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h3yaz Author

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Kernel Panic in Lion

Hi!

It has been 24 hours now since I've installed Lion on my iMac. Previously with Snow Leopard everything worked smoothly but now every 30 min and sometimes less than that I get kernel panics that keep me from using my computer.

This is the report generated after the panic. Can anyone please help me figure out what's going on?

Thanks in advance

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 6647 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 4

Anonymous UUID: 5562986D-EF5F-4673-8177-561F22E89171

Thu Jul 21 15:39:41 2011

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80002c268d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f80ec9fb0, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000000100000, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0

RAX: 0xffffff806afc3004, RBX: 0xffffff8000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff80000000e0

RSP: 0xffffff807f973ce0, RBP: 0xffffff807f973d10, RSI: 0xffffff8000000000, RDI: 0xffffff806afbe004

R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x00000000072c2c46, R10: 0x8000000000100000, R11: 0xffffff80002d8200

R12: 0xffffff806afbe004, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff806afbe004, R15: 0x0000000000000000

RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f80ec9fb0, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Faulting CPU: 0x2

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff807f9739a0 : 0xffffff8000220702

0xffffff807f973a20 : 0xffffff80002c268d

0xffffff807f973bc0 : 0xffffff80002d7a3d

0xffffff807f973be0 : 0xffffff7f80ec9fb0

0xffffff807f973d10 : 0xffffff7f80ef8559

0xffffff807f973d50 : 0xffffff7f80eca9f1

0xffffff807f973e80 : 0xffffff7f80ec312d

0xffffff807f973ec0 : 0xffffff7f80e83936

0xffffff807f973ef0 : 0xffffff8000639536

0xffffff807f973f30 : 0xffffff80006382b0

0xffffff807f973f70 : 0xffffff8000638154

0xffffff807f973fb0 : 0xffffff8000820057

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40(500.55.5)[01000ACB-C064-3F42-820F-BDE2008267 25]@0xffffff7f80e64000->0xffffff7f80fa3fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)[95ABB490-3AB5-3D5E-9C21-67089A9AE6A1]@0xffff ff7f80821000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(400.40)[78A58272-2170-3068-9C63-88301C99C406]@0xf fffff7f80e2c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(2.0)[59A00F6B-3710-3E07-9921-70C45782FF8C]@0 xffffff7f8090e000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

11A511

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Sat Jun 18 12:56:35 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.22.73~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 24CC17EB-30B0-3F6C-907F-1A9B2057AF78

System model name: iMac11,2 (Mac-F2238AC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1465207468766

last loaded kext at 1456744394620: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f8078d000, size 36864)

last unloaded kext at 1453627105993: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f8078d000, size 36864)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.4d0

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 66.3

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.9

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.24

com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer 7.0.2

com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000 7.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.1.1f11

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.1.1f11

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.40

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40 500.55.5

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 4.7.0b2

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 309

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.0.0

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 32

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.8.6

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.4.0

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.0.6b9

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 166.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.0.30

com.apple.security.quarantine 1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 166.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 152.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 152.3

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 220.62

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 2.5f17

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.5f17

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.5

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.1.1f11

com.apple.kext.ATI4600Controller 7.0.2

com.apple.kext.ATISupport 7.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 80.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.3fc11

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.1.1f11

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.1.1f11

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 400.40

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.1d2

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.7.0b2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3

com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.5f17

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.5f17

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.5f17

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 4.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.9.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 180

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 403

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.4.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 4.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.0d5

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.6

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.7.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 165

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 326

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.18

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.4

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6.5

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

Model: iMac11,2, BootROM IM112.0057.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core i3, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.64f5

Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4670, ATI Radeon HD 4670, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x8F), Atheros 9280: 4.0.55.4-P2P

Bluetooth: Version 2.5.0f17, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD502HJ, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS09

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: USB to Serial-ATA bridge, 0x059b (Iomega Corporation), 0x0577, 0xfa140000 / 5

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa120000 / 4

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0xfa111000 / 6

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8502, 0xfd110000 / 3

Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 8:01 AM

172 replies

Jul 25, 2011 2:41 AM in response to h3yaz

I'm still experiencing the issue, everytime I turn on the Airport, I have Kernel Panic.

In my agency we are avoiding the update (we have lots of middle-2010 iMacs) because of this issue.

dani31

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Jul 25, 2011 5:11 AM in response to h3yaz

I have the same problem, I bought my iMac 21,5" in November, 2009. I had two kernel panic, with the same report error.

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40(500.55.5)[01000ACB-C064-3F42-820F-BDE2008267 25]@0xffffff7f80e64000->0xffffff7f80fa3fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)[95ABB490-3AB5-3D5E-9C21-67089A9AE6A1]@0xffff ff7f80821000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(400.40)[78A58272-2170-3068-9C63-88301C99C406]@0xf fffff7f80e2c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(2.0)[59A00F6B-3710-3E07-9921-70C45782FF8C]@0 xffffff7f8090e000

Do you think that Apple will propose update for Airport ?

