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0 pointsgcao11y ago0 comments

Mine crashes a lot. Usually after I send it to sleep when I go home. Next time when I wake it up, it starts up from crashed state. It might have something to do with some app I installed but I didn't spend time to figure that out yet.

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segmondy11y ago

Don't blame the app, blame the OS, the OS is suppose to insulate the app, it's not MSDOS, unless of course it runs as root then all bets are off.

epochwolf11y ago

VMWare installs kernel extentions. I'm pretty sure you can blame an app that deliberately messes with the OS internals.

rconti11y ago

I went through a few of these. At least once the GPU burned up when it failed to go to sleep after disconnecting from my thunderbolt display and putting in my laptop bag for 18h.

I think I went through two MBPr 15" machines before I got one that didn't have the problem. I still think it's possible some software I had was triggering it initially, but once it happened a few times, even a clean install with nothing on it could trigger it. Was very frustrating.

r00fus11y ago

VMWare 6 seems to be the cause of some of mine. I resolved it by making sure it's suspended prior to system sleep.

I wonder if the most recent VMWare version would help.

mgkimsal11y ago

Interesting you got yours to work (VMWare 6) - mine's never worked since I upgraded to 6. $50 upgrade down the drain, no workable support, no one can reproduce it or track down an issue from my logs. :(

geekam11y ago

It helped a little but still crashes for me. I have the same issues with VMWare latest version.

r00fus11y ago

Does suspending the VM help you?

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masklinn11y ago

I've had this problem with Mavericks on a 2010 MBP. I "fixed" it by switching the hibernation mode sleep (hibernatemode 0), suspend-to-disk and suspend-to-ram would kernel panic every time.

pfranz11y ago

I already mentioned it elsewhere, but I wonder if both parent and gp have a case of bad RAM.

jevgeni11y ago

I had the exact same problem on an iMac. I've noticed, that it happened, when I've left my Wacom Cintiq "on" overnight, while designating it as a second monitor.

zippergz11y ago

I have that on one of my machines but not the other. This is the only situation I remember either of them crashing in, though.

Heliosmaster11y ago

You're not alone in this exact behavior.

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segmondy11y ago

Don't blame the app, blame the OS, the OS is suppose to insulate the app, it's not MSDOS, unless of course it runs as root then all bets are off.

epochwolf11y ago

VMWare installs kernel extentions. I'm pretty sure you can blame an app that deliberately messes with the OS internals.

rconti11y ago

I went through a few of these. At least once the GPU burned up when it failed to go to sleep after disconnecting from my thunderbolt display and putting in my laptop bag for 18h.

r00fus11y ago

VMWare 6 seems to be the cause of some of mine. I resolved it by making sure it's suspended prior to system sleep.

I wonder if the most recent VMWare version would help.

mgkimsal11y ago

geekam11y ago

It helped a little but still crashes for me. I have the same issues with VMWare latest version.

r00fus11y ago

Does suspending the VM help you?

3 more replies

masklinn11y ago

I've had this problem with Mavericks on a 2010 MBP. I "fixed" it by switching the hibernation mode sleep (hibernatemode 0), suspend-to-disk and suspend-to-ram would kernel panic every time.

pfranz11y ago

I already mentioned it elsewhere, but I wonder if both parent and gp have a case of bad RAM.

jevgeni11y ago

I had the exact same problem on an iMac. I've noticed, that it happened, when I've left my Wacom Cintiq "on" overnight, while designating it as a second monitor.

zippergz11y ago

I have that on one of my machines but not the other. This is the only situation I remember either of them crashing in, though.

Heliosmaster11y ago

You're not alone in this exact behavior.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse