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Huge Slowdown in kernel_task, buries MacBook pro

I find this in the system.log - lot's of times! Once that starts up, you can interact with the system for 2-3 seconds, then it locks up for 10-15 seconds, and the cycle continues for a quite a while until it locks up altogether. (I'm on 10.5.2)

Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController. cpp" at line 1492 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 131 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDANode.cpp" at line 376 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != audioFunctionGroup->powerState ( &restorePowerState )" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDADriver.cpp" at line 232 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController. cpp" at line 1492 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 131 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDANode.cpp" at line 376 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != provider->powerState ( & afgPowerState )" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidget.cpp" at line 1343 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: sound assertion where fNodeID = 26
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "kNODE POWER_STATE_D0_FULLON != ( kPowerStateSet_bitMask & afgPowerState )" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidget.cpp" at line 1347 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController. cpp" at line 1492 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 131 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidget.cpp" at line 1358 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController. cpp" at line 1492 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 131 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidget.cpp" at line 1612 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidgetALC885.cpp" at line 814 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidget.cpp" at line 1361 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController. cpp" at line 1492 goto handler
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 131 goto Exit
Mar 7 14:16:40 dynamic-1-204 kernel[0]: [Parallels] IPI stat: rescheduled 1 cpus out of 2.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 7, 2008 1:43 PM

39 replies

Apr 5, 2008 5:58 PM in response to Community User

It could be.. What could cause those HDA entries? What could be causing the repowering on of the sound card?

Apr 6, 2008 12:04 AM in response to Arvind Dorai

Well, we know the sound (card) keeps turning off when nothing happens on your mac that produces sound. It's to preserve power. Remember those poppy sounds a lot of people were having a while back? That's that 🙂

sklon

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Apr 8, 2008 4:35 PM in response to clanbrown

I am having the same issue under various circumstances. It always seems to be related to
(1) kernel_task running at a silly CPU usage (often only at one processor funnily enough; still the system does not do anything
(2) hidd complaining about not being able to enqueue memory --> I believe that this is the culprit, just donno what causes it (hidd is related to bluetooth I believe)

Apr 9, 2008 10:37 PM in response to sklon

Same thing here.... please bump and pass- this is a major issue.

MacBook here-

heres something else ive seen that i believe is related:

kernel[0]: IOAudioStream[0x434b800]::clipIfNecessary() - Error: attempting to clip to a position more than one buffer ahead of last clip position (1fbc,13a2)->(1fbe,1cd8).

under the Unity Engine framework, itunes, VLC. very noticable audio stuttering- almost sounds like the whole machine is getting paused.

Apr 13, 2008 4:22 AM in response to DgtHorse

I'm having exactly the same problems, with the same odd graphics symptoms - and my Activity Monitor window pixellates very strangely when this is happening.

I reinstalled Leopard from scratch - I hoped this would sort the problem but it recurred this morning.

I had VMWare rather than Parallels installed - and I've just surgically removed it, including deleting all of its kernel extensions from /Library/Application Support and its boot script from launchctl. I'm hoping that this helps, otherwise I am completely stuffed. I'm hoping to be DJing off my MBP on Friday night at a big gig - last time I did this at a much smaller gig the MBP crashed 3 times, and I can't afford it to do that again.

Does everyone having the problem have some sort of VM software installed?

Apr 15, 2008 2:05 AM in response to sklon

Exact same behavior on my 2 weeks old Penryn MBP.
It looks like a serious issue, either software or hardware and I hope Apple will fix it ASAP.

-- Yarin

Apr 17, 2008 11:31 PM in response to clanbrown

Exactly same problem. Happens almost every day. This seems to be the error I get.

