Macbook Air M1 - kernel panic

With a slightly higher CPU load (during the game), there are repeated restarts, pink stripes appear on the black screen. I cannot interpret the reports (they are identical, see example below). The problem does not occur with the same load on Macbook Air 2015 (Football Manager 2020 game running via Epic Launcher and Chrome). Big Sur 11.1.



MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 1:17 PM

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Posted on Apr 6, 2021 8:50 AM

Hi all, lowering memory usage (from around 7GB closer to 6GB, of 8GB total) by closing safari tabs and some (e.g memory) resource hogging app's , e.g Spotify, resolves this issue for me. Apple needs a more elegant way of doing this, e.g low memory warning, unless this is actually a bug in macOS or M1 hardware.


BTW, I can now use an extra monitor memory again without KP's. Although not using an external monitor requires less Vram used (from main Ram) which may resolve the issue instead (but didn't for me, without closing app's).

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Apr 6, 2021 8:50 AM in response to PatrikBaca

Hi all, lowering memory usage (from around 7GB closer to 6GB, of 8GB total) by closing safari tabs and some (e.g memory) resource hogging app's , e.g Spotify, resolves this issue for me. Apple needs a more elegant way of doing this, e.g low memory warning, unless this is actually a bug in macOS or M1 hardware.


BTW, I can now use an extra monitor memory again without KP's. Although not using an external monitor requires less Vram used (from main Ram) which may resolve the issue instead (but didn't for me, without closing app's).

Jan 17, 2021 3:58 PM in response to geewizz84

hey I found the problem is related to Football Manager (FM 2020 and FM 2021, not touch version). I contacted support and got a reply:


ARM Macs won't be natively supported but games will potentially run using Apple's built-in emulation for Intel-based apps and games.

We’re following developments closely and are looking to have devices internally to test on, however we don’t currently release ARM specific versions of FM21 and it is not officially supported at this time.

What we would suggest for anyone wanting to try the game, is to download the free Demo available via both Epic and Steam and seeing how it runs, then making their own mind up on whether to purchase.

Mar 27, 2021 5:49 AM in response to blatny

Bought a new mac Mini M1 about a month ago. Started having these kernel panic crashes with pink/purple screens right before a week ago. Twice now. Definitely related to the (external) display(s). Have 2 hooked up, one via HDMI and one via USB-C to DisplayPort. Happens when switching Spaces or turning a monitor on/off.


On a related note, macOS doesn't remember the refresh rate Hertz when booting or waking up. It shows the correct refresh rate selected, but it's not the one that's active. E.g. set to 144Hz, only running at 60Hz.

Apr 29, 2021 4:15 AM in response to blatny

I have the same issue.

Have updated to 11.3 and the problem seems to be occurring randomly, not when using specific apps or games.


Connected to external screen via Apple hub, as well as magic keyboard and mouse.


Here is the crash log:


panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffe0012ec5798): "dart-disp0 (0xfffffe2332e50000): SMMU(SMMU) error: SID 0 PTE invalid exception on read with DVA 0x3680000 (TTBR 0 SEG 0x1 PTE 0x5a0) ERROR_STATUS 0x80000004 TIME 0xcd470240c2a TTE 0 AXI_ID 0)"

Debugger message: panic

Memory ID: 0x6

OS release type: User

OS version: 20E232

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.4.0: Fri Mar 5 01:14:02 PST 

Jan 17, 2021 10:52 PM in response to blatny

Hi


FM seems to be the issue. I had the same generic reply from Sega. Surly tens of thousands of people with ARM Mac's with be playing FM, it seems that only a small percentage have this problem. I am wondering what some are doing that others are not.


Did you clean install your Mac M1 when new or transfer over with time machine. I initially had a lot of issues with the transfer causing access and permission issues.

May 4, 2021 11:48 AM in response to blatny

I am having the same issues. I bought MacBook Air M1 a few months ago, connected to a LG monitor via a hub. Only used Safari, viewer, and Word. Mac crashed 3 times in 2 months since new with the pink screens. After the third time I serviced my Mac at the Apple store in the Netherlands. They told me it was a hardware fault, and installed a new Touch ID and Logic board.


Now, 6 weeks later, it crashed again. The crash log is similar to the ones posted here. I made photo's of everything and I am going back to the Apple store again. Looking at the messages in this thread here, I think the LG monitor (or monitors in general) could be the problem.

Jan 17, 2021 1:02 AM in response to Joseph_S.

Is there any update on this? Many users seem to have the same issue.

I have contacted apple support and not had any useful resolutions. MacBook M1 pro.


panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffe0019f904c4): "dart-disp0 (0xfffffe2336540000): SMMU(SMMU) error: SID 0 PTE invalid exception on read with DVA 0x38000 (TTBR 0 SEG 0 PTE 0xe) ERROR_STATUS 0x80000004 TIME 0x2ae3db41d3de TTE 0 AXI_ID 0)"

Debugger message: panic

Memory ID: 0x6

OS release type: User

OS version: 20C69

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.2.0: Wed Dec  2 20:40:21 PST 2020; root:xnu-7195.60.75~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101

Fileset Kernelcache UUID: 3E6AA74DF723BCB886499A5AAB34FA34

Kernel UUID: 48F71DB3-6C91-3E62-9576-3A1DCEF2B536

iBoot version: iBoot-6723.61.3

secure boot?: YES

Paniclog version: 13

KernelCache slide: 0x0000000010de0000

KernelCache base:  0xfffffe0017de4000

Kernel slide:      0x0000000011920000

Kernel text base:  0xfffffe0018924000

Kernel text exec base:  0xfffffe00189ec000

mach_absolute_time: 0x10784410043..............................

Mar 24, 2021 3:24 PM in response to foteinisp

Fotenisp,

thank you very much for your reply. Last night I formatted the machine and installed 11.2.3 clean. since I bought the machine there is been at least one, and perhaps two OS updates. I don’t recall for sure. On the off chance an install didn’t go quite right, I decided to take that step. also, I’ve been running a couple of apps that required Rosetta. Those are not essential for me, so I have left them off this machine for the time being, to see if there’s a problem without Rosetta installed. I haven’t read anything about that causing any trouble, but who knows.


We’ll see what happens. I will post back about it. So far no issue. I should’ve mentioned, I am running it to an LG monitor via a USB/power cable. It had the same issue previously when hooked up to an 0WC 14 port dock. It may be related to conflict between docks and something else. The store here in San Luis Obispo is open, I think. So if this does not work, I will take it there.


Jeff

Mar 31, 2021 10:12 AM in response to aayushfromhavertown

I'm not playing any games, just one 1080P USBC monitor connected, with just Apple M1 native app's open, i.e Mail (with only a few open) Pages (with 1 document) and lots of Safari windows with loads of tabs (have closed some already)! I'm getting pink screens KP/restarts quite regularly (incl when applying for jobs..). No many peripherals, just Apple Apple keyboard and Trackpad and an SSD. Only 8GB Ram installed with 7GB used, which I thinks the real issue here.

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