10.6.8 won't boot after Software Update

I've installed 10.6.8 via Software Update and the Macbook Pro will not boot, causes a kernel panic. It will boot in Safe Boot however. I've tried installing the combo update as well, no change. Verify disk permissions, no change. Help!
panic(cpu 2 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x0029f24f, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x7aae9000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x7a6fe06c, EBX: 0xec835381, ECX: 0xfcf7b1e9, EDX: 0x7aae8ffd
CR2: 0x7aae9000, EBP: 0x820ebd18, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0xec835381
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x0029f24f, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000002
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x820ebb18 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x820ebb4c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x820ebb68 : 0x2abf6a (0x59e3d0 0x29f24f 0xe 0x59e59a)
0x820ebc48 : 0x2a1a78 (0x820ebc60 0x0 0x820ebd18 0x29f24f)
0x820ebc58 : 0x29f24f (0xe 0x20650048 0x820e0010 0x2a0010)
0x820ebd18 : 0x8255448f (0xfcf7b1e9 0xec835381 0xfcf7b1e9 0xec835381)
0x820ebd58 : 0x82556ef9 (0x588ffd 0x81fcf7b6 0x8255bab0 0x53c996)
0x820ebe18 : 0x543f60 (0xc654100 0xbefdf00 0x1 0x506b76)
0x820ebe78 : 0x542137 (0xbefdf00 0xc654100 0x5e5209 0x1)
0x820ebf28 : 0x5426e9 (0xbefdf00 0xc5873c0 0x0 0x516766)
0x820ebf78 : 0x5443d5 (0xbefdf00 0x0 0x820ebfac 0x1)
0x820ebfc8 : 0x2a179c (0xc61ff90 0x0 0x2a17ab 0xc467000)
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.metakine.handsoff.driver(1.2.4)@0x82551000->0x8255ffff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
Not yet set
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,1 (Mac-F22589C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1576987135
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.metakine.handsoff.driver    1.2.4
com.apple.driver.MaxTranserSizeOverrideDriver    2.6.1 - last loaded 1338933558
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    201.6
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    2.6.8
com.apple.BootCache    31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    1.6.4
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI    4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox    1
com.apple.security.quarantine    0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    2.1.12
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    142.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    2.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    207.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    4.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    3.9.0
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    1.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    2.6.8
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    6
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    289.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.3.0

Uninstall the Metakine software then do the following:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Quit the installer and restart. Now download the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo and update.

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I helped my mom buy a Macbook Pro for herself for Christmas. Today, I connected it to her old eMac and used the migration assistant to transfer files over. It was unable to estimate migration time on the only user (after 45 minutes) so I didn't migrate the user. Then I tried to pair her macbook to her new bluetooth keyboard, but no magic happened, so I tried to use the bluetooth setup assistant, which crashed. So I ran a software update, hoping that this would fix whatever the bluetooth problem is. Despite having updated on the 23rd, there were 4 updates. None seemed applicable but I installed them anyway. Now the computer won't boot at all.
Software update said that I had to restart for the updates to take effect, so I restarted. The harddrive went whirrrrrr and the grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning circle displayed. Then the harddrive stopped going whirrrr and 10 minutes later, I started looking on the support site for what to do. I found this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10564149&#10564149
Per the instructions in the last post, I fscked the drive (although -f, in accordance with the fsck help). This found no problems. The next suggestion was to boot from the OSX install disk. Only one problem-- there was a disk in the disk drive when the problem occurred and the disk eject button apparently only works while in the gui. I can't install from disk if I can't get the existing disk out of the drive.
So, any other ideas on what I can do to get this machine to boot?
Message was edited by: jenlarkin

Hi Jen:
Since it's new, you're entitled to 90 days of phone support (3 years if you buy AppleCare). It sounds to me like you may have some hardware issue(s) going on - you should not have the sorts of issues you're having with a new Mac. Apple will probably be much better and faster about getting you fixed than this board may be able to if that is the case.

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Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot.
The usual reason why updates fail or mess things up, is if Permissions are not fixed before & after every update, with a reboot... you may get a partial update when the installer finds it doesn't have Permissions to change one obscure little part of the OS, leaving you with a mix of OS versions.
Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates.

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