Kernel: IOSurface buffer allocation size is zero

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Kernel: IOSurface buffer allocation size is zero

I tend to receive the above message when listening to Itunes, this message can cause itunes to pause the music and sometimes cause the whole system to crash. Although it does not affect spotify.

I have only recently found out what the problem is, this problem has been going on for a long time. it does get annoying after sometime that your music pauses.

The list of text below has been copied from my Kernel.log and shows that this problem is quite prominent.

Would there be a olution to this? I have previously reinstalled my Operating system, after the reinstallation the problem occurs again. Even after an upgrade to OS X Lion the problem is still there

Mid 2010 Imac, 2.8Ghz Quad Core i5, 8GB ram, 1TB HDD, ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB

rdbus=0)

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 8 devices 36 ]

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) TI ID 823f built-in now active, GUID e80688fffebe3be2; max speed s800.

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done [96 MB total pool size, (64/32) split]

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: Pthread support ABORTS when sync kernel primitives misused

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless kmod start

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless load succeeded

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Wake reason GIGE - bonjour - service connect

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: Network wake from BCM5701Enet

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 000000009833 0x5ac 0x8403 0x9833

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 00001411A7BE 0x411 0x105 0x300

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: F995335E-73C3-3050-9BE7-6AD137A3B0CA

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPchS eriesAHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOB lockStorageDriver/ST31000528AS Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/NotQuiteMaxDisk@2

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2

Jul 26 16:36:22 localhost kernel[0]: Kernel is LP64

Jul 26 16:36:23 localhost kernel[0]: BCM5701Enet: Ethernet address c4:2c:03:0f:54:8f

Jul 26 16:36:25 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 5

Jul 26 16:36:25 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: ** Device in slot: SLOT--1 **

Jul 26 16:36:25 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: DSMOS has arrived

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.597048: ath_get_caps[4036] rx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.597073: ath_get_caps[4011] tx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601135: Atheros: mac 128.2 phy 13.027.601140: radio 12.027.601142:

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601146: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601152: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BK traffic

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601158: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601163: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601169: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601174: Use hw queue 9 for beacons

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601235: wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0xd320c610, opmode=IEEE80211_M_STA, flags=0x1

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 27.601271: wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0xd320c610, opmode=IEEE80211_M_STA, flags=0x1.

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: AirPort_AtherosNewma40: Ethernet address d8:30:62:59:e7:bd

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: IO80211Controller::dataLinkLayerAttachComplete(): adding AppleEFINVRAM notification

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: IO80211Interface::efiNVRAMPublished():

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: NTFS driver 3.8 [Flags: R/W].

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 1 (Unspecified).

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 28.701894: setDISASSOC from disconnectVap

Jul 26 16:36:26 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: 28.701905: switchVap from 1 to 1

Jul 26 16:36:27 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: NTFS volume name BOOTCAMP, version 3.1.

Jul 26 16:36:27 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: nstat_lookup_entry failed: 2

Jul 26 16:36:28: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 16:36:27 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, Debug [796d,2300,0de1,0300,45e1,0000]

Jul 26 16:36:29 Andrew-Purdys-iMac kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS

Jul 26 16:36:34 andrew-pc kernel[0]: [ffffff8015319c00][BNBMouseDevice::init][66] init is complete

Jul 26 16:36:35 andrew-pc kernel[0]: [ffffff8015319c00][BNBMouseDevice::handleStart][66] Done

Jul 26 16:36:35 andrew-pc kernel[0]: [ffffff8015a16000][AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered

Jul 26 16:36:35 andrew-pc kernel[0]: [ffffff8015a90d00][AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered

Jul 26 16:36:56 andrew-pc kernel[0]: udf log: Allow bogus directory length

Jul 26 16:37:14 andrew-pc kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701Ethernet: 0 1 BCM5701Enet::replaceOrCopyPacket worked after N tries

Jul 26 16:40:27 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 16:41:22: --- last message repeated 2 times ---

Jul 26 16:41:40 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 16:43:52: --- last message repeated 6 times ---

