I have done a lot of research on the kernel panic. It happens on Safari, and I have done all I think I can do based on what I have read on these forums. (PRAM, reinstall OS, repair permissions, ditch safari prefs, etc)
Another odd thing is that it only happens when my 24 inch cinema display is plugged in.
Here is the part that seems to be the most important.
This is the part that is consistent in every crash...
I've had my 15" i5 MBP for two months and during the first month I've had 3 kernel panic messages. It happened twice while using Safari and once using Chrome.
This is really frustrating, considering that I have spent a cosiderable amount of money for a top of the line machine that one would expect to operate flawlessly.
Anyhow, after reading on a few forums/threads, I found out that the thing connecting these two browsers is that they both use webkit and therefore I assume operate in a similar way. For the last month I have stopped using Safari and Chrome and have switched to Firefox. Ever since no more kernel panic messages. Too bad because I really started to like Safari and had properly customized it to suit my needs.
I'll confirm what mikropixel has stated above. I've eliminated flash from my browsers and I no longer have experienced any kernel panics. There's no question the problem is with Flash and it's either Adobe's bug or a bug in Apple's software that Flash has brought to light. I'm not going to use Flash with any browser that uses Apple's webkit. I would highly suggest others to follow suit and make it clear that this is what they're doing so that either Adobe and/or Apple begin to address this lamentable situation. It would be good for ALL if Adobe and Apple finally started working together instead of infighting and making their users suffer.
I'm having the same issue as well, however I'm experiencing Kernel Panics when using graphics applications like Photoshop. The usual case is that I have multiple applications running such as FireFox, Photoshop, iTunes, and Flash (the IDE, not the plugin). My KPs usually happen under the above circumstances when I start doing work or opening too many windows in Photoshop.
If I had to guess, I would say it is a problem with the new automatic graphics switching. I don't know if it's a driver or hardware issue but it's extremely irritating.
One of my Teachers was having this issue and a clean install seems to have taken care of it, she hasn't had any issues since. Setting the graphics to not switch seemed to make it worse (always uses the high end card then) so it's something with the high end card it seems
I've been logging my KPs for a week or so now and they seem to be getting more frequent. It seems (like others have speculated) that it is a problem with the NVIDIA chip and not the actual switching between chips (that was guessing might be the issue). I've been running with an external display which has to use the NVIDIA chip.
Most of my issues are happening when working in Photoshop. Has anyone sent their laptop in for repair? Did it the issue get resolved?
I purchased my new MacBook Pro i7 less than a month ago. Experiencing kernel panics a few times a week, all when using Safari. I read above that this may be a Flash issue. Maybe I should just switch to Firefox? Sorry, I'm sort of (that is, absolutely) new to this. Any advice will be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
tamglas
For the record, here's the report on my latest KP:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 154215 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 800679C9-5A70-4909-BBCB-59A1DF6C5BFF
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Safari
Mac OS version:
10J567
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
I'm getting the same thing. This is in every kernel panic:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics(6.2.4)@0x82738000->0x827e6fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Safari
It always happens when browsing with Safari when using an external monitor. The Intel graphics shouldn't be in use with an external monitor, yet there it is in the backtrace. Maybe it's trying to switch to Intel graphics when it shouldn't. I have "Automatic Graphics Switching" turned off in my Energy Saver System Settings which should prevent the switching to Intel graphics, yet it makes no difference. The kernel panics continue.
I've seen some speculation that Flash is involved and it happens when browsing to certain pages which use Flash.
Just an update for all, i took the step in ordering Two new RAMS (2gigs each) and and installing them into my Macbook pro.. Touch wood i have not had a Kernal Panic since! Not saying this maybe the answer but i believe it has helped.
Hi everyone,
just to say : I'm having the same problem than everyone here EXCEPT that it do not happen only with Safari AT ALL (quite every single program crash the same way, especially Starcraft II) and that I'm not using an external screen. I tried a god **** lot of things, i even installed Windows 7 (look what this problem had me doing !!!) and ... IT STILL CRASHS !!! the EXACT SAME WAY
It's driving me crazy !
The only thing that worked so far was using gfx and gfxCardStatus and setting it on IntelHD only : it just looks like it's the Nvidia card that's causing the problem .... So basically I just spent 2100$ for a piece of electronics that works as well as some 300$ toshiba stuff ... YaY ...
I've experienced the same issue. Got new 15" MBP in August 2010. Was having kernel panics almost daily, when is connected to a Apple Cinema Display and also when not. Always browsing with Safari in pages with flash content.
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
10J567
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
Have you tried taking it in for "service"? Have you tired a clean install of the OS? Clean install seems to still have the machine I did fixed. Other 15" MBPs from the same batch (had 4 to deploy) haven't seemed to have the issue
