death by physics engine

Posted by Stefan Schmidt Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:54:00 GMT

I just stumbled upon this:

Someone named it “Luckiest kill ever in Halo 3”, yeah i guess this might be it. ;-)

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Do not run an old version of Double Command on Leopard

Posted by Stefan Schmidt Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:35:00 GMT

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A7BED): Kernel trap at 0x341adbfc, type 14=page fault, registers:
...
    Backtrace continues...
      Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.baltaks.driver.DoubleCommand(1.6.3)@0x341ab000->0x341affff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.5)@0x6ee000
         com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(3.0.3)@0xbce000->0xbd8fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(3.0.3)@0x60c000
         com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(3.0.3)@0x60c000->0x633fff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9A581

Yes its a panic, but it only occurred for me when i tried to restart (not shutdown ;-) the machine, which is why it took me so long to realize that trying to run an old version of Double Command on Leopard is a bad idea - i simply had no need for a reboot until the recent quicktime patch.

Symptoms: you hit restart, Screen is blank, HDD is still spinning, you get a kernel crash report after the next boot.

DoubleCommand 1.6.6b1 is available to be tested on Leopard and while i did not yet tried whether it works as expected at least i can reboot without a panic again. ;-)

Anyway if this hits you, try removing the following directories:

 /Library/PreferencePanes/DoubleCommandPreferences.prefPane
 /Library/StartupItems/DoubleCommand

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Rammstei^h^h^hSubway to Sally

Posted by Stefan Schmidt Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:06:00 GMT

This is what i did last Saturday evening.

Yes, i was close enough to really feel those flames. ;-)

Yes, its in german.

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