10.5.2 System Freeze due to graphics driver bug? (NVChannel timeout)
It just froze up completely out of the blue, with the following error message in system.log:
2/13/08 11:25:29 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:25:41 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:25:51 AM kernel USBF: 77424.623 MacallyICEKBDriver[0x6ae2c00]::InterruptReadHandler immediate error 0xe000404f queueing read
2/13/08 11:25:53 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:25:53 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:25:53 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:25:53 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:25:53 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:25:59 AM kernel USBF: 77432.346 AppleUSBEHCI[0x66da000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 8, EP: 0)
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:05 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:13 AM kernel USBF: 77446.876 MacallyICEKBDriver[0x7b3a700]::InterruptReadHandler immediate error 0xe000404f queueing read
2/13/08 11:26:14 AM kernel USBF: 77447.936 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 2 of Hub at 0xfd110000 reported error 0x0 while doing acquiring device zero
2/13/08 11:26:14 AM kernel USBF: 77447.936 AppleUSBHubPort: Port 2 of Hub at 0xfd110000 reported error 0xe00002c0 while doing get status (first in port status change)
2/13/08 11:26:17 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:26:17 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:17 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:25 AM fseventsd[27] callback_client: ERROR: d2f callbackrpc() => (ipc/send) timed out (268435460) for pid 203
2/13/08 11:26:25 AM fseventsd[27] client: 0x815a00 : USER DROPPED EVENTS!
2/13/08 11:26:29 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:26:29 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:29 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:35 AM fseventsd[27] callback_client: ERROR: d2f callbackrpc() => (ipc/send) timed out (268435460) for pid 203
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM fseventsd[27] client: 0x815a00 : USER DROPPED EVENTS!
2/13/08 11:26:41 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:26:51 AM fseventsd[27] callback_client: ERROR: d2f callbackrpc() => (ipc/send) timed out (268435460) for pid 203
2/13/08 11:26:54 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
2/13/08 11:26:54 AM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
2/13/08 11:26:54 AM kernel 0000000b
2/13/08 11:27:01 AM fseventsd[27] callback_client: ERROR: d2f callbackrpc() => (ipc/send) timed out (268435460) for pid 203
2/13/08 11:27:01 AM fseventsd[27] client: 0x815a00 : USER DROPPED EVENTS!
[...etc...]
MBP 15 C2D 2.2, Mac OS X (10.5.2)