Freezing, crashing, and graphics errors (+lots of /usr/libexec/hidd errors)

Question

This has happened *multiple times* on two Multitouch MacBook Pros (Feb 2008, 2.4 GHz, 200 GB harddrive, 2 GB RAM, 256 MB VRAM):
Occasionally, for no apparent reason, the computer will get into a cycle where the mouse freezes for about 20 seconds, then control comes back for about 10 seconds, then the mouse freezes for 20, repeatedly until the computer crashes.
This usually is accompanied with graphics glitches and artifacts. The latest time I managed to get a screenshot (the computer was resuming from sleep when it happened). This is the worst glitching I have seen so far: http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorcx1.jpg (I blacked out the contact list)
It doesn't seem to be from overheating or pushing the graphics card (my MBP has played games with no problems). I've also managed to kill WindowServer, but the problem just comes back once the WindowServer restarts.
Console prints this error hundreds of times:
5/28/08 8:47:12 AM /usr/libexec/hidd[50] IOHIDEventQueueEnqueue: Error enqueuing memory. (0xe00002e8)
Parallels used to frequently cause this, but I've since removed Parallels (and switched to VMWare), gotten a replacement MBP (for an unrelated issue), and have reinstalled Leopard.
(I've also had the vertical LCD backlight issue a few times on both MBPs - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1423301&tstart=0)
Here are some things on the logs right before the crash:
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x4c76a00.
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x4c76a00
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: Hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM mDNSResponder[46] getifaddrs ifa_netmask for vmnet8(8) Flags 8863 Family 2 192.168.242.1 has different family: 0
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: Allocated hub 0x3dcf800 for hubNum 0.
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM mDNSResponder[46] getifaddrs ifa_netmask for vmnet1(9) Flags 8863 Family 2 192.168.60.1 has different family: 0
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:f1:27:34
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM mDNSResponder[46] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: Hub 0
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM mDNSResponder[46] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: Port 0
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: got dev 0x4618404
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: wireless interface detected.
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: up
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: attached
5/28/08 8:46:21 AM kernel vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0x4c76a00.
5/28/08 8:46:23 AM mDNSResponder[46] getifaddrs ifa_netmask for vmnet8(8) Flags 8863 Family 2 192.168.242.1 has different family: 0
5/28/08 8:46:23 AM mDNSResponder[46] getifaddrs ifa_netmask for vmnet1(9) Flags 8863 Family 2 192.168.60.1 has different family: 0
5/28/08 8:46:23 AM mDNSResponder[46] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
5/28/08 8:46:23 AM mDNSResponder[46] SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0

Answer 1

Hi guys,
sadly, I have to report I got same problems. It definitely started back with 10.5.2 and I'm quite confident it was related to Graphic Update or VmWare Fusion network traffic. By upgrading to 10.5.3 I haven't seen any more of graphic glitches and artifacts, but problems is still there, and very hard to simulate.
So far I've seen it only on my MBP (connected using Airport), and not when connected to Ethernet. It seems to be somehow connected to network problems and how VmWare Fusion is handling it. Today, when it crashed, I capture following in my system.log
Jun 21 18:38:55 radim com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.backupd-wake[4938]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jun 21 18:39:13 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: interface en is going DOWN
Jun 21 18:39:13 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNetDisconnect called for port 0xbdfcf00
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: filter detached
Jun 21 18:39:06 radim configd[14]: rtmsg: error writing to routing socket
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: down
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: detached
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: Freeing hub at 0x5ea5800.
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0xbe08800.
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0xbe08800
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: Hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: Allocated hub 0x5ea5800 for hubNum 0.
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:fd:2f:24
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: Hub 0
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: Port 0
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: got dev 0x4a87e04
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: wireless interface detected.
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: up
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en1: attached
Jun 21 18:39:14 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0xbe08800.
Jun 21 18:40:16 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNetDisconnect called for port 0xbabfd00
Jun 21 18:40:16 radim kernel[0]: vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0xbabfd00.
Jun 21 18:40:16 radim kernel[0]: vmmon: Cleaned up 2452 virtual main memory pages from VM 0x806c004.
Jun 21 18:40:16 radim kernel[0]: vmmon: Cleaned up 2950 monitor anonymous pages from VM 0x806c004.
Jun 21 18:40:16 radim kernel[0]: vmmon: Cleaned up 1573 user anonymous pages from VM 0x806c004.
shortly after it the hangs started to occur and after 30 seconds machine stop responding. In mean time I was trying to ping my MBP from other machine and ping was gradually increasing from 1ms - 150ms and down again, until it stop receiving answers.
I'll post list to this thread to VmWare forums.