G4 Kernel Panics

[Jordan the Nerd]

Hi there,

I have experienced these kernel panics lately, at completely random times, I don't know what the problem is.

All I really have so far, is the panic.log, so I will paste it and see if anyone knows what it means.

My specs are:
Powermac G4 MDD 2003
1gb ram
80 gb hard drive
1.25GHz PPC G4

Thanks,
Jordan

Sun Feb 8 13:01:26 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00040180): zalloc: "kalloc.128" (1117024 elements) retry fail 3
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00040180 0x0002BDCC 0x002FBFE4 0x002D61A4 0x008A1D54
0x008A1FE0 0x008A196C 0x00469E90 0x008B32DC 0x008B39A8 0x008B3A40 0x008AE83C 0x002D1B8C
0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(1.4.5)@0x89e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.4.9)@0x547000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5)@0x441000
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI(2.5.9)@0x8aa000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2CF33280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

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Mon Feb 9 19:28:00 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00040180): zalloc: "kalloc.128" (1115584 elements) retry fail 3
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00040180 0x0002BDCC 0x002FBFE4 0x002D6358 0x00455ED0
0x00453E00 0x00452E98 0x00109608 0x000D6134 0x000FEB68 0x000DC030 0x0022D6F0 0x000FE44C
0x002A5EFC 0x00013178 0x0001227C 0x0001419C 0x0007C00C 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5)@0x441000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x27632500)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
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Sun Feb 15 12:51:12 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00040180): zalloc: "kalloc.128" (1099776 elements) retry fail 3
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00040180 0x0002BDCC 0x002FBFE4 0x002D61A4 0x00893D54
0x00893FE0 0x0089396C 0x00469E90 0x008A52DC 0x008A59A8 0x008A5A40 0x008A083C 0x002D1B8C
0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(1.4.5)@0x890000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.4.9)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5)@0x441000
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI(2.5.9)@0x89c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2CF24280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

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Sun Feb 15 13:15:35 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00040180): zalloc: "kalloc.128" (1140128 elements) retry fail 3
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00040180 0x0002BDCC 0x002FBFE4 0x002D61A4 0x00893D54
0x00893FE0 0x0089396C 0x00469E90 0x008A52DC 0x008A59A8 0x008A5A40 0x008A083C 0x002D1B8C
0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(1.4.5)@0x890000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.4.9)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5)@0x441000
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI(2.5.9)@0x89c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2CF27280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

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Sun Feb 15 13:18:53 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00040180): zalloc: "kalloc.128" (1140128 elements) retry fail 3
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00040180 0x0002BDCC 0x002FBFE4 0x002D61A4 0x00893D54
0x00893FE0 0x0089396C 0x00469E90 0x008A52DC 0x008A59A8 0x008A5A40 0x008A083C 0x002D1B8C
0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(1.4.5)@0x890000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.4.9)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5)@0x441000
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI(2.5.9)@0x89c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x467000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2CF27280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

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[Satcomer]

By that log it looks like a processor is dying.

 

[Jordan the Nerd]

Oh no

 

[PBear]

Resolving Kernel Panics

 

[Jordan the Nerd]

Hi. Thanks for that link.

Also, I have been looking through the logs, and see USB and PCI, I have a PCI USB 2.0 card in, but the kernel panics only started the day after I brought my new USB microphone that I plugged into the older USB 1.1 ports.

Maybe the logic boards USB 1.1's are classed as a PCI device?

- Jordan

 

[Jordan the Nerd]

I unplugged the USB microphone, and no different.

I was looking around again, and I found a Apple kb article that says that Mac OSX 10.4 has a problem with USB mass storage devices in USB PCI cards that don't support sleep. So I've tried unplugging it and I will see how things go.

- Jordan

 

[PBear]

Let us know how it goes.