WebGL hard-freezes Retina MacBookPro in Safari 6, MacOS 10.8

Hello,
I have reproduced this on multiple machines: trying to use Google MapsGL (and other WebGL sites, but not all) with Safari 6 on 10.8 causes the whole system to freeze. Unless otherwise proven, it also looks like only the Retina MacBookPro is affected. WebGL seems to work ok with Chrome, though, so there's hope it can be fixed.
I open this discussion here because I could only find very few reports of this bug.

I have found a workaround. Get gfxCardStatus and use it to force the use of the Integrated (intel HD 4K) chip.
I have filed a bug report 12076171 with Apple:
Summary:
After enabling WebGL in Safari, visiting sites such as ro.me will completely hang the retina Mac Book Pro, requiring a hard reset. This problem is limited to the Discrete graphics card. If I force use of the Integrated graphics card using gfxCardStatus, the freeze does not occur.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable WebGL in Safari
2. Visit http://ro.me
Expected Results:
Cool interactive 3D stuff.
Actual Results:
Completely frozen system.
Regression:
Notes:
This does not happen in Chrome, and it does not happen if I use gfxCardStatus to force the use of the integrated graphics chip.
The system log is chock full of error messages from the NVIDIA driver:
8/10/12 1:03:49.276 PM WindowServer[106]: CGXMuxAcknowledge: Posting glitchless acknowledge
8/10/12 1:03:49.293 PM WindowServer[106]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04280380 device: 0x10745b320  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
8/10/12 1:03:49.310 PM WindowServer[106]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4280380
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 0000006e
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00200000 0000a097 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 000023ac 00000000 00000005
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 0000006e
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00200000 0000a097 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 0000130c 00000201 00000005
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 0000006e
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00200000 0000a097 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 0000139c 000000ff 00000005
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000
8/10/12 1:04:36.000 PM kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

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    Copyright © 2014 Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Terms of Use of Apple Support Communities ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

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    When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
    ☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
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    Hello,
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    0xffffff81ef62b970 : 0xffffff8002822f79
    0xffffff81ef62b9f0 : 0xffffff8002854c66
    0xffffff81ef62ba30 : 0xffffff800285273d
    0xffffff81ef62ba90 : 0xffffff8002851dc9
    0xffffff81ef62bb90 : 0xffffff800282aa3f
    0xffffff81ef62bbc0 : 0xffffff8002c4e7dd
    0xffffff81ef62bbf0 : 0xffffff8002c65767
    0xffffff81ef62bc20 : 0xffffff8002c63cf3
    0xffffff81ef62bc70 : 0xffffff8002c621b5
    0xffffff81ef62bcd0 : 0xffffff8002c5268c
    0xffffff81ef62bd10 : 0xffffff7f83e2140e
    0xffffff81ef62bd40 : 0xffffff7f83e2124e
    0xffffff81ef62bd60 : 0xffffff8002c64408
    0xffffff81ef62bd70 : 0xffffff8002c5268c
    0xffffff81ef62bdb0 : 0xffffff8002c8b903
    0xffffff81ef62bdd0 : 0xffffff8002c96241
    0xffffff81ef62bde0 : 0xffffff8002cccef8
    0xffffff81ef62be20 : 0xffffff80028b24bb
    0xffffff81ef62be50 : 0xffffff8002826bc1
    0xffffff81ef62be80 : 0xffffff80028139c5
    0xffffff81ef62bef0 : 0xffffff800281e013
    0xffffff81ef62bf70 : 0xffffff80028c9b8d
    0xffffff81ef62bfb0 : 0xffffff80028f3f66
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(98.22)[0EC64777-94B9-32E3-AC03-A2367895744 B]@0xffffff7f83e05000->0xffffff7f83e68fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[4662B11D-2ECA-315D-875C-618C97CDAB2A]@0xffffff 7f82ebe000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f83d74000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: plugin-container
    Mac OS version:
    13E28
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun  3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
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    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002800000
    System model name: MacBookPro11,2 (Mac-3CBD00234E554E41)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 563483606094
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    last unloaded kext at 381093543497: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter    104 (addr 0xffffff7f83dc7000, size 32768)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.13
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy    3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler    2.0.9d6
    com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.14.28
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics    8.2.8
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess    1
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP    1.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.3.5
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360    842.21.65
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface    4.26.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul    8.2.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    3.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    240.2
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache    35
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    3.0.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.7
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    153
    com.apple.security.quarantine    3
    com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    91.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.vecLib.kext    1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.9.7fc2
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.14
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    640.36
    com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient    1.0.1b5
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.6.22
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl    3.6.22
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2    98.22
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.8
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.7.1d6
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.12d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.6.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.6.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    240.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    650.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter    1.4.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    660.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    656.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    660.4.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.6.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI    2.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily    3.3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    2.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
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    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    2
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages    371.1
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    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily    23
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore    28.30
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    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
    com.apple.kec.pthread    1

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    Sep  6 12:09:33 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[759]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
    Sep  6 12:09:33 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(769) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
    Sep  6 12:09:35 Kriss-Mac-mini.local sandboxd[769] ([759]): com.apple.qtkits(759) deny mach-lookup com.apple.printtool.agent
    Sep  6 12:10:15 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGAffineTransformInvert: singular matrix.
    Sep  6 12:10:15 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
    Sep  6 12:10:15 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
    Sep  6 12:10:25 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
    Sep  6 12:10:25 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
    Sep  6 12:11:00 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[776]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:11:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
    Sep  6 12:11:09 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[94]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
    Sep  6 12:11:15 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
    Sep  6 12:11:15 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[782]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:11:24 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGAffineTransformInvert: singular matrix.
    Sep  6 12:11:24 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
    Sep  6 12:11:24 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
    Sep  6 12:11:47 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[786]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:12:35 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
    Sep  6 12:12:58 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[790]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:13:06 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.qtkitserver[777]: CGSGetWindowBounds: Invalid connection
    Sep  6 12:13:10 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[794]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:15:12 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[806]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:15:22 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[809]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:15:51 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[816]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:16:07 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[818]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:17:10 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[823]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:17:24 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[825]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:18:22 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Locum[829]: Connection with distnoted server was invalidated
    Sep  6 12:19:05 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
    Sep  6 12:19:05 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[766]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:19:05 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
    Sep  6 12:20:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
    Sep  6 12:23:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[844]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
    Sep  6 12:23:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[845]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
    Sep  6 12:23:55 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[844]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
    Sep  6 12:23:56 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[845]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
    Sep  6 12:23:58 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[847]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
    Sep  6 12:23:59 Kriss-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[835]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
    Sep  6 12:24:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper[847]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
    Sep  6 12:24:01 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Google Chrome Helper EH[848]: Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.
    Sep  6 12:27:54 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending attach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
    Sep  6 12:27:54 Kriss-Mac-mini.local usbmuxd[44]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
    Sep  6 12:28:45 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _handle_timer heartbeat detected detach for device 0xc-10.0.1.117:0!
    Sep  6 12:28:52 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7d227180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
    Sep  6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: moduleFromLegacyDefaults: <ScreenSaverDefaults: 0x7fc57321f5a0>
    Sep  6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: Attempted search for modules of unknown type (4)
    Sep  6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
    Sep  6 12:46:04 Kriss-Mac-mini.local ScreenSaverEngine[887]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
    Sep  6 12:49:01 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=891[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID

    I looked these up and none of the network profiles list these MAC addresses. Strange.
    I went to dinner and when I returned the computer was frozen again.  These strange entries appeared in the log:
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d657190
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d62bb70
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d6570c0
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x100e6f130
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d680450
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d63b650
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d6804e0
    Sep  6 15:33:07 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10d6805a0
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c5edd40
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c517540
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1009b1150
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c5d2120
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c5de420
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10c51e650
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10cd8b020
    Sep  6 15:33:14 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x10cdfb8f0
    Sep  6 15:57:58 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Dock[128]: CGSSetWindowTransformAtPlacement: Singular matrix [inf 0.000 0.000 inf]
    Sep  6 15:58:00 Kriss-Mac-mini.local Dock[128]: Unable to open IOHIDSystem (e00002bd)
    Sep  6 15:58:00 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: virtual bool IOHIDEventSystemUserClient::initWithTask(task_t, void *, UInt32): Client task not privileged to open IOHIDSystem for mapping memory (e00002c1)
    Sep  6 16:02:35 Kriss-Mac-mini.local com.apple.usbmuxd[44]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff75469180): sending detach for device 60:c5:47:57:e8:27@fe80::62c5:47ff:fe57:e827._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
    Sep  6 16:02:40 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: Created shield window 0xdf for display 0x0424faa4
    Sep  6 16:02:40 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
    Sep  6 16:02:40 Kriss-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[80]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
    Sep  6 16:03:50 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: PM notification cancel (pid 322, Transmit)
    Sep  6 16:03:50 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: IOPMrootDomain: idle cancel
    Sep  6 16:06:17 Kriss-Mac-mini kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=352[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
    Then I rebooted.  Curious about the screenshot entry.  I'm stumped.

  • Mac Pro 2008 with 8800 GT, hard freezes with screen savers/OpenGL. You too?

    I have been experiencing random intermittent hard crashes of my "early 2008" model 8-core Mac Pro. Now I have finally found an easy reproducible test case (see below), and hope others will try it and post the results. This is a video-driver related crash that I have now duplicated with two different video cards.
    The symptom is that my screen randomly freezes. The mouse moves, but there's no way to use the Mac[1]. Holding the Power button to force the Mac to shutdown is the only way out.
    Usually, this occurs when I get to my office in the morning, or after the gym. That's because the screen saver is running. I found that the screensaver, other OpenGL/3D type applications, are what triggers this bug.
    The bug seems to be with the graphics driver. Immediately before the freeze, messages like this are printed in the system log:
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception!
    status = 0xffff info32 = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: 0000000c
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: 00200000 0000502d 00000470 00000000
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: 00000482 000002ac 00000003 00000003
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 01be0003
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception!
    status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: 0000000b
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception!
    status = 0xffff info32 = 0x3 = Fifo: Unknown Method Error
    Other errors like these also appear (the actual log output volume is too large for this forum):
    Mar 26 21:15:15 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0x6 = Fifo: Parse Error
    Mar 26 18:34:14 Mac-Pro kernel[0]: NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel exception! status = 0xffff info32 = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error
    Anyway, finally I found on another thread about a similar issue[2], a recommendation to run Folding@Home program to trigger the freeze. They were talking about another Mac model, but sure enough, it triggers my problem every time. I downloaded the client[3], installed it, and then launched the app which gets put in the Applications folder. It doesn't even finish bouncing once in the dock before the Mac Pro freezes.
    This is not a bug specific to Folding@Home; juding from the log messages and the effect, this is exactly the same crash that is intermittently triggered by the default Mac OS X screensavers (I use Arabesque, but I think any OpenGL screen saver does it). It's just that running Folding@Home is an easier way to trigger the bug than leaving your screensaver running for hours.
    So, that is pretty unfortunate, right? I mean, not only can my new Mac Pro not sleep without losing all unsaved data (yes, I have the reboot-instead-of-wake problem[4], too, but that is another issue...) but it also crashes at random whenever the screen saver runs for a while, or somebody uses OpenGL programs. I have set my machine to never use the screen saver, but still.
    So, first and foremost, my question for other 2008 Mac Pro owners with the 8800 video card is: does your Mac puke all over itself when you launch Folding@Home?
    I just found it a little bit hard to believe that every Mac owner of the most expensive new Mac and the higher end video card will have these crashes. It could be, but it seemed far-fetched. So I tried some troubleshooting:
    a
    1.) I considered that I had a bad video card, so I got another GeForce 8800 GT and installed that. Still crashed.
    2.) I disconnected my second monitor, and tried it with only one monitor. Still crashed.
    3.) I booted from the pristine boot disk my Mac shipped with (10.5.1). Still crashed.
    4.) I reduced the resolution on my 30" Cinema display to 800x600. Still crashed.
    5.) Just to stave off the usual chorus of "try zapping your PRAM" posts, I zapped the PRAM. Of course, this did nothing (I don't think this has really fixed a problem since the 1990s...). Anyway, it still crashed.
    6.) In doing all these tests, I disconnected all USB/FireWire peripherals.
    7.) My Mac is totally up-to-date with Software Update as of Thu, Mar 27, 2008. Mac OS X 10.5.2.
    I don't want to return this Mac to Apple; it is wicked fast and that really helps me with my work. But, the frequent crashing really is a productivity-killer.
    So: does every 2008 Mac Pro owner with an 8800 GT have this problem?
    (Note: there are lots of similar problems with other Macs and the new Mac OS X 10.5... I hope to specifically address this particular model and crash in this thread.)
    If not, I will go to the next extreme step: pulling out some of my RAM. I have 12GB of RAM, and it all seems to work fine, no parity errors or anything. But I know sometimes problems don't happen unless there's "too much" RAM, "too high" resolution, and so on. But I would like to hear from others before I go banging on my precious DIMMs and riser cards.
    Thanks for any information!
    The next step will be to determine if this is just another unfortunate defect that affects ALL 2088 Mac Pros (in which case I would want to keep my fast Mac and wait for fixed drivers), or if perhaps just a subset of them have defective video cards that cause the driver to crash in this way (in which case I would want a replacement).
    ---------- NOTES: ----------
    [1]: I can connect via SSH on the command line to the Mac. However, the GUI environment seems borked; opening apps or trying to gracefully quit them via AppleScript either does not work or really hard freezes everything, such that SSH no longer works either.
    [2]: A similar (but perhaps different) issue affecting notebooks is discussed here, and there are some people with Mac Pros, too: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6786960
    [3]: The Folding @ Home client, which can be used to trigger this bug, can be gotten here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download
    [4]: The severe defect affecting many (most?) 2008 Mac Pro machines' ability to sleep without losing data is discussed in this other thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1353551

    Hello guys, thank you for the replies.
    I do have more data at this point.
    ujeezy: Those posts on MacNN and others like them did give some clues.
    Jon BWFC: I think you are (partly) right that it's (partly) an issue with the driver. But I have confirmed with a fair degree of certainty in my case that it is a hardware issue too, likely with the video card and not the Mac Pro itself.
    cmcom: I think it sounds like you problem is different than the one we're talking about (although who knows, the driver could be causing that too). The freeze we are seeing locks up the whole Mac, and no application crash report is produced.
    I had another GeForce 8800 card, so I went through some exhaustive troubleshooting. I tested each card, installed in each of the 16x slots, booting from either my normal 10.5.2 boot disk or a clone of the pristine virgin system disk that shipped with the Mac, and tried to see if the Mac would crash.
    Unfortunately this was harder than it seems, because:
    a.) both my GeForce 8800 cards appear to be defective, but in different ways (see [1] and [2] below)
    b.) In my testing, I thought I was seeing the crash sometimes, but later I discovered that there are different ways to make the Mac crash like this. That is, there are bugs in Mac OS X 10.5.x (probably in the NVIDIA driver) that cause similar crashes, and these bugs occur on all Mac Pro units and even other Mac models, without any hardware defects. Unfortunately, the Folding@home exercises one such bug.[3]
    So the upshot is, all those times I was using Folding@home to test this issue were bogus, because Folding@home crashes any Mac Pro with the NVIDIA card, and crashes MacBook Pro machines with NVIDIA chips as well.
    Argh! So I had to retest. It took a couple of days but I found another reliable way to crash my Mac Pro, more quickly than just leaving the screensaver on for a day or two: run this OpenGL virtual fish tank simulator[4] for 2-3 minutes. Unlike the Folding@home test, this did not crash any of my other Macs, and after exhaustive testing I found that it ONLY crashed the Mac Pro with one of the GeForce 880 cards installed, and not the other one. This was regardless of what slot it was installed in or what boot disk was used.
    Whew! So, I concluded that indeed, there is a hardware defect in one of my GeForce 8800 cards which causes the machine to lock up. [2]
    What made this problem much harder to deal with was the fact that Mac OS X (specifically the graphics driver parts of the OS, perhaps NVIDIA-specific) crashes with these same symptoms in other cases too. Like when you run Folding@home, or in some of these cases people are talking about with their MacBook Pro machines.
    So, when there is a bona-fide hardware defect, it is really hard to isolate. (It took me like four days.)
    The thing is, the defective NVIDIA card that crashes the Mac[2] was a REPLACEMENT card for the 8800 card that shipped with my Mac. I called Apple about the video artifacts I was seeing and they replaced the card.
    I am now running the original card (and suffering the ugly video artifacts, but no crashes). At my own expense, I ordered an ATI card (the RADEON HD 2600 XT) and I will install that.
    I hope someday to have my Mac work without graphics glitches or crashes. For now, operating (mostly) without crashes will have to do.
    The original problem with this Mac continues, though: the video doesn't work correctly; it starts displaying visual artifacts after 1-72 hours of use[1]. That could either be because:
    a.) a hardware defect in that video card
    b.) a software problem with the driver/OS
    c.) a hardware defect in the Mac itself
    I strongly suspect A, but hopefully my buying a different card and testing with that will help further isolate what is wrong.
    I am marking this thread "solved" because the specific issue I originally posted about has been resolved: the GeForce 8800 card causing the crashes is defective, and using another card fixes that issue.
    [1]: The original GeForce 8800 card that shipped with my Mac Pro exhibited annoying-but-not-deadly video artifacts, which can be seen here: http://masonmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bogusvideoartifacts.jpg
    [2]: Apple replaced the video card, and that is when my deadly video-corruption-plus-frozen-Mac crash problem began. A screenshot example of that problem can be seen here: http://masonmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/crashedmac_pro_akashitball.jpg
    [3]: The red herring in this case was the Mac OS X bug (seemingly specific to NVIDIA-equipped Macs including Mac Pro and MacBook Pro) that causes a very similar full system crash. This bug can easily be triggered by running the Folding@home version "6.10beta2" demo application. That is a serious bug, and since my employer is a Mac software company I reported this bug to Apple via the official channel. It is Apple bug number 5830772.
    [4]: The OpenGL fish tank simulator I found, which would trigger the system crash caused by my defective 8800 video card (but would not crash any other Mac, or crash my Mac Pro with the other 8800 video card installed) can be found at: http://uri.cat/software/Fish/

  • Random hard freezing issues, Windows 8 64-bit on Macbook Pro (Late 2008)

    Hi,
    I recently upgraded to OS X 10.8.3 and got a hold on copy of Windows 8 64-bit. As I'm running on my old trustworthy 15 inch Macbook Pro (Late 2008), my hardware is officially unsupported. Over the years I've had XP, Vista, Win7 32-bit and 64-bit running running on the same machine, and thought I'd give Win8 a chance.
    To be able to install Win8 on my unsupported hardware, I tricked the Bootcamp assistant that I was going to install Win7, and after the reboot and start of the Win7 installation, I exited the installer, rebooted, switched DVD to Win8 and did the installation from there. So far so good. For installing the Bootcamp drivers, I followed the instructions in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4894920?tstart=90.
    Now, the machine runs just fine with Windows 8, and I've installed some basic third party applications (Firefox, Spotify, Steam). However, I get completely random hard freezes on the machine (sound looping, no other activity whatsoever) during normal use. These can occur 20 minutes after start, or 3-4 hours in. The freezing behavior is very much similar to how my model can behave under overheating conditions (which mostly have occured in past Windows versions while gaming), however overheating doