Windowserver crashing

going back to 10.6.4 fixed the problem

Just wanted to add my voice as well. I've got a 2.2GHz mid-2007 MBP like some of you. This has happened to me 3 times in the past 2 weeks or so. The last two times were while playing a flash video full screen. The most recent time, it specifically happened right when I tried to adjust the volume with the volume keys, the computer seemed to struggle putting up the Volume floater window.

I have the same issue, but I brought it into apple and I was told I'm using to much of the memory and need to upgrade my memory and if it still happens after to bring it back. well I upgraded it thinking to myself this seems like BS but i'll give it a shot. well i was right it was BS so i brought it back. they looked it over and say you have no crash reports and it must be a software issue and they would have to re-install the OS. i said yea whatever go ahead and do it. I left and came back an hour later and got my laptop went home turned it on to find my laptop in the same exact way and the OS was not re-installed. so I started looking around and found this post and decided to check my crash report to find tons. i get the same exact blue screen and also from time to time i get a flashing screen and then it locks up but can still move my mouse. this is completely frustrating and hope they figure out a fix soon. in the mean time i'm going to keep calling and keep bringing it in till they do something.

Same problem here.

10-12-05 8:34:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.loginwindow[586]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error
10-12-05 8:34:51 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.Dock.agent[599]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-12-05 8:34:52 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[639] 2010-12-05 20:34:52.009 ReportCrash[639:2a03] Saved crash report for loginwindow[586] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow 2010-12-05-203452localhost.crash
10-12-05 8:34:52 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[668]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object first
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- SharedMemoryShellInterface::launchMonitor()
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- Monitor::Monitor()
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- Monitor::initialize
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- Monitor::loadDeviceHooks()

I wish Apple would focus on the quality of their product instead of booby-trapping 3rd party softwares.

I have the same problem. 10.6.5 keep crashing even ideal.

10-12-05 8:34:51 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.loginwindow[586]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error
10-12-05 8:34:51 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.Dock.agent[599]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-12-05 8:34:52 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[639] 2010-12-05 20:34:52.009 ReportCrash[639:2a03] Saved crash report for loginwindow[586] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow 2010-12-05-203452localhost.crash
10-12-05 8:34:52 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[96] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[668]) Exited with exit code: 1
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath: Please instantiate the QApplication object first
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- SharedMemoryShellInterface::launchMonitor()
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- Monitor::Monitor()
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- Monitor::initialize
10-12-05 8:34:53 PM [0x0-0xac0ac].Monitor[675] Monitor -- Monitor::loadDeviceHooks()

I have the same machine as the rest of you and my thought it might be the graphics card crashing (since all of our graphics cards were doomed from the get-go).
Why do I say graphics card? This problem has been coupled (at different times though) with the screen going all jagged and scrambled video.
I don't know if this happens to any of you either, but after it 'resets' itself, I cannot play video.

Is apple aware of this issue. We need a fix, I am stuck on 10.6.4

Have you told them about the problem with the Apple Feedback site?

If not, writing about it here is not the way to get their attention.


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Message was edited by: Allan Eckert

I have exactly the same problem as all of you. I bought my MBP July of 2007, 2.2 ghz, 4GB RAM, 15 in. I love Apple, but I've had a number of problems with this computer since day one. First, my MBP wouldn't wake up from sleep and I'd have to hard restart it. It seems Apple addressed that issue with a software update somewhere along the way, so that's no longer an issue. Next, during May 2010 I had an issue someone else described in this thread, i.e. my MBP screen would get all pixelated and I couldn't interact with anything on the screen. I could just move my cursor around. The only solution was to bring my computer in to the Genius Bar. They fixed the issue for free because it's a known problem with this particular MBP generation. It had something to do with my logic board or something. After that, my computer worked great...for a while. Now I'm having the blue screen then quick restart issue that all of you are having. I agree it definitely happens when I try to tax the graphics card with full-screen videos. It just happened the other night when I expanded an iChat video chat to full screen. Extremely frustrating. I'm not a genius, but I believe it must be a software conflict issue because the problem has arisen recently and doesn't resemble anything I've seen in the past. I read something about how new MBPs can actually turn off part of their graphics cards to save energy, and then turn them back on when they're needed. Maybe MAc OS 10.6.5 is confusing our older MBPs with newer ones?? Just a thought. Anyway, I'm planning on making a call to Apple sometime this weekend and possibly taking my computer in to Genius. I'll let you all know what they say.

I'm glad that at least I've found this topic.

Guys, I have the same prob, however my MBP is mid 2010 - so you can be sure this is not related to your MBP release date.

Mine has exactly the same log:

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Process: WindowServer [279]
Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer
Identifier: WindowServer
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]

Date/Time: 2010-12-29 18:23:01.383 -0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.5 (10H574)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC BADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN INVALIDADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 com.apple.GeForceGLDriver 0x0000000200012910 gldAttachDrawable + 2528
1 com.apple.GeForceGLDriver 0x00000002000d5787 gldUpdateDispatch + 14359
2 com.apple.GeForceGLDriver 0x00000002000d5a56 gldUpdateDispatch + 15078
3 GLEngine 0x0000000122d1ea7a glFlush_Exec + 133
4 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff86a52ecd CGXGLAccelFinish + 154
5 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff86a52034 CGXReleaseDisplayDeviceSurface + 232
6 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff86c00b03 CGXRedrawSpecifiedWindowsToDisplayAndRegion + 3663
7 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff86a468a8 CGXUpdateMagicMirror + 647
...
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I'm experiencing this everyday in the past few days. Didn't install anything new.

The computer simply hangs, but I can still move my mouse. Then the mouse cursor freezes, screen gets blue. My wallpaper loads. The menu bar loads, finder window and then the dock. It feels exactly like I'm logging in for the first time.

This is a 6 months old machine, untouched hardware (it has the basic setup). I really have no idea about what can I do, thought on trying some 10.6.6 dev release.

Does 10.6.6 fix this problem?

BTW, I just had my logic board replaced (3rd logic board, 2nd replacement) and decided to give 10.6.5 a try again. Same crash occurred so now back at 10.6.4

Message was edited by: Shawn83

Up to now I didn't experience any problems or crashes 🙂

For me, no.

The day after I did the update, I've experienced the same issue.

However, this time it seems to be related to Google Chrome, and it happened after i did wake my computer:

Process: Google Chrome [446]
Path: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
Identifier: Google Chrome
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [356]

Date/Time: 2011-01-08 13:21:55.424 -0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567)
Report Version: 6
Sleep/Wake UUID: F81C0008-29F3-46EA-96D4-2D921BE5DC92

Exception Type: EXC BADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN INVALIDADDRESS at 0x0000000094ad40fa
Crashed Thread: Unknown

Backtrace not available

Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x00000003 ecx: 0xbfffd18c edx: 0x94ad40fa
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbfffd1c8 esp: 0xbfffd18c
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x94ad40fa cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x94ad40fa

Message was edited by: Nicholas Pufal

Message was edited by: Nicholas Pufal

****. Today I experienced a crash after using the system in a normal way...