Frequent restarts with 10.8.2 ?

[drsox]

I've had 4 restarts in the last 2 days after I upgraded to 10.8.2. This on a 2011 MBA. I had none before. Anyone else seen this or else I'll look for a possible hardware problem ?

 

[charlieegan3]

So the computer is just restarting with no warning?

 

[drsox]

Correct. It is usually on sleep after closing the lid. When I reopen the lid either it displays a different background screen with the message "Your computer was restarted due to a problem. Send info to Apple ?" etc or I get a grey screen with a whole login cycle and then the "Your computer etc"

Has happened twice overnight and twice during daily use. Otherwise it wakes up as normal with all the open programme screens displayed etc.

 

[50548]

Correct. It is usually on sleep after closing the lid. When I reopen the lid either it displays a different background screen with the message "Your computer was restarted due to a problem. Send info to Apple ?" etc or I get a grey screen with a whole login cycle and then the "Your computer etc"

Has happened twice overnight and twice during daily use. Otherwise it wakes up as normal with all the open programme screens displayed etc.

Check your Console and let us know what it shows...these wake-from-sleep issues are really bothering me on 10.8.2 as well.

 

[drsox]

I didn't think about Console, next time I'll check.
Glad to see that it might not be hardware related.

 

[Weaselboy]

I didn't think about Console, next time I'll check.
Glad to see that it might not be hardware related.

It should still be there from the last crash. Just scroll back to the date/time of the last crash and you should see it.

 

[drsox]

It should still be there from the last crash. Just scroll back to the date/time of the last crash and you should see it.

Yes, that's the problem. Can't remember exactly. I've now taken to putting markers in every time I close the lid. I'll wait till the next event occurs.

 

[drsox]

Well it happened again.

Here's the end of the last sleep-down and the start of the "error" start-up :

Oct 7 14:55:02 Nero kernel[0]: Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
Oct 7 15:55:00 Nero kernel[0]: RTC: SleepService 2012/10/7 13:55:00, sleep 2012/10/7 12:55:02
Oct 7 15:55:00 Nero kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake

Then there is a bunch of listings ending with another sleep at :

Oct 7 15:55:01 Nero.local airportd[709]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “CoEurl”. Bailing on auto-join.
Oct 7 15:55:31 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 7 15:56:12 Nero kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: powerChange: System Sleep

Then more stuff ending at :

Oct 7 15:56:15 Nero kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC.SleepTimer (SleepTimer)
Oct 7 16:05:02 Nero kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake

Then more stuff ending at :

Oct 7 16:05:05 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 7 16:05:05 Nero kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_allocate_cluster - send HI_WAT_ALERT
Oct 7 16:05:05 Nero kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Oct 7 16:05:06 Nero kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
Oct 7 16:05:06 Nero kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Oct 7 16:05:07 Nero kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
Oct 7 16:05:07 Nero kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Oct 7 16:05:10 Nero kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
Oct 7 16:05:10 Nero kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Oct 7 16:50:52 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1349621452 0

Then there is a whole lot of stuff listed. Any value to copy/paste it into here ?


So it looks as if it woke/slept 4 times from my shutting the lid and reopening it 2 hours later.

 

[Weaselboy]

So it looks as if it woke/slept 4 times from my shutting the lid and reopening it 2 hours later.

That looks more like normal Powernap behavior.

What you want to do is immediately after it crashes go back to the log at the exact time it crashed and there should be a crash report.

 

[drsox]

Well, here's where I reopened the lid and saw the error process :

Oct 7 17:14:34 Nero kernel[0]: /drv/ MacModule.cpp:309 powerStateDidChangeTo: found flag=kIOPMSleepCapability (4)
Oct 7 17:22:35 Nero.local loginwindow[55]: ERROR | -[LWScreenLock(Private) screenIsLockedTimeExpired:] | No lock state found, use built in check
Oct 7 17:14:34 Nero kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC.LidOpen (User)
Oct 7 17:22:35 Nero kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
Oct 7 17:22:35 Nero kernel[0]: /drv/ MacModule.cpp:304 powerStateWillChangeTo: flags=2 stateNumber=3

What specific listings should I be looking for ? In what part of the Console reports will they be listed ?

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I found a set of listings under : System Diagnostic Reports and saw a Kernal Nero.panic listed for the approx time today when the problem might have occurred viz. - 2012-10-7-165057.

