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Help diagnosing a kernel panic

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shaun3000

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Original poster
Dec 2, 2006
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I've been getting random kernel panics, lately. I installed new memory and switched to Chrome around the same time. I thought it was the memory, took it out, and as I was working on an RMA for the memory, got a crash.

Can't figure out if it's Chrome or not, I wouldn't think a program would cause a complete system crash. Any ideas?

Code: 
Interval Since Last Panic Report:  474279 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    68EBC8C8-4FE5-4B82-B9D5-EBFFD4694E8A

Tue Jan 12 17:40:27 2010
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2345e7): "zalloc: \"kalloc.8192\" (271 elements) retry fail 3, kfree_nop_count: 0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1486.2.11/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:981
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x3589bdd8 : 0x21b2bd (0x5cf868 0x3589be0c 0x223719 0x0) 
0x3589be28 : 0x2345e7 (0x5886dc 0x587125 0x10f 0x3) 
0x3589bec8 : 0x2203d8 (0x25342d8 0x1 0x8 0x10b6c7b4) 
0x3589bf08 : 0x220418 (0x1018 0x1 0x0 0x10) 
0x3589bf28 : 0x4cb29a (0x1018 0x1 0x3589bfc8 0x2a7423) 
0x3589bf78 : 0x4ee947 (0x1835a2a0 0x5292b08 0x119600b4 0x1) 
0x3589bfc8 : 0x29e3fd (0x5292b04 0x0 0x10 0x5292b04) 

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: DashboardClient

Mac OS version:
10C540

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.2.0: Tue Nov  3 10:37:10 PST 2009; root:xnu-1486.2.11~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro2,2 (Mac-F42187C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 137930753180639
vm objects:4615232
kernel map entries:2875356
pv_list:2411920
kalloc.16:14983168
kalloc.32:59387904
kalloc.64:62324736
kalloc.128:340447232
kalloc.256:1265664
kalloc.512:1593344
kalloc.8192:2220032
vm pages:22635492
ipc ports:1364832
vnodes:5006100
namecache:1713600
HFS node:7272980
HFS fork:2440480
buf.8192:18161664
Kernel Stacks:1572864
PageTables:19410944
Kalloc.Large:2937780
unloaded kexts:
com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboard	7.0.1 (addr 0x35cdb000, size 0x40960) - last unloaded 115035227157089
loaded kexts:
com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseBluetooth	7.0.1
com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse	7.0.1
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic	4.0 3846.436204
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge	4.0 3846.436204
com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect	4.0 3846.436204
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook	4.0 3846.436204
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor	4.0 3846.436204
com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper	1.8.0
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch	2.2.05
com.apple.driver.iPodSBCDriver	1.5.0 - last loaded 114967370649685
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothBNEPDriver	2.2.4f3
com.apple.filesystems.autofs	2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor	1.9.2d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA	1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient	3.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC	1.4.9
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight	170.0.14
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer	6.0.6
com.apple.ATIRadeonX1000	6.0.6
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor	3.0.0d4
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros	421.19.8
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU	1.4.5d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X	7.0.0
com.apple.iokit.CHUDUtils	201
com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf	214
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver	1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile	19
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin	4.0.1d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad	1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver	1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard	1.8.0b4
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient	2.6.0
com.apple.BootCache	31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib	1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub	3.8.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage	1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI	4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI	3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2	3.1.14b1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort	2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA	2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager	160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM	1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC	1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET	1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI	3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons	1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS	1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC	1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC	1.4
com.apple.security.sandbox	0
com.apple.security.quarantine	0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall	2.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient	96.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement	96.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice	2.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard	1.2.0a3
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver	2.2.4f3
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib	1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction	17
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport	2.0
com.apple.kext.ATI1600Controller	6.0.6
com.apple.kext.ATISupport	6.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP	2.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction	10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction	14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction	10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction	10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction	20
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family	310.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface	73.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager	2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily	10.0.3
com.apple.iokit.CHUDKernLib	207
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily	1.7.2fc1
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib	1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController	1.7.9a4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily	2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily	1.7.9a4
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily	41
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC	3.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily	4.0.1d0
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController	2.2.4f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController	2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily	2.2.4f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub	3.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver	3.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite	3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice	2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily	1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily	1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily	1.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter	402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport	2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily	2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient	3.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily	4.1.7
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily	1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily	2.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily	2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime	1.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily	3.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily	1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily	1.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch	1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet	6
com.apple.driver.DiskImages	281
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily	1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform	1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily	2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily	1.3.0
Model: MacBookPro2,2, BootROM MBP22.00A5.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.12f5
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: AirPort Extreme, Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.4f3, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Network Service: Parallels Shared Networking Adapter, Ethernet, en4
Network Service: Parallels Host-Only Networking Adapter, Ethernet, en5
Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HM500LI, 465.76 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-857D
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8501, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x7d100000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8240, 0x5d200000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x021a, 0x1d200000
 
Hey,

just noticed you have Microsoft keyboard drivers; I was getting kernel panics on my Mac mini which I'm now pretty sure was caused by those.

I think there are later drivers available from Microsoft, but I decided to remove mine and stick with Mac keyboard, my machine hasn't crashed since.

Cheers,

Richard
 
It could be. I used to run Chrome on my iMac. I stopped running it and haven't had a crash in a month. I haven't upgraded to the newest version to see if it fixes the crashes though.
 
Microsoft keyboard & mouse combo

Hi, let me just add here that I had used a Microsoft keyboard and mouse combo and for five months now my Mac mini (mid 2010 model) has been getting random kernel panics. I get maybe one per week, but when I'm coding I can easily get two or three per day. I have lost a lot of unsaved work.

Like a user on another forum also noted, it seems to always happen just as I'm pressing one of the arrow keys. After spending a heck of a lot of time trying to eliminate possibilities I finally concluded with like 95% probability that the Microsoft keyboard was to blame. After seeing this thread I'm 99.9% sure it was the Microsoft keyboard.

I'm now using a cheap Logitech keyboard that didn't claim to work with Mac but works fine. The Microsoft one had a Mac logo on the box (supports Windows and Mac) when it clearly has issues with Mac so I'm gonna push for a refund on the keyboard after struggling with it for 5 months.
 
eon.zuurmond posted on "my" thread about the same issue, frequent kernel panics that I suspect are related to Microsoft keyboard drivers:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/861155/

The one other clue I'd add is that almost every kernel panic came while I was surfing the web, and most often in Camino. Granted, I spend more time in Camino than most other apps, but it is an interesting coincidence that shaun3000 reports his panics come in Chrome.

mt
 
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