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Q: 10.9.2 Radeon X3000 Driver Crash

Has anyone heard if there's a fix forthcoming for video driver crash in 10.9.2?  After applying the latest patch to my MBP many programs would cause a hard crash.  System logs showed a crash coming from AMDRadeonX3000GLDriver.  Would really like to take this upgrade, but not with those side effects.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 2.2 GHz i7, 16 GB RAM

Posted on Mar 9, 2014 3:05 PM

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Q: 10.9.2 Radeon X3000 Driver Crash

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  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Mar 9, 2014 3:35 PM in response to ShepTX
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    Mar 9, 2014 3:35 PM in response to ShepTX

    Post the latest kernel panic report, if any, or the last app crash report.

  • by ShepTX,

    ShepTX ShepTX Mar 9, 2014 3:39 PM in response to baltwo
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    Mar 9, 2014 3:39 PM in response to baltwo

    I have since backed out the update, but here's the log from some of the latest crashes before I gave up.

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Mar 9, 2014 4:06 PM in response to ShepTX
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    Mar 9, 2014 4:06 PM in response to ShepTX

    Most likely, one of these is the culprit.

     

    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard          5.9.1

    com.Apogee.driver.DuetFWOverideDriver          1.4.4

    com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          6.0.4

     

    Boot into safe mode (restart holding down SHIFT key). If no KP, then uninstall and reinstall those things one at a time until you determine which is causing the problem. If KP, then most likely hardware related. Run the Apple Hardware Test suite, extended tests at least twice, followed by Rember.  See

     

    OS X About kernel panics,
    Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics,
    Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ,
    Resolving Kernel Panics,
    How to troubleshoot a kernel panic, and
    Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics for more details.

  • by ShepTX,

    ShepTX ShepTX Mar 9, 2014 5:29 PM in response to baltwo
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    Mar 9, 2014 5:29 PM in response to baltwo

    Looks like a little leg work; certainly don't mind that. 

     

    Couple of thoughts/questions:

    • What is the paceap kernel extension?  The snowleopard part is curious.
    • The kernel panics are certainly part of this picture, but didn't happen with every crash.  The crashes were very frequent.  Seems there is something going on with the video driver.

     

    Copied here for quick reference.

    Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)

    Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

     

     

    Application Specific Information:

    abort() called

     

     

    Application Specific Signatures:

    Graphics kernel error: 0xfffffffe

     

     

     

     

    Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff96a42866 __pthread_kill + 10

    1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff93fa135c pthread_kill + 92

    2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x00007fff9754ab1a abort + 125

    3   libGPUSupportMercury.dylib              0x00007fff983271ca gpusKillClient + 111

    4   libGPUSupportMercury.dylib              0x00007fff9832851c gpusSubmitDataBuffers + 161

    5   com.apple.AMDRadeonX3000GLDriver          0x00001234801ffa04 0x123480000000 + 2095620

    6   com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f654255 CGXGLAccelFinish + 156

    7   com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f6019bb CGXReleaseDisplayDeviceSurface + 197

    8   com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f5bf9bb CGXUpdateDisplay + 8838

    9   com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f5c1a43 CGXUpdateDisplaySynchronizeUpdate + 188

    10  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f5d4659 CGXMoveWindowList + 1354

    11  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f5a3f1e _CGXMoveWindow + 119

    12  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f4ef6fd _XMoveWindow + 54

    13  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f4fbdea CGXServices_server + 83

    14  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f540daa __connectionHandler_block_invoke + 17

    15  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f597fa4 CGXHandleMessage + 112

    16  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f53c6c0 connectionHandler + 137

    17  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f4fe37b post_port_data + 228

    18  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f4fcdd7 CGXRunOneServicesPass + 1282

    19  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff8f4fd1b6 CGXServer + 807

    20  WindowServer                            0x000000010849bf96 main + 9

    21  libdyld.dylib                           0x00007fff99d2d5fd start + 1

     

    The applications crashes started almost immediately after the 10.9.2 install.  Some applications would trip it faster than others, but eventially we would get there.