Here's what it says :

Sun Oct 7 16:50:57 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8009eb7bd5): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8a3c52b0, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000000c0dc000, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
RAX: 0xffffff80157ebc00, RBX: 0xffffff80746f5000, RCX: 0x0000000000000002, RDX: 0x0000000000000004
RSP: 0xffffff80ba86bdc0, RBP: 0xffffff80ba86bde0, RSI: 0x0000000000000002, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0xffffff80157ed000, R9: 0x00000000000003ff, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffffff
R12: 0xffffff80157c5400, R13: 0x0000000000000002, R14: 0x0000000000000004, R15: 0x0000000000000002
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7f8a3c52b0, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80ba86ba60 : 0xffffff8009e1d626
0xffffff80ba86bad0 : 0xffffff8009eb7bd5
0xffffff80ba86bca0 : 0xffffff8009ece4ed
0xffffff80ba86bcc0 : 0xffffff7f8a3c52b0
0xffffff80ba86bde0 : 0xffffff800a23985c
0xffffff80ba86be30 : 0xffffff800a2362c1
0xffffff80ba86be80 : 0xffffff800a2403f4
0xffffff80ba86bec0 : 0xffffff800a235b6b
0xffffff80ba86bef0 : 0xffffff800a2400ed
0xffffff80ba86bf30 : 0xffffff800a245daa
0xffffff80ba86bf80 : 0xffffff800a245ed9
0xffffff80ba86bfb0 : 0xffffff8009eb26b7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.4)[C3094550-7F58-3933-A4F7-CD33AE83F8B9]@0xffffff7f8a3a5000->0xffffff7f8a3fbfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f8a37c000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
12C60

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide: 0x0000000009c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8009e00000
System model name: MacBookAir4,2 (Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 567531629485
last loaded kext at 310861691273: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f8bad9000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 93038327014: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f8a77d000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic 7.0 15107.796624
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge 7.0 15107.796624
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook 7.0 15107.796624
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor 7.0 15107.796624
com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect 7.0 15107.796624
com.silex.driver.sxuptp 1.10.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 10.0
com.apple.nke.asp_tcp 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.0.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.1.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 34
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 602.15.22
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine 2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 196.0.0
com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword 1.0
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.4d2
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 235.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0


Any help ?

 

[Weaselboy]

Well, here's where I reopened the lid and saw the error process

I'm not familiar with this Nero business. I recall a Windows program Nero for CD burning, but that is not ringing a bell for me with OS X. Usually a Google search of the error message (Nero.local loginwindow in your case) will show others with the same problem, but I don't get one single hit on this search?

What have you installed beyond a bone stock system? I see you have Parallels installed. Did the problem start with the Parallels install? Is there a Parallels update maybe?

What is that Silex driver? Hmm... I found this with somebody else having your issue with that driver. It looks like some kind of wireless print driver. Try to uninstall that sucker and see if it helps.

 

[drsox]

Nero is the name of the MBA (an ex-cat).
Silex is a USB server that has just been updated for ML. I'll uninstall that temporarily.
I'll also uninstall Parallels - don't need that anymore.

All the problems started with the latest update to ML. Any way to roll back from that ?

Thanks for your interest.

PS According to the Console logs, I have 7 of these Kernel Panics, starting on 5th October. Sounds right for frequency. Does this still seem like a software problem ?

 

[sfenton83]

I've had the same issue - and I've chased down the 'apps' that supposedly cause the error message until I started getting apple services as the 'cause' of the problem. First it was my anti-virus. I un-installed, but still had errors. I've had about 8 reboots in the last week, 2 in less than 30 minutes, most frequently waking from sleep as well but had one hit after about 3 hours of use AFTER a full reboot (even updated 10.8.2 in that time) and still ended up with a crash. It's infuriating. I bought this computer because I was tired of BSOD - now all I seem to get is the WSOD. Is NO ONE else having this issue??

