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Mountain Lion Crashes on resume from sleep

Is anyone else having problems with Mountain Lion crashing frequently on resume from sleep? I have tried using both the default "sleep and hibernate" mode and switching to hibernate only. In both modes, OSX "gray" screens just after it appears to finish resuming from sleep mode. This is an Early 2011 MBP 15" with a clean Lion upgraded to Mountain Lion.

It is starting to look like another failed upgrade, "sigh". I haven't had any luck with OSX OS upgades and always seems like I end up rebuilding.

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 9:16 AM

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JoshV Author

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Aug 7, 2012 9:18 PM in response to JmeReddish

This is on the right track. I can confirm that turning off Bluetooth before sleep reduces the effect.

I also noticed something funny today when disconnecting from my 27" Apple Cinema Display - the Bluetooth icon on the menu bar turned to a funky symbol (Bluetooth icon grayed with a squiggly line through it) and when I click on the icon it says something like hardware not present. The control panel for Bluetooth is still able to "turn off" Bluetooth even though the menu bar icon can not.

clearly there are some serious Bluetooth driver issues in Mountain Lion - we can only hope for a quick fix from Apple.

Aug 7, 2012 9:19 PM in response to JoshV

Are you using Air Display?

http://blog.avatron.com/post/28135386805/kernel-panics-mountain-lion-and-bluetoo th

JoshV Author

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Aug 7, 2012 9:27 PM in response to William Lloyd

Um, yep - sure am. That sounds about right.

Aug 8, 2012 6:42 AM in response to JoshV

I myself am not using AirDisplay or something like it. Macbook does the same thing when connected via lan.. re-installed ML, but without succes.. 😟

Hope Apple will fix this very soon!

jdg500

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Aug 9, 2012 6:00 AM in response to JmeReddish

While I also have Sophos installed, I do not believe the problem is in fact Sophos. I tried to turn off blue tooth before putting the machine to sleep and, on resume, I have not encountered the problem of crashing on resume. I also notice that, even when Bluetooth is turned back on after the successful resume, my Bluetooth mouse needs reconnecting.

Aug 11, 2012 3:44 PM in response to JoshV

I am having a Grey screen pop up & elimiminate the Dock or any Back out or Recovery!! It is prevalent on a number of Apps but first appeared in Txt MSG! Shut Cptr down manually to clear w/Restart & Virus Scan... Problem Now is Won't start up at all... Just Solid Grey screen!! Cycled al pwr switches & No Joy, All Solid Grey!!

Aug 11, 2012 3:56 PM in response to JmeReddish

Using Air Display by chance?

http://blog.avatron.com/post/28135386805/kernel-panics-mountain-lion-and-bluetoo th

Aug 11, 2012 3:57 PM in response to JoshV

If you're using Bluetooth and Air Display, that's the cause of the kernel panic:

http://blog.avatron.com/post/28135386805/kernel-panics-mountain-lion-and-bluetoo th

robertd

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Aug 12, 2012 6:38 PM in response to vdeodave

I went into the energy settings and stopped my hard disks from spinning down and that seems to have done it for me. Temp fix I know but I think it worked. 15 hours and counting...

Aug 14, 2012 5:54 PM in response to JoshV

I have this same issue and the common cause seems to be Skype. If Skype is running as my MBP wakes, the wifi seems to freeze and then all apps that use the internet seem to not work as well.

Aug 14, 2012 11:09 PM in response to stevealbright

Did you just close Skype? Or did you remove it completely? Just closing won't help on my MB.. 😟

I had Dropbox running on the background, closed that one too, but sadly that doesn't seem to be the solution. Anyone who knows about other software that might cause the problem? I don't use bluetooth or AirDisplay..

Aug 16, 2012 3:22 PM in response to NicholasCR

As I confirmed with frustration when I had to reboot.. Skype is not the issue. It seems to be related to restoring the network interface though... which causes just about any program trying to regain access to freeze.

Aug 16, 2012 5:21 PM in response to NicholasCR

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4176244?start=0&tstart=0#19171288

Just found that... giving it a try now, I will let you know if that is the issue.

EDIT

Now my MBP comes back from sleep just fine... it seems to be that Transmit's menu bar is the issue. I will email the dev.

Sep 6, 2012 4:33 PM in response to stevealbright

I do not use Transmit or Airdisplay and I have the same problem with my 2011 iMac crashing everytime it wakes up. I've had to change the setting to never sleep.

Sep 14, 2012 4:20 PM in response to JoshV

Did someone, besides the solutions earlier find a fix for this problem?

Mountain Lion Crashes on resume from sleep