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Code:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 158530 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 67601EEE-F390-45AE-892C-38C0BD4FE6B4
Sat Jun 9 02:54:32 2012
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001AB0FE): Kernel trap at 0x001920c1, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x42bd6fbe, CR3: 0x01971000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000089, EBX: 0x00000069, ECX: 0x00000083, EDX: 0x42bd6fbf
CR2: 0x42bd6fbe, EBP: 0x56b1bac8, ESI: 0x12bf6c43, EDI: 0x00000069
EFL: 0x00010216, EIP: 0x001920c1, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000000
[B]Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x56b1b8b8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x56b1b8ec 0x13355c 0x0)
0x56b1b908 : 0x1ab0fe (0x469a98 0x1920c1 0xe 0x469248)
0x56b1b9e8 : 0x1a1713 (0x56b1ba00 0x219b6bd2 0x56b1bac8 0x1920c1)
0x56b1b9f8 : 0x1920c1 (0xe 0xbb2b0048 0x56b10070 0x140010)
0x56b1bac8 : 0x1d9913 (0x12bf6c43 0x42bd6fbe 0x9 0x400)
0x56b1bb08 : 0x1d999f (0x12bf6c31 0x1c 0x0 0x0)
0x56b1bb38 : 0x36e3cc (0x6f14c70 0x12bf6c00 0xe0 0x7b5e104)
0x56b1bf78 : 0x3e3a7f (0x6f61748 0x7b5e0c0 0x7b5e104 0x7a19f20)
0x56b1bfc8 : 0x1a1c0a (0x79e2640 0x0 0x1a40b5 0x80f3720)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0309258
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds[/B]
Mac OS version:
9L31a
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Code:
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x56b1b8b8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x56b1b8ec 0x13355c 0x0)
0x56b1b908 : 0x1ab0fe (0x469a98 0x1920c1 0xe 0x469248)
0x56b1b9e8 : 0x1a1713 (0x56b1ba00 0x219b6bd2 0x56b1bac8 0x1920c1)
0x56b1b9f8 : 0x1920c1 (0xe 0xbb2b0048 0x56b10070 0x140010)
0x56b1bac8 : 0x1d9913 (0x12bf6c43 0x42bd6fbe 0x9 0x400)
0x56b1bb08 : 0x1d999f (0x12bf6c31 0x1c 0x0 0x0)
0x56b1bb38 : 0x36e3cc (0x6f14c70 0x12bf6c00 0xe0 0x7b5e104)
0x56b1bf78 : 0x3e3a7f (0x6f61748 0x7b5e0c0 0x7b5e104 0x7a19f20)
0x56b1bfc8 : 0x1a1c0a (0x79e2640 0x0 0x1a40b5 0x80f3720)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0309258
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds
looks like this:
[CODE]Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x56b1b8b8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x56b1b8ec 0x13355c 0x0)
0x56b1b908 : 0x1ab0fe (0x469a98 0x1920c1 0xe 0x469248)
0x56b1b9e8 : 0x1a1713 (0x56b1ba00 0x219b6bd2 0x56b1bac8 0x1920c1)
0x56b1b9f8 : 0x1920c1 (0xe 0xbb2b0048 0x56b10070 0x140010)
0x56b1bac8 : 0x1d9913 (0x12bf6c43 0x42bd6fbe 0x9 0x400)
0x56b1bb08 : 0x1d999f (0x12bf6c31 0x1c 0x0 0x0)
0x56b1bb38 : 0x36e3cc (0x6f14c70 0x12bf6c00 0xe0 0x7b5e104)
0x56b1bf78 : 0x3e3a7f (0x6f61748 0x7b5e0c0 0x7b5e104 0x7a19f20)
0x56b1bfc8 : 0x1a1c0a (0x79e2640 0x0 0x1a40b5 0x80f3720)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0309258
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds[/CODE]