My latest error message:

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3227 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 46C8F4EE-2A96-6EE1-51D0-DFE386D738CD

Sun Oct 7 15:25:46 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f9a5a8b25): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0x0a2910de 0x00100000 0x00000000, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff812dc07000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8109e4b7e0 : 0xffffff8019e1d626
0xffffff8109e4b850 : 0xffffff7f9a5a8b25
0xffffff8109e4b8e0 : 0xffffff7f9a6a24b3
0xffffff8109e4b940 : 0xffffff7f9a6a2527
0xffffff8109e4b9b0 : 0xffffff7f9a9b7853
0xffffff8109e4baf0 : 0xffffff7f9a6c8659
0xffffff8109e4bb20 : 0xffffff7f9a5b28da
0xffffff8109e4bbd0 : 0xffffff7f9a5adfac
0xffffff8109e4bdc0 : 0xffffff7f9a5af9ba
0xffffff8109e4bea0 : 0xffffff7f9a5431c4
0xffffff8109e4bef0 : 0xffffff7f9c04971f
0xffffff8109e4bf40 : 0xffffff7f9c0488e7
0xffffff8109e4bf60 : 0xffffff8019e3dcde
0xffffff8109e4bfb0 : 0xffffff8019eb26b7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9a541000->0xffffff7f9a843fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f9a4af000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xffffff7f9a52d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0xffffff7f9a4ea000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f9a851000->0xffffff7f9ab73fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9a541000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f9a4af000
com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.12.69)[FBC949AC-F94D-39CD-96A0-C6F121EA7546]@0xffffff7f9c047000->0xffffff7f9c056fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f9a4af000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.2.0d16)[3E8EEB7F-E05E-33DD-96B6-9DAFAEB4997B]@0xffffff7f9afec000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xffffff7f9a52d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0xffffff7f9a4ea000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
12C60

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide: 0x0000000019c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8019e00000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 11263339554177
last loaded kext at 1476390607521: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f9c184000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 184114686727: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f9ae27000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.1f2
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
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USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

 

[drsox]

I've had the same issue - and I've chased down the 'apps' that supposedly cause the error message until I started getting apple services as the 'cause' of the problem. First it was my anti-virus. I un-installed, but still had errors. I've had about 8 reboots in the last week, 2 in less than 30 minutes, most frequently waking from sleep as well but had one hit after about 3 hours of use AFTER a full reboot (even updated 10.8.2 in that time) and still ended up with a crash. It's infuriating. I bought this computer because I was tired of BSOD - now all I seem to get is the WSOD. Is NO ONE else having this issue??

My latest error message:

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3227 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 46C8F4EE-2A96-6EE1-51D0-DFE386D738CD

Sun Oct 7 15:25:46 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f9a5a8b25): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0x0a2910de 0x00100000 0x00000000, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff812dc07000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8109e4b7e0 : 0xffffff8019e1d626
0xffffff8109e4b850 : 0xffffff7f9a5a8b25
0xffffff8109e4b8e0 : 0xffffff7f9a6a24b3
0xffffff8109e4b940 : 0xffffff7f9a6a2527
0xffffff8109e4b9b0 : 0xffffff7f9a9b7853
0xffffff8109e4baf0 : 0xffffff7f9a6c8659
0xffffff8109e4bb20 : 0xffffff7f9a5b28da
0xffffff8109e4bbd0 : 0xffffff7f9a5adfac
0xffffff8109e4bdc0 : 0xffffff7f9a5af9ba
0xffffff8109e4bea0 : 0xffffff7f9a5431c4
0xffffff8109e4bef0 : 0xffffff7f9c04971f
0xffffff8109e4bf40 : 0xffffff7f9c0488e7
0xffffff8109e4bf60 : 0xffffff8019e3dcde
0xffffff8109e4bfb0 : 0xffffff8019eb26b7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9a541000->0xffffff7f9a843fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f9a4af000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xffffff7f9a52d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0xffffff7f9a4ea000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f9a851000->0xffffff7f9ab73fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9a541000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f9a4af000
com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.12.69)[FBC949AC-F94D-39CD-96A0-C6F121EA7546]@0xffffff7f9c047000->0xffffff7f9c056fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffffff7f9a4af000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.2.0d16)[3E8EEB7F-E05E-33DD-96B6-9DAFAEB4997B]@0xffffff7f9afec000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xffffff7f9a52d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0xffffff7f9a4ea000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
12C60

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide: 0x0000000019c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8019e00000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 11263339554177
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I sympathise. Did you upgrade to 10.8.2?

 

[Weaselboy]

Nero is the name of the MBA (an ex-cat).
Silex is a USB server that has just been updated for ML. I'll uninstall that temporarily.
I'll also uninstall Parallels - don't need that anymore.

