Kernel Panic: DVD Player to blame?

It's your inbuilt graphics causing the panic, not the DVD Player. It just so happens that DVD Player uses the graphics engine (obviously). If it's a one-off, then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

Since it's a driver issue, an archive & install may suffice. Back everything up before doing this, although technically that's unnecessary.

 

I happened to be working on this issue tonight. I, too, have a MacBook with x3100 and 4GB of RAM experiencing kernel panics. I just discovered that a friend of mine has the same MacBook. I popped my 4GB into his computer, and I had to work at, but got the computer to down to close to 1GB of free RAM and launched DVD player and got the KP. Seems to be the graphics driver for the x3100. 95% of the time, it only seems to appear with 4GB of memory installed. Of the 7 or so KP log entries I've seen, they all start with either:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0042928B)
or
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00427BC7)

Oh, Apple. Sigh. If y'all google the problem, you'll find a lot of traffic on this issue. Everyone keep sending their kernel panic reports to Apple. Call Applecare if you have some time to waste. The more noise that's made, the more likely it will be to get fixed. Many were hopeful that 10.5.2 would fix it, but it didn't, nor the graphics update either.

And a clean install does no good. Been there, done that. Blech.
Make waves everyone!!

I've only heard of one person that claims it doesn't happen to (on Apple forums), but he appears to be the only one.

VLC Player or other 3rd party DVD player seems the only solution. Front Row causes the same problem. Phooey!

 

dvd player kernel panic

It's the X3100 graphics that's bad.
Removed the "AppleIntelGMAX3100VADriver.bundle" extension from the extensions folder.
And no more kernel panics.....
Of course also no more video from the dvd player. (green screen)
Anybody with a solution with respect to the driver?

 

I have 4gb of RAM in my 2.4 Ghz Penryn Macbook and I get a kernel panic when opening DVD player as well. Anyone else with the new Macbooks have this issue?

 

Did you happen to apply the Graphics update (thru Software Update)?

There were problems with this update affecting certain Mac Laptops with certain graphics cards. I ran into this same problem on a PB 12" 1.5GHZ with an NVidea card. You may be running into the same problem.

The only recourse I know is doing a fresh install (or an Archive install), followed by updating your system software and apps (Software Update) and NOT installing the graphics update.

 

My assumption would be if the graphics update was in software update I most likely installed it.
Thanks for the info and possible solution. I have been thinking about archive and install to get rid of the superfluous languages and printer drivers anyway at some point when I get some time. I will see if that fixes the issue.

 

I got exactly the same problem here with my MB. Bought it right after Leopard came out together with 4GB of RAM from DSP-Memory.
I had 1-2 kernel panics with an early version of parallels, but that is fixed now. But every time I have used my Mac a while and then start the DVD player i get a kernel panic. Same with Frontrow if starting DVD there. After a reboot it is no problem to start the DVD player.
I tried to keep the player running all the time, but then I got panics some times after starting from sleep mode.
No I took out 2GB and everything works fine...

This is my first Mac and I am quite disapointed as this is not the only problem I got... (But still I will not go back to Microsoft at all )

 

Fixed!
It was the 2x2GIG DRAM that was wrong.
Installed two new Kingston DRAM modules and my MacBook is as good as new.

 

You also had the kernel panic when starting the DVD player?
But now you have again 2x 2GIG RAM in there? That would be quite strange if all of us got bad memory modules...

Wasn't there a kind of memory test function at boot time i OS X?

 

Had only panic's with DVD player. Now with different (Kingston) RAM (2x2) all my problems gone. My MacBook seems to be faster as well. (no more colorwheels)
I did some memory tests, but everytime it said "ok". It was not.
Try different RAM and see the difference...

 

What kind of memory did you have the problems with? I got some from dsp-memory.de that are actually tested for Mac

 

Don't know what brand it was. I was so fed up with the situation that I just threw it away. It was not original apple, although inserted by an apple dealer.
I just decided to by new memory for 70 euros (what the heck) and it worked. Machine is working flawless!