03-20-2009, 04:07 PM

Hey guys,

I need some technical help. Lately I've been getting kernel panics. They're random; as in I get them while I'm either watching videos or playing music on my iMac. I have a late 2006 17" model, 2 Gigs of Ram. Here's one of the messages it gives after the panic:

Fri Mar 20 16:01:10 2009
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x003EB398): OSMetaClassBasePanicMsg@/SourceCache...SMetaClass.cpp:115
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x3b353bd8 : 0x12b4f3 (0x45b13c 0x3b353c0c 0x1335e4 0x0)
0x3b353c28 : 0x3eb398 (0x49c050 0x6 0x4103f84 0x1)
0x3b353c48 : 0x3ec260 (0x3e734c0 0x3e73900 0x0 0x0)
0x3b353c68 : 0x3f0a10 (0x3e734c0 0x537078 0x4103680 0x0)
0x3b353ca8 : 0x3f0a25 (0x3e73900 0x4103000 0x4103f80 0x0)
0x3b353ce8 : 0x40c3f0 (0x3e73d00 0x0 0x3b353d28 0x3f00f6)
0x3b353d08 : 0x40ff13 (0x3e4d000 0x4104d40 0x3b353d58 0x3e4d000)
0x3b353d28 : 0x43c6a0 (0x3e4d000 0x4104d40 0x0 0x19de7b)
0x3b353d78 : 0x188bf1 (0x3e4d000 0x4904aac 0x4904ac0 0x11dd27)
0x3b353db8 : 0x12d506 (0x43c52ac 0x4904a90 0x0 0x0)
0x3b353df8 : 0x126609 (0x43c5200 0x0 0x18 0x3b353ee4)
0x3b353f08 : 0x198153 (0x3b353f44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x3b353fc8 : 0x1a0977 (0x49a11c0 0x0 0x1a30b5 0x4a83000)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbfffe688

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: SecurityAgent

Mac OS version:
9G55

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov 24 17:37:00 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: iMac5,1 (Mac-F42786A9)


If anyone can decipher it and tell me what steps I need to take to resolve this I'll be extremely grateful. Thank you for any advice given.

03-20-2009, 05:14 PM

I don't have a specific solution to your problem as I am no good at deciphering kernel panic logs. I would suggest though that verifying disk permissions with Disk Utility and fixing any that are shown would be a good start (it solved a recent kernel panic issue I was experiencing).

P.S. Great avatar . I'm a Presence fan myself though.

03-20-2009, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by vansmith

I don't have a specific solution to your problem as I am no good at deciphering kernel panic logs. I would suggest though that verifying disk permissions with Disk Utility and fixing any that are shown would be a good start (it solved a recent kernel panic issue I was experiencing).

P.S. Great avatar . I'm a Presence fan myself though.

I love Houses of the Holy. Nice to know there are fellow Zeppelin fans here.

I did the Apple Hardware Test and they all check out good. No problems were found. I also repaired permissions and so far my computer hasn't panicked. I'm beginning to think it's a software issue.

Thanks for the help though!

03-20-2009, 10:37 PM

I verified my disk and it came back fine. System Profiler said my RAM was ok which I thought could be a legitimate problem after doing some research (faulty RAM causing the panics). I repaired the permissions and all is good since then so I am equating that with fixing my problem since repairing my permissions was the only thing that I changed of significance.