kernel panic while cropping in Photoshop CS3

[seenew]

I'm using an Intel Core Duo 2GHz iMac with OS X 10.4.10 and Photoshop CS3

I've tried repairing the permissions and repairing the disks (both my internal and external drives), and it doesn't help. Six times today this has happened, triggered by specifying what dimensions I want to crop the photo to, and after I click "OK" it locks up with that darkened screen telling me to restart in five different languages..

Here's the report that came up after I restarted. It's the same one every time:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001E8F95): jnl: transaction too big (8384512 >= 8388096 bytes, bufsize 4096, tr 0x3c50fb0 bp 0x36c9ea00)



Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)

0x2539b8b8 : 0x128d08 (0x3cc0a4 0x2539b8dc 0x131de5 0x0)

0x2539b8f8 : 0x1e8f95 (0x3d5e5c 0x7ff000 0x7ffe00 0x0)

0x2539b948 : 0x2ed805 (0x3b97e60 0x36c9ea00 0x0 0x2539ba30)

0x2539b968 : 0x315b5d (0x3b8fef4 0x2539ba30 0x2539ba30 0x40)

0x2539ba68 : 0x31b120 (0x3becf48 0x4a3e804 0x2539bae0 0x40)

0x2539bb08 : 0x31c4a9 (0x2539bba0 0x7f 0x371d87 0x371d87)

0x2539bc18 : 0x2fe2cc (0x3b21804 0x568b138 0x97f87000 0x8)

0x2539bd28 : 0x1e56b4 (0x2539bd54 0x297 0x2539bd88 0x1d1d63)

0x2539bd88 : 0x1e0620 (0x572c840 0x2539be9c 0x11 0x2539bde8)

0x2539be08 : 0x3501ec (0x49b6990 0x2539be9c 0x406cc04 0x1)

0x2539bef8 : 0x350364 (0x3fea7d0 0x49b6990 0x18 0xbfffdd0c)

0x2539bf58 : 0x37ad83 (0x3fea7d0 0x44062b0 0x44062f4 0x0)

0x2539bfc8 : 0x19b28e (0x426c52c 0x19add5 0x8 0x207) No mapping exists for frame pointer

Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbfffdd18



Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1: Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386



Model: iMac4,1, BootROM IM41.0055.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core Duo, 2 GHz, 2 GB

Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x89), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.80.79.1)

Bluetooth: Version 1.9.0f8, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDS725050KLA360, 465.76 GB

Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846

USB Device: Built-in iSight, Micron, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: 223 USB97C223, SMSC, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: ET-0405A-UV2.0-3, WACOM, Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: MP170, Canon, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: Cinergy 850e PVR, Terratec, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Apple, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 100 mA

USB Device: Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 250 mA

FireWire Device: 1394/USB20 Drive, PI-036, Up to 400 Mb/sec

 

[mad jew]

Tricky... I'm going to guess RAM at this stage but try unplugging one peripheral at a time to see if that could be the cause. Is the RAM from a third party vendor?

 

[dcv]

jnl: transaction too big

How big's that file?!!


If you do a quick search on this in google, a suggested solution is to disable disk journaling.

I'm no expert but there's a bit about disk journaling here... hope this is a step in the right direction...

 

[seenew]

fixed it. For anyone else who has the problem, it's a common issue, and a software update fixed it.