Q: Kernel panics in clamshell mode

Pretty much on a daily basis now, the MBP retina early 2015 I've got is resetting due to a kernel panic.

This is happening only when operating the laptop in clamshell mode, docked in a hengedocks station, with a dual display setup via miniDP.

Have tried all suggested fixes on the internet, including disabling bluetooth, checking for hardware faults etc.

I'm reaching out to you guys, perhaps you could help me out with troubleshooting this; apple support, as expected, was utterly useless.

This is how one of the panic reports looks like. Most of the times, this line shows up:

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.13.60)

Anonymous UUID:       FDD5814A-6A1B-41E6-AF74-7E7B68D68326

 

 

Wed Oct 19 10:11:19 2016

 

 

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8003009f4a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8589a9b7, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000107107000, CR3: 0x000000025da0c018, CR4: 0x00000000003627e0

RAX: 0x1e000021280f0045, RBX: 0xffffff80288072d0, RCX: 0x000000000000000a, RDX: 0x00000000000003fe

RSP: 0xffffff9133dbb670, RBP: 0xffffff9133dbb6b0, RSI: 0x0000000000000002, RDI: 0xffffff80d3a19000

R8:  0xffffff8024e5c608, R9:  0xffffff9133dbb8e0, R10: 0xffffff80034bd410, R11: 0xffffff9133dbbb18

R12: 0xffffff80d3a19000, R13: 0xffffff80d3a19000, R14: 0xffffff80d3a27000, R15: 0xffffff8024e5c608

RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff7f8589a9b7, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x0000000107107000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2, PL: 0

 

 

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80e4375df0 : 0xffffff8002ef748c

0xffffff80e4375e70 : 0xffffff8003009f4a

0xffffff80e4376050 : 0xffffff8002ea9743

0xffffff80e4376070 : 0xffffff7f8589a9b7

0xffffff9133dbb6b0 : 0xffffff7f858b48cc

0xffffff9133dbb750 : 0xffffff7f858b4e4a

0xffffff9133dbb770 : 0xffffff80034bd44e

0xffffff9133dbb7b0 : 0xffffff7f858b4ed1

0xffffff9133dbb800 : 0xffffff7f8584b888

0xffffff9133dbb820 : 0xffffff7f8584b657

0xffffff9133dbb890 : 0xffffff7f8584ba17

0xffffff9133dbb910 : 0xffffff7f85df8231

0xffffff9133dbb980 : 0xffffff80034bd44e

0xffffff9133dbb9c0 : 0xffffff7f85df87e8

0xffffff9133dbba10 : 0xffffff7f8584b657

0xffffff9133dbba80 : 0xffffff7f8584ba17

0xffffff9133dbbb00 : 0xffffff7f8584a044

0xffffff9133dbbb80 : 0xffffff80034eed31

0xffffff9133dbbcc0 : 0xffffff8002fc9968

0xffffff9133dbbdd0 : 0xffffff8002efc23c

0xffffff9133dbbe30 : 0xffffff8002ed9b51

0xffffff9133dbbe80 : 0xffffff8002eed6e7

0xffffff9133dbbf10 : 0xffffff8002ff600e

0xffffff9133dbbfb0 : 0xffffff8002ea9f66

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.13.60)[FDEAB5E1-3BFF-34DF-92AB-6AE26C840 5F7]@0xffffff7f85849000->0xffffff7f85852fff

         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelBDWGraphicsFramebuffer(10.1.8)[C23D19B0-5B15-3092-88 9C-281DCADF14FF]@0xffffff7f85855000->0xffffff7f859bcfff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[731443D8-78D5-30C8-939A-1ED3E857CA22]@0xffffff 7f837fb000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[4F7FB6AD-2498-3F71-827C-ED7AA4BF2511]@0xfffff f7f838ee000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(288.13)[27E0AFCE-E36A-35F5-A008-BB1EB3A2C7 B9]@0xffffff7f857a9000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(31)[3CAF0CDE-3EB5-32C8-91EF-EC5C7CAFBA22]@0xffff ff7f8438a000

            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.13.60)[FDEAB5E1-3BFF-34DF-92AB-6AE26C840 5F7]@0xffffff7f85849000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[377FAA09-C02F-3FF4-A5DE-C0F2E711C8B0]@0 xffffff7f84449000

         com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy(3.13.60)[1F441DAF-47C9-3487-AE51-2A1 AA93D2410]@0xffffff7f85df2000->0xffffff7f85dfcfff

            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.13.60)[C07B10D3-D474-3217-A17A-3D4F11F0 282B]@0xffffff7f85dce000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[4F7FB6AD-2498-3F71-827C-ED7AA4BF2511]@0xfffff f7f838ee000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[731443D8-78D5-30C8-939A-1ED3E857CA22]@0xffffff 7f837fb000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[377FAA09-C02F-3FF4-A5DE-C0F2E711C8B0]@0 xffffff7f84449000

            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.13.60)[FDEAB5E1-3BFF-34DF-92AB-6AE26C840 5F7]@0xffffff7f85849000

 

 

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: displaypolicyd

 

 

Mac OS version:

16A323

 

 

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 16.0.0: Mon Aug 29 17:56:20 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3789.1.32~3/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 622D2470-C34D-31F9-A62B-6AA9A3C6A3CD

Kernel slide:     0x0000000002c00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002e00000

__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8002d00000

System model name: MacBookPro12,1 (Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6)

 

 

System uptime in nanoseconds: 32834927364275

last loaded kext at 32834393617594: com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 127 (addr 0xffffff7f86022000, size 28672)

last unloaded kext at 13215946288725: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f86010000, size 28672)

loaded kexts:

com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs 543.0.14

com.paragon-software.kext.VDMounter 6.2

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 127

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.1

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.7.0d0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.23.7

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.13.60

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 276.26

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 5.0.0f18

com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelBDWGraphics 10.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 208

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelBDWGraphicsFramebuffer 10.1.8

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 5.0.0f18

com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface 5.57.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 3.0.8

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.9.10

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 404.1.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0

com.apple.BootCache 39

com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext 366.1.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 295.1.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 326

com.apple.driver.AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver 102

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360 1100.37.1a16

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 171

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3

com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 276.26

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 152

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.13.60

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.13.60

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 288.13

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 5.0.0f18

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerTransport 5.0.0f18

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 5.0.0f18

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 276.26

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 276.26

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d8

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 305.62

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 205.11

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 394

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 131.1.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 394

com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.1

com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 540

com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.5.3

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.5.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 288

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.0.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 197

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 367.6

com.apple.driver.AppleInputDeviceSupport 76.1

com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPIHIDDriver 49

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 4.1.3

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 6.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1200.12.2

com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPISupport 49

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssSpiController 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssGspi 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssDmac 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.1

com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 444

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.Libm 1

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

 

 

System Profile:

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x133), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.171.10.1a16)

Bluetooth: Version 5.0.0f18, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 27.1

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4B3445364533303445452D45474346000000

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4B3445364533303445452D45474346000000

USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Keyboard Hub

USB Device: Miscellaneous Device

USB Device: MX360 series

USB Device: Apple Keyboard

Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0256G, 251 GB

Model: MacBookPro12,1, BootROM MBP121.0167.B17, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.7 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.28f7

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0

Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Built-In

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated, guys.

Thank you.