All the problems started with the latest update to ML. Any way to roll back from that ?

Thanks for your interest.

PS According to the Console logs, I have 7 of these Kernel Panics, starting on 5th October. Sounds right for frequency. Does this still seem like a software problem ?

LOL Nero... that explains it. Was driving me nuts.

No way to rollback without an OS reinstall from an older version.

It does sound like a software conflict. I would try uninstalling Sirex and Parallels too see if that helps like you mentioned. Maybe try one at a time.

 

[sfenton83]

Drosx - yes. BIG mistake. Now every time I open textedit to save a copy of my error it defaults to iCloud. Which is annoying, but not nearly as annoying as this reboot issue.

Weasleboy - good luck with thinking it's only Nero, I'd be amazed. I uninstalled and uninstalled until it was apple services crashing.

I did however boot into safemode, run disk utility, it found some permissions to repair, then threw an error message saying the disk actually needed repaired, booted into whatever command + R is and repaired my disk hoping everything would be fine (I ran everything in disk utility after the repair, everything said ok). Only to reboot, work for about 4 hours and have ANOTHER repeat of the crash/reboot. I guess I'll be taking it into the 'genius' bar tomorrow...

 

[drsox]

Drosx - yes. BIG mistake. Now every time I open textedit to save a copy of my error it defaults to iCloud. Which is annoying, but not nearly as annoying as this reboot issue.

Weasleboy - good luck with thinking it's only Nero, I'd be amazed. I uninstalled and uninstalled until it was apple services crashing.

I did however boot into safemode, run disk utility, it found some permissions to repair, then threw an error message saying the disk actually needed repaired, booted into whatever command + R is and repaired my disk hoping everything would be fine (I ran everything in disk utility after the repair, everything said ok). Only to reboot, work for about 4 hours and have ANOTHER repeat of the crash/reboot. I guess I'll be taking it into the 'genius' bar tomorrow...

Try TextWrangler instead of TextEdit. Much better programme.

I guess we'll all have to wait for 10.8.3 (Like they say, 3rd time's a charm)

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LOL Nero... that explains it. Was driving me nuts.

No way to rollback without an OS reinstall from an older version.

It does sound like a software conflict. I would try uninstalling Sirex and Parallels too see if that helps like you mentioned. Maybe try one at a time.

Parallels has gone. Let's see what happens today.

Cheers.

 

[DoctorCrap]

This is not a Mountain Lion Issue. This is just your Macbook in problems.
Tough luck bro.

 

[drsox]

This is not a Mountain Lion Issue. This is just your Macbook in problems.
Tough luck bro.

No, other people have the same problem.

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Well, no luck.

I uninstalled stuff and still got the same problem.
Then I reinstalled Mountain Lion and had the same problem.

How do I reinstall Lion in place of ML OR reinstall ML at the 10.8.0 level ?

 

[Weaselboy]

Weasleboy - good luck with thinking it's only Nero, I'd be amazed. I uninstalled and uninstalled until it was apple services crashing.

There is no Nero app for OS X, and hence my confusion. His machine name is nero and that caused that first set of nero.local... entries. I was scratching my head thinking the PC Nero disk burning program must have been ported to OS X and why could I not find it in The Google.

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Well, no luck.

I uninstalled stuff and still got the same problem.
Then I reinstalled Mountain Lion and had the same problem.

How do I reinstall Lion in place of ML OR reinstall ML at the 10.8.0 level ?

Hmm... not good.

Did your machine come with Lion? Boot from a recovery USB key and format the entire drive (not just Macintosh HD). To do this click the drive name in Disk Util (like Samsung 128GB or whatever) then format. Now do a command-r boot and the system will see there is no OS and no Recovery HD and it will DL and install both from Apple's servers. If you machine came with Lion, you serial number is tied to Lion and that is what you will get from Apple.

If you machine came with ML, things are a little tougher. You could use the same process above, but Apple is going to give you the most recent 10.8.2 version of ML. You are going to need to get yourself a full installer version before 10.8.2 to do this.

Of course either of these scenarios will wipe all your data so make sure you have a backup.

Just as one last idea though, how about trying just a reinstall of Mountain Lion 10.8.2 right over top of your existing install. Sometimes that will fix a corrupted file/setting. Just do a command-r boot and reinstall. Make sure you are backed up, but this will not hurt your data. It will reinstall with everything in place.

 

[drsox]

There is no Nero app for OS X, and hence my confusion. His machine name is nero and that caused that first set of nero.local... entries. I was scratching my head thinking the PC Nero disk burning program must have been ported to OS X and why could I not find it in The Google.

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Hmm... not good.

Did your machine come with Lion? Boot from a recovery USB key and format the entire drive (not just Macintosh HD). To do this click the drive name in Disk Util (like Samsung 128GB or whatever) then format. Now do a command-r boot and the system will see there is no OS and no Recovery HD and it will DL and install both from Apple's servers. If you machine came with Lion, you serial number is tied to Lion and that is what you will get from Apple.

If you machine came with ML, things are a little tougher. You could use the same process above, but Apple is going to give you the most recent 10.8.2 version of ML. You are going to need to get yourself a full installer version before 10.8.2 to do this.

Of course either of these scenarios will wipe all your data so make sure you have a backup.

Just as one last idea though, how about trying just a reinstall of Mountain Lion 10.8.2 right over top of your existing install. Sometimes that will fix a corrupted file/setting. Just do a command-r boot and reinstall. Make sure you are backed up, but this will not hurt your data. It will reinstall with everything in place.

It came with Lion. I just had the thought of doing this :
1. Clone the internal drive to an external and make sure I can boot from it.
2. Erase the internal drive and use CCC to create a Lion Recovery drive on the internal.
3. Disconnect the external and do an Internet recovery on the internal. That should get me a Lion install on the internal (yes?)

Sounds to me like the sequence you proposed.

Yes, I did a command-r boot and reinstall and it reinstalled 10.8.2 on top of existing. I still had a restart problem.

Probem than is how to get a Mountain Lion install that isn't 10.8.2 on the internal.

 

[Weaselboy]

It came with Lion. I just had the thought of doing this :
1. Clone the internal drive to an external and make sure I can boot from it.
2. Erase the internal drive and use CCC to create a Lion Recovery drive on the internal.
3. Disconnect the external and do an Internet recovery on the internal. That should get me a Lion install on the internal (yes?)

Sounds to me like the sequence you proposed.

The problem with that is you need to have an existing Lion install to clone the Lion Recovery HD from. Where will you get the Lion Recovery HD as the source for the clone?

You can clone ML to the external then boot from it, and use Disk Util from the external to format the internal drive (again the whole drive and not just Macintosh HD). Then disconnect the external and command-r boot. You 2011 MBA can boot from firmware (EFI) even with no Recovery HD... and this is what will happen here. EFI will see no Recovery HD and pull one from Apple's server and install it.... then you can proceed with the normal install, which will also get pulled from Apple. This will give you Lion.

 

[drsox]

The problem with that is you need to have an existing Lion install to clone the Lion Recovery HD from. Where will you get the Lion Recovery HD as the source for the clone?

You can clone ML to the external then boot from it, and use Disk Util from the external to format the internal drive (again the whole drive and not just Macintosh HD). Then disconnect the external and command-r boot. You 2011 MBA can boot from firmware (EFI) even with no Recovery HD... and this is what will happen here. EFI will see no Recovery HD and pull one from Apple's server and install it.... then you can proceed with the normal install, which will also get pulled from Apple. This will give you Lion.

"The problem with that is you need to have an existing Lion install to clone the Lion Recovery HD from" - yes, that is what I found out.

"Then disconnect the external and command-r boot. You 2011 MBA can boot from firmware (EFI) even with no Recovery HD... and this is what will happen here." - doing this right now.

If I then upgrade to ML, how do prevent it from downloading 10.8.2 in place of 10.8.0 ?

 

[Weaselboy]

If I then upgrade to ML, how do prevent it from downloading 10.8.2 in place of 10.8.0 ?

That is the problem... if you get ML from the App Store you are going to get 10.8.2. If you can somehow get your hands on a 10.8.0 installer, you could use that then follow this to stop it from updating.

 

[drsox]

When I bought ML originally I did save something. It's a folder called : Install OS X Mountain Lion.app with a size of 4.07GB, so it might be what's needed. Question though is : What to do with it ?

I found a file in the innards called : InstallESD.dmg. Is it sufficient to mount and run that ?