Jul 26 16:45:16 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 16:46:22: --- last message repeated 2 times ---

Jul 26 18:25:18 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:26:23 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:32:19 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:34:08 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:34:45 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:36:22: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 18:37:53 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:38:52: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 18:39:27 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 18:40:17 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 19:27:48 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 19:28:45: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 19:28:45 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 19:29:15: --- last message repeated 2 times ---

Jul 26 22:53:21 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 22:56:56 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 22:58:28: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 22:58:28 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 22:58:58: --- last message repeated 6 times ---

Jul 26 22:59:00 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 22:59:30: --- last message repeated 5 times ---

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `CodeResources': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Growl': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Headers': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Resources': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Current': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Headers': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Resources': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Skype': 93

Jul 26 23:03:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[590] Unable to clear quarantine `Current': 93

Jul 26 23:04:53 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:06:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:08:22 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:18:09 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:22:01 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:24:39 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:26:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:27:36 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:33:49 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:35:58 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:36:28: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:37:23 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:37:58 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:38:37: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:38:37 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:39:08: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:39:52 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:40:36: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:40:36 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:42:23 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:46:12 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:46:44 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:47:14: --- last message repeated 2 times ---

Jul 26 23:47:58 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:48:38 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:49:36 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:50:19: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 26 23:50:19 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 26 23:51:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 27 00:50:43 andrew-pc kernel[0]: HFS: Very Low Disk: freeblks: 0, dangerlimit: 154

Jul 27 14:07:46 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:09:00: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 27 14:09:00 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:13:16 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:15:07 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:15:50: --- last message repeated 3 times ---

Jul 27 14:15:50 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:16:24: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Jul 27 14:16:26 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:16:56 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Jul 27 14:17:26: --- last message repeated 2 times ---

Jul 27 14:17:28 andrew-pc kernel[0]: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 27, 2011 6:29 AM

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Answer 1

barakhan

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Aug 27, 2011 8:31 AM in response to simon1895

Me too !

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Answer 2

Aug 31, 2011 8:38 AM in response to andrew011

I have it too but once closed itunes it went away. I have no external speakers hooked up and have spotify and have not installed any flash

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Answer 3

Sep 2, 2011 8:44 AM in response to Jason Warth

Yes, this happens to me exactly. I'm running Chrome and my user directory is on an external drive if that helps anyone piece things together.

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Answer 4

LCPGUY

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10 points

Sep 4, 2011 2:41 PM in response to Steven Hepting

I have determined that this is definately a FLASH problem. Adobe even admits this. I disabled FLASH last night and never saw the problem until now when I installed the latest FLASH. Yup, there it is! I took FLASH out again and "voila", no more problem. Adobe strikes again.

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Answer 5

jukki

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Sep 15, 2011 7:24 AM in response to LCPGUY

I can confirm that too - with Flash enabled I get the buffer allocation error, disabled it works fine.

Now let's see if we can get this heard somehow...

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Answer 6

Sep 16, 2011 3:20 PM in response to andrew011

You can upgrade Flash to the latest Flash 11 Beta here: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer11.html

Chrome users, you're out of luck, Chrome bundles flash and you cannot upgrade without doing some evil, evil things to your installation.

Solves the issue for me, no problems since

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Answer 7

qap

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23 points

Oct 4, 2011 11:32 AM in response to FlorianDoyon

Flash 11 official release is out, installed but still get the same error/log, ****! 😠

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Answer 8

LCPGUY

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10 points

Oct 4, 2011 1:23 PM in response to andrew011

Installing Flash 11 is no help. These incessant messages still happen every time I use Safari 5.1, or any browser that accesses a site with Flash on it. As I said earlier here, the only thing that gets rid of these messages is to uninstall Flash. It works for me! Anyone else try uninstalling Flash???

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Answer 9

jrome

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17 points

Oct 4, 2011 2:55 PM in response to LCPGUY

I get this too. But smart reporter says one of my disks is dieing.

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Answer 10

Loly19

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8 points

Oct 5, 2011 10:45 AM in response to jrome

I noticed this for the first time today, I had pandora open in safari and when I closed it the error stopped. I hadn't used pandora since they switched to their new interface, it was performing horribly, very choppy, so I paused it but never closed the browser tab.

It didn't slow down my computer noticably but I do have a 2011 imac built to order with good specs. I looked at it with built-with and it uses pretty much every plugin there is so I don't know what is causing it :\

Edited to add:

Happens in both safari and chrome although signifigantly less often in chrome. I was getting an error every second in safari. Only happens every couple of minutes in chrome

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LCPGUY

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Oct 5, 2011 12:34 PM in response to andrew011

I doubt if it's due to Pandora Loly. I suspect it's due to a Flash and Safari problem, maybe with the way Safari 5.1 and Lion, or Snow Leopard Sand-Boxing applications. I tried FireFOX, but it too had problems and produced this message, among other weirdities. Only Camino and OmniWeb are functioning normally and causing no strange messages like the one that is the topic of this thread.

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Answer 12

Oct 12, 2011 11:48 AM in response to LCPGUY

I've been getting these in my logs too, but with no relation to Flash or Browsers. Mainly happening running Audio Transmission in apps like Skype and Ventrilo, totally mucks up my Mic till I do a reboot.

I should add that this is using a Wireless USB headset too

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LCPGUY

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Oct 18, 2011 2:51 PM in response to andrew011

This must be a web-kit problem as it occurs repeatedly with Safari, Chrome and Omni-Web when viewing a Flash site. However the older Omni-web's did not have the problem as it uses a stand-alone and older version of web-kit.

I have been using Firefox 7.0 and 7.01 for 4 days now and have not seen it since. I never saw it with Firefox 6 either, just a bunch of weird debugging messages, but never this kernel message.

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Answer 14

Oct 27, 2011 10:59 PM in response to Jason Warth

kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Yes, I'm getting lots of these. Just this morning, seven in two minutes. I didn't see them before lion though.

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Oct 29, 2011 10:49 PM in response to andrew011

Sorry, I don't have a solution either, just a "same here" from me as well unfortunately.

Someone said they get the message "every second", that's not bad considering I get several every second, here's a view from my log, and to say that this is "greek to me" is an understatement:

10/29/11 9:01:57.000 PM kernel: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::validateChecksum - 512-byte packet checksum is incorrect (expected 0x7ef, checksum bytes were 0x0)

10/29/11 9:03:16.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:03:17.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:03:18.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:03:19.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:03:20.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:04:03.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:04:04.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:04:05.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:04:06.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:05:23.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:05:24.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:05:25.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:07:30.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:08.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:28.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:29.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:30.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:42.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:43.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:08:45.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:09:25.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:09:30.000 PM kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

10/29/11 9:11:03.000 PM kernel: vmnet: bridge-en1: interface en is coming UP

10/29/11 9:11:03.000 PM kernel: vmnet: bridge-en1: interface en is going DOWN

10/29/11 9:11:07.000 PM kernel: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage

10/29/11 9:11:07.000 PM kernel: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512

10/29/11 9:11:07.000 PM kernel: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 8589934592, partition base 0x0, maxio 400000 ssd 1

10/29/11 9:11:07.000 PM kernel: hibernate image major 14, minor 0, blocksize 512, pollers 5

10/29/11 9:11:07.000 PM kernel: hibernate_alloc_pages flags 00000000, gobbling 0 pages

10/29/11 9:11:07.000 PM kernel: hibernate_setup(0) took 0 ms

10/29/11 9:11:08.000 PM kernel: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::validateChecksum - 512-byte packet checksum is incorrect (expected 0xe31, checksum bytes were 0x0)

10/29/11 9:11:09.000 PM kernel: vmmon: powerStateDidChange flags=0x4 (state 2)

10/29/11 9:11:26.000 PM kernel: hibernate_page_list_setall start 0xffffff80d3b95000, 0xffffff80d3bd5000

Thankful for any suggestions here, system is hanging a lot and getting sluggish 😟

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