on black background) came up on the upper left side of the display. The appearance was as if it was made up of strips of text. I didn't dwell on this too long, because the fans came on, big time (that's never happened before on the Quad), so I hit the power button on the front and switched off. The text did give info, though, and the last line said something like: "waiting for remote debugger."
I started up the computer again: it took a little longer than usual.The fans powered up briefly, then it booted as normal. I repaired permissions, then verified the system drive: all passed successfully. I restarted from the hard drive and it booted up as always: quick and clean.
So, what was that all about,and should I be concerned? Is there anything else I need to check or do, or should I just forget it?
Thanks for any advice.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, since starting to use Logic Pro, I've had more kernal panics than I like to talk about. What you describe, however, does not resemble a kernal panic (where a grey curtain slowly falls upon all your unrecoverable work and the voice of doom (in a dialogue box) tells you that you must restart your computer).
Upon restart from a kernal panic, you will also be invited to send a description to Apple of what you were doing before the dreaded panic happened. You didn't appear to get that invitation. Frankly, I've been using Macs since 1988 and I've never seen what you described.
Paul