Mac Attack ! - the daily kernal panics are killing me

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Mac Attack ! - the daily kernal panics are killing me

Over the past 2 weeks my mac has been having Kernel panics a lot more frequently. Once when I was recording a song in garageband it just went, I took nothing of it assuming that I had overworked the computer, with a crippling hard drive filled to the brim.

The following week I purchased a Seagate 500gb external hard drive, while it did not mention support for Mac OS I formatted it to a mac format and set it up on the my home network, having it act as a server for mainly my macbook pro. Now every evening I happen to be browsing the computer it has just randomly had a Kernel panic.

Could it be the fact that time machine is now active?
Could it be the drive should it be returned?
Could it be the fact that I had used bootxchanger ( changed back after 1st panic ) ?

Any help would be appreciated and i have posted the report below from when i restarted the mac

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 194175 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: B5F0D914-779B-49EC-B0EB-1F611CF0B038

Tue Feb 23 20:51:20 2010
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x29c556): "Spinlock acquisition timed out: lock=0x847e3c, lock owner thread=0x5b9f000, current_thread: 0x6847000"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1486.2.11/osfmk/i386/locks_i386.c:346
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2fb2be18 : 0x21b2bd (0x5cf868 0x2fb2be4c 0x223719 0x0)
0x2fb2be68 : 0x29c556 (0x59062c 0x847e3c 0x5b9f000 0x6847000)
0x2fb2be88 : 0x225c0f (0x847e3c 0x1 0x68584dc 0x2a6e5f)
0x2fb2bef8 : 0x226f11 (0x684701c 0x7000006 0x1 0x0)
0x2fb2bf68 : 0x218f16 (0x29d655 0x0 0x1 0x292834)
0x2fb2bfa8 : 0x2a6a07 (0xffffffff 0x1 0x2fb2bfc8 0x6b95180)
0x2fb2bfc8 : 0x29d866 (0x0 0x0 0x10 0x6b95180)

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Safari

Mac OS version:
10C540

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.2.0: Tue Nov 3 10:37:10 PST 2009; root:xnu-1486.2.11~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro2,2 (Mac-F42187C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 5084566136504
unloaded kexts:
com.smarttech.iokit.SMARTBoard 9.7 (addr 0xe27000, size 0x8192) - last unloaded 261274002343
loaded kexts:
com.taoeffect.ispy.kext 2.0.1
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower 1.4.2
com.araeliumgroup.driver.screenflickaudio 1.0.0d1
com.manycamllc.driver.ManyCamDriver 0.0.9
com.pctools.iantivirus.kfs 1.0.1
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport 2.3.6
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 9.6 - last loaded 148733093798
com.apple.nke.asp_tcp 5.0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothBNEPDriver 2.2.4f3
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.2d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.1.0
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer 6.0.6
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU 1.4.5d1
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.0d4
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros 421.19.8
com.apple.driver.ACPI SMCPlatformPlugin 4.0.1d0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile 19
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.4.9
com.apple.ATIRadeonX1000 6.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.0.14
com.apple.Dont Steal_Mac_OSX 7.0.0
com.apple.iokit.CHUDUtils 201
com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf 212
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 251.1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 1.8.0b4
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.6.0
com.apple.BootCache 31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 160.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.1.14b1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.security.sandbox 0
com.apple.security.quarantine 0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 2.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 96.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 96.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction 17
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction 14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction 20
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 310.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.7.9a4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.0.1d0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 73.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.0.1d2
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.0
com.apple.kext.ATI1600Controller 6.0.6
com.apple.kext.ATISupport 6.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.CHUDKernLib 203
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily 41
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.7.2fc1
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.2.4f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 3.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 6
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 281
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.3.0
Model: MacBookPro2,2, BootROM MBP22.00A5.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.12f5
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport wireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.4f3, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: FUJITSU MHW2120BH, 111.79 GB
Parallel ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080MA
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8501, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x021b, 0x1d200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8240, 0x5d200000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x7d100000

Thanks in advane

Macbook Pro 2.33 ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 23, 2010 1:03 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

Level 10

361,741 points

Feb 23, 2010 1:23 PM in response to sebworldworld

Here's a suggestion to start: Boot the computer into and operate in safe mode for a while.

I see you have a lot of "extras" installed that could possibly cause problems. The panic mentions Spinlock, something with which I'm not familiar.

When you prepped the new drive did you partition it using GUID as well as format it Mac OS Extended, Journaled?

Also mentioned in the report are these:

com.smarttech.iokit.SMARTBoard 9.7 (addr 0xe27000, size 0x8192) - last unloaded 261274002343
loaded kexts:
com.taoeffect.ispy.kext 2.0.1
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower 1.4.2
com.araeliumgroup.driver.screenflickaudio 1.0.0d1
com.manycamllc.driver.ManyCamDriver 0.0.9
com.pctools.iantivirus.kfs 1.0.1

They are all third-party extensions any one of which could be incompatible. Booting into safe mode should disable them giving you a way to determine if one or more of them could be a problem.

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Answer 2

Feb 23, 2010 2:29 PM in response to sebworldworld

The kernel panic occurred because of a timeout getting a spinlock (e.g., trying to get from the kernel a lock for a resource). It's not clear what the resource was form the error, though it's probably Safari or a plugin to Safari that caused it.

Generally speaking, the application itself (Safari) isn't capable of causing the panic. The only things that can are hardware problems, or errors in kernel extensions. You have several kernel extensions that are modifying the audio I/O subsystem, for example. While they may function individually, the audio subsystem might not be stable with more than one extension loaded at once. Safari would load the audio subsystem if Flash, Java, etc. in a page asks for it. If the different extensions get caught in a loop trying to answer a request for an audio resource, you'd get that error.

It's possible that the external drive causes the panic's too. If the drive is sending malformed USB data packets, it's quite possible to cause an issue (though, the OS does have a lot of sanity checks on USB and should be able to handle it).

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Answer 3

Feb 24, 2010 9:02 AM in response to sebworldworld

Hey guys, thanks for all of the useful information. Since using snow leopard since its release I have never had any problems relating to the audio add ons however I did recently install various safari plugins, some of which were uninstalled due to incompatibility.

As for now I think I will try and run another use account which lacks the safari plugin, but still has the automated time machine back ups to the external drive. This way I can be sure that it is the safari plugin although if the problem continues I shall look closer into the drive.

I will keep you all posted

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Answer 4

baltwo

Level 9

62,362 points

Feb 24, 2010 12:13 PM in response to sebworldworld

If the KPs continue, see these:

What is a kernel panic,
Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics,
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ,
Resolving Kernel Panics, and
Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics for more details.

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Answer 5

Feb 27, 2010 11:33 AM in response to sebworldworld

Hey guys, thanks for all of the useful input. I recently uninstalled some safari plugins, and some downloaded mac fonts and it seems to have cleared up. I am going to re-install the safari plugins and see how we go, maybe it was the fonts.

IT has been mentioned that fonts can mess up macs, but is there really any evidence to support it, thanks guys

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