Jul 25, 2011 5:30 AM in response to Vincenzo Acinapura

Vincenzo Acinapura wrote:

… without proper testing?

In June 2011 a build was offered to maybe five thousand people at WWDC.

Add to that the number (unknown) of members of the Mac Developer Program who — without attending WWDC — tested builds 11A480b, 11A494a and (for around three weeks) 11A511 before 11A511 was released.

Testing was and is naturally broad-ranging but like any operating system, there's never perfection.

Any kernel panic is clearly undesirable, let's focus on identifying possible causes and (as you suggest) reporting to Apple, rather than criticising the pre-release testing. 🙂

mmockett

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Jul 25, 2011 6:39 AM in response to h3yaz

If it's any help, I was having the exact same problem and once I updated Perian to the latest version that's just been released, the problem has stopped (fingers crossed). Could be related to streaming media over the Airport. Anyway, if you have it installed, try updating Perian.

Jul 25, 2011 7:03 AM in response to h3yaz

Off topic: reporting without infrastructure

I don't know what happens to prerelase reports that are received by Apple without the infrastructures that Apple provide for prerelease stuff. Assume that all things anonymous get whooshed into some intelligent melting pot and simmered until patterns are identifiable; but that anonymous patterns alone are not enough to progress some things — of a highly technical nature — to a satisfactory conclusion across an entire product range.

The report version (9) that appears in .crash and other files in Lion is two greater than the report version (7) seen in Snow Leopard. Another assumption is that this richer reporting allowed — and will continue to allow — fixes for Lion in pleasantly short timeframes.

On topic, another long shot: 64-bit kernel, 32-bit kernel

If your computer is not limited by firmware to EFI32 (old models such as MacBook2,1 fall into that category) — and if your computer defaulted to 32-bit kernel and extensions with Snow Leopard:

try forcing the 32-bit kernel with 10.7, see whether the kernel panics are as easily reproducible.

(The rationale for this is in a different topic.)

msours

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Jul 25, 2011 7:09 AM in response to Graham Perrin

So I stand corrected. After a clean install it does seem more stable but I woke up this morning to a completely frozen machine, same kernal panic com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40(500.55.5).. So clean install will only help but not solve the problem.

Jul 25, 2011 7:12 AM in response to mmockett

I updated Perian and after 5 minutes I had another Kernel Panic, so in my case this was not helping.

mmockett

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Jul 25, 2011 7:25 AM in response to Vincenzo Acinapura

Yeah - 100% jinxed myself. Had been running for about 5 hours with no problems. As soon as I posted this, I got a kernal panic - was mucking around with my iTunes library - on a networked drive - at the time.

neoCruix

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Jul 25, 2011 5:04 PM in response to mmockett

I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro with momenus xt h/w and 8 GB RAM upgrade. Everything was working fine until Lion happened. I changed hard drive to eliminate hybrid issues but the kernel panics are crazy. Every now and then they are frequent. This is driving me crazy. I have a pretty good machine and do not want to get a new one just yet.

dani31

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Jul 27, 2011 2:31 PM in response to h3yaz

Same issue here, I have iMac 21,5" late 2009, and I have many Kernel Panic.

Kyahx

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Jul 28, 2011 6:15 AM in response to h3yaz

A friend of mine is having the same issue. I had him replace the IO80211Family.kext with version 3.2 from Snow Leopard (Lion contains version 4.0). It's only been a day but so far the issues are gone.

Jul 28, 2011 1:25 PM in response to h3yaz

I have the same problem. I could not use my computer for more than 3 hours today!!!!

Apple???? Helloooooo!!! Waaaake up!!!!

h3yaz Author

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Jul 28, 2011 4:50 PM in response to Kyahx

that workaround is interesting.

can you please keep us posted if the kernel panics got back? If not, where did you get the .kext without having a mac with snowleopard around?

Jul 28, 2011 4:53 PM in response to eusicumine

Apple is not here. Only users like yourself.

Kyahx

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Jul 28, 2011 8:22 PM in response to h3yaz

Happy to report, no panics since swapping in the older AirPort driver 🙂

I pulled the kext from a Time Machine backup I had of my machine prior to installing Lion, then I had him use a utility made for drag-and-drop kext installing.

I hope distributing these isn't against any rules, but I've zipped up the two and put them in my Dropbox: http://db.tt/XXPtqeb Just extract it, drag and drop the kext onto the Kext Utility, then reboot.

If it makes you feel any better, you could pull your own copy of the IO80211Family.kext out of a backup of any Snow Leopard system you have. It is found in /System/Library/Extensions/. The versions that ships with Lion (and apparently has some issues) is 4.0 -- the last version we saw in Snow Leopard is 3.2 (that's the one we used.)

Also it goes without saying that you should be sure to do a backup of your system before attempting this fix, and you are doing so at your own risk 🙂 Hope it helps!

Kernel Panic in Lion