A theme update on Local shut down my mac (twice)

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Today I pulled down a live site to local that needed a theme update (Enfold) - I wanted to test things before I did it on live. Enfold is a theme that needs a themeforest.net username and API number to update - so I put in my credentials, hit update - and bam: Black Screen and then the classic white writing before reboot.

I thought it might be a coincidence, so I tried it again (I know, I know - not very smart.) Same exact thing.

After that - I just dropped the updated theme in there manually - and that worked OK.

So - things seem to be running fine after the fact, but it does worry me - that the error (whatever it was) was so big - that it immediately shut down my computer. That has not happened any other time since I have owned this computer (MacBook Pro 15).

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Hi @brian5e,

That’s surprising! It definitely sounds like a kernel panic.

Can you please provide the following information:

  1. Version of Local by Flywheel that you’re currently running
  2. Whether or not Faster Docker Volumes is enabled under Preferences » Advanced
  3. Version of VirtualBox
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Version 2.1.2
Faster Docker Volumes On
VirtualBox 5.1.3

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@brian5e,

Thanks!

Can you try the following?

  1. Quit Local if it’s running
  2. Update VirtualBox. Here’s the latest download link: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.6/VirtualBox-5.2.6-120293-OSX.dmg
  3. Re-open Local
  4. Go to Preferences » Add-ons and disable Faster Docker Volumes
  5. Try updating a theme/plugin

If that fixes the issue, try upgrading to Local 2.2.1 (pre-release) and then re-enable Faster Docker Volumes.

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Hey @brian5e,

Just wanted to check in and see if you were still running into this issue or not.

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Thanks for following up. I haven’t run into any issue with it lately - but I also have done any major theme updates. I definitely was able to do some plugin updates. Consider this closed for now - I think everything is fixed.