Apr 18 08:56:56 /usr/libexec/hidd[40]: IOHIDEventQueueEnqueue: Error enqueuing memory. (0xe00002e8)
Apr 18 08:57:26: --- last message repeated 330 times ---
Apr 18 08:58:16 /usr/libexec/hidd[40]: IOHIDEventQueueEnqueue: Error enqueuing memory. (0xe00002e8)
Apr 18 08:58:46: --- last message repeated 10 times ---

I am not using Parallels or anything like that.

Really annoying. Apple you need to fix this ASAP!

Apr 19, 2008 9:23 AM in response to waxtastic

I too have had this issue. The issue occurs after waking up from sleep. In my case, I get a couple of seconds of normal CPU usage, followed by 5-10 seconds of 101+% usage in kernel_task, wash-rinse-repeat ad nauseum. The only solution is reboot.

I am using VMWare Fusion, but I can quite Fusion and it still happens.

Cheers,
Erik Norvelle

DgtHorse

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Apr 19, 2008 10:41 AM in response to ErikNorvelle

I called Apple this week in regards to this and she looked into it and called me back saying this issue was never reported. She was looking through this thread to prove to her that this issue was indeed happening to more that one customer.

As such she told me she was going to report it, hopefully it gets branched into the 10.5.3 update along with the Wifi issues everyone is having 🙂

Apr 21, 2008 1:13 AM in response to clanbrown

same problem here with macbook pro after returning from stanby

Apr 25, 2008 3:41 PM in response to Gabriele Barni

Same problem here but I was working.

MacBook Pro Core Duo 2ghz

No one get any good news ?

May 16, 2008 2:35 AM in response to clanbrown

I also have this intermittent freezing on MBP 10.5.2.

I know how it occured for me : I was surfing on the internet and downloaded a .doc file that I opened with Pages. Right after this opening, I hardly (5 sec ok, 10 sec frozen...) could open terminal to get a top. I thought that was Safari (using up to 98% of processors!), emptied its cache, finally forced to quit it but with no change.

Console shows it quite clearly in the text :
+May 15 11:58:18 Macintosh Pages[42237]: The function `CGFontGetGlyphsForUnicodes' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby *contributing to an overall degradation of system performance*. Please use `CGFontGetGlyphsForUnichars' instead.+
+May 15 11:58:19 Macintosh Pages[42237]: * Collection <NSCFSet: 0x165928e0> was mutated while being enumerated. Brace for impact (e.g., a crash).+

After this, I got the now famous AppleHDA notice :
+May 15 12:02:29 Macintosh kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController. cpp" at line 1492 goto handler+
+May 15 12:02:29 Macintosh kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 131 goto Exit+
+May 15 12:02:29 Macintosh kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDANode.cpp" at line 376 goto Exit+
+May 15 12:02:29 Macintosh kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != audioFunctionGroup->powerState ( &restorePowerState )" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-156.1.19/AppleHDA/AppleHDADriver.cpp" at line 232 goto handler+

It seems some code of Page is obsolete for some later system upgrades (I got iLife with the machine about a year ago). Since Apple doesn't provide corrective updates for iLife (corrective upgrades are reserved for yearly paying version), there surely must be some inconvenients upgrading the system without upgrading all the paying Apple software...

May 27, 2008 2:36 PM in response to Eric BOISSEAU

Any resolution to this? Seems like these complaints have been coming for quite some time. A lot of this is way over my head, but I'm having this issue on my iMac running 10.5.2, but not at all on my newer MacBook also running 10.5.2. I thought it was happening during "wake-up" so I set it to never sleep for a while & it continued intermittently. I don't know how to get the system log, but in activity monitor, kernal_task is using 2.0 cput, 57 threads, 198M (real), 1.3G (virtual). Any suggestions would be appreciated - any luck with reinstalling the OS? I also see a lot of vmnet* activity under the launchd process.

May 28, 2008 1:29 PM in response to clanbrown

Same problem here.

WilkyC

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Jun 5, 2008 2:00 AM in response to clanbrown

Same problem.
Parallel Installed but not running.

Have to force Shutdown.

Huge Slowdown in kernel_task, buries MacBook pro