Catalina Security Update (19H1519) Breaks OpenGL on Intel HD Graphics, Stellerium planatarium application no longer launches.

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Catalina Security Update (19H1519) Breaks OpenGL on Intel HD Graphics, Stellerium planatarium application no longer launches.

I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) running Catalina 10.15.7. After installing the latest security update (19H1519), Stellarium planatarium software no longer launches. Is Apple going to fix this?

Process: stellarium [890]

Path: /Applications/Stellarium.app/Contents/MacOS/stellarium

Identifier: org.stellarium.Stellarium

Version: 0.19.1 (0.19.1)

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: ??? [1]

Responsible: stellarium [890]

User ID: 502

Date/Time: 2021-11-26 23:25:10.289 +0100

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.7 (19H1519)

Report Version: 12

Anonymous UUID: 82BFB41A-6C14-F389-BB47-7D2CDFB2729C

Time Awake Since Boot: 1100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:

abort() called

Application Specific Signatures:

Graphics kernel error: 0xfffffffb

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff6ec2a33a __pthread_kill + 10

1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff6eceae60 pthread_kill + 430

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff6ebb1808 abort + 120

3 libGPUSupportMercury.dylib 0x00007fff55cc50a5 gpusGenerateCrashLog.cold.1 + 95

4 libGPUSupportMercury.dylib 0x00007fff55cbc18f gpusGenerateCrashLog + 89

5 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000GraphicsGLDriver 0x00007fff2a593dd0 gpusKillClientExt + 9

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 26, 2021 2:32 PM

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HWTech

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Nov 26, 2021 7:41 PM in response to Raydegroat

It is up to the third party developer to fix their app to work with any changes Apple makes to macOS.

See if there is a newer update to the Stellerium app. If there is no newer update, then contact the developer of the Stellerium app for support.

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Raydegroat Author

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Dec 14, 2021 7:19 AM in response to Raydegroat

7 weeks later with the introduction of Catalina Security Update 2021-008, Apple appears to have fixed the bug introduced with Security Update 2021-007. Stellarium launches and functions again, as do all the dozens of other OpenGL applications running on the Intel HD 4000 Graphics.

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Raydegroat Author

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Nov 28, 2021 2:48 AM in response to HWTech

Thank you HWTech for the reply! I've since learned that this issue affects not only Stellerium but countless applications running Catalina on Intel HD 4000 graphics. To my understanding, it is the Catalina 2021-007 update itself which causes the issue. The patch appears to introduce a bug preventing the GPU from being accessed.

To your knowledge has there ever been a situation where Apple has dropped support for hardware less than 5 years old?

See my latest post in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253309962?answerId=253309962021&page=8

Ray

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Raydegroat Author

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Nov 28, 2021 10:12 AM in response to HWTech

I should add that Apple itself is also among the developers affected as even Safari will not render WebGL anymore.

https://youtu.be/jPo5yisLs1Y

Hopefully Apple will fix this. It would be the right thing to do as My Mac was less than 5 years old when the bug was introduced and they do list it as compatible.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210222

Ray

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Raydegroat Author

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Nov 28, 2021 11:58 PM in response to lkrupp

My MacBook Pro was manufactured September 2012 (See picture below). I have a receipt showing proof of purchase on November 26 2016.

The bug was introduced September 23, 2021. 4 years 9 months 3 days before the end of 5 years.

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lkrupp

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Nov 28, 2021 10:44 AM in response to Raydegroat

The Intel HD 4000 graphics was used for a short time in late 2012 and early 2013 Macs that are now almost ten years old. These are the only machines affected by the faulty driver. There are a couple of workarounds being used. Reinstall Catalina and don't update past Security Update 2021-006. Use Time Machine to restore your Mac to just before the Security Update 2021-007 was applied. Wait for Apple to release a fix, assuming they will at some point.

As for your claim that your Mac was less than five years old when the ‘bug’ was introduced, that's simply not true. This issue showed up when the Security Update 2021-007 was released a few weeks ago and it only affects those older machines with Intel Graphics HD 4000

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lkrupp

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Nov 29, 2021 6:30 AM in response to Raydegroat

In either event you have options. As you probably have seen in other discussion threads about this you can reinstall Catalina, update to Security Update 2021-006 only, and be back in business. Or you can choose to wait for Apple to issue a patch. None of us here are Apple employees, just users like yourself, and we have no idea if or when Apple will do something about it. It depends on how many of these machines are still in use and how many users file reports/complaints about the issue. Apple usually responds to volume of complaints. I would suggest you call Apple Support (Get Support link at the top right of this page) and report the problem.

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