Re: xrender build causes kernel panic on Intel Mac

On Aug 24, 2006, at 7:00 AM, Tabitha McNerney wrote:

> The strangest thing happened today. I was twice able to repeat this  
> problem.
>
> I built and installed a potpourri of ports from Darwin Ports 1.3.2  
> on to an
> Intel based Mac running Mac OS X Server 10.4.7 Universal Binary (a new
> release from Apple). I was installing on to a disc volume that was UFS
> formatted.
>
> The culprit that I was able to repeat was when I ran this command:
>
> $ sudo port -s install xrender
>
> before finishing the install it would cause my Intel Mac to kernel  
> panic
> (actually the machine would totally freeze up and all I could do  
> was hold
> the power button in for five seconds to power down). After booting  
> up, a
> report was generated to be sent to Apple. Here's the juicy part of the
> report (not sure if it is helpful?):
>
> panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E50A0): bad dir
>> Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on  
>> stack)
>> 0xb55b9a8 : 0x128cdb (0x3c99c4 0xb55b9cc 0x131cdf 0x0)
>> 0xb55b9e8 : 0x2e50a0 (0x3e39d8 0x22686a8 0x863b85 0x814)
>> 0xb55ba18 : 0x2e565d (0x353e9ac 0x814 0x3e39f0 0x0)
>> 0xb55bab8 : 0x1e3beb (0xb55bad8 0xb55baec 0xb55bf58 0x0)
>> 0xb55bb08 : 0x1cb92a (0x28dcb58 0xb55bce0 0xb55bdf4 0xb55bf58)
>> 0xb55bb78 : 0x1cc150 (0xb55bcc8 0x1d35c19 0x1d 0x400)
>> 0xb55bc28 : 0x1de332 (0xb55bcc8 0x259d5e4 0x63 0xd)
>> 0xb55bc78 : 0x1d621a (0xb55bcc8 0xb55be3c 0xb55be7c 0x2e3d000)
>> 0xb55be58 : 0x1d667d (0x0 0xb55be7c 0x22e79e4 0x1ae4898)
>> 0xb55bf68 : 0x378f9c (0x22fa3e8 0x22e79a0 0x22e79e4 0x0)
>> 0xb55bfc8 : 0x19b0ee (0x23cc468 0x0 0x19e0b5 0x23cc468) No mapping  
>> exists
>> for frame pointer
>> Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbffff258
>>
>
> Kernel version:
> Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.2: Tue Jul 25 23:09:54 PDT 2006; root:
> xnu-792.10.96.obj~3/RELEASE_I386
>
> Model: Macmini1,1, BootROM MM11.004B.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core
> Duo, 1.66GHz, 512 MB
>
>
> Any ideas on what may have happened? Has anyone able to get this to  
> repeat
> on their Intel based Mac?

Definitely file this as a bug report with Apple -- <http:// 
bugreport.apple.com/>.  Include the panic log from above; it'll be a  
big help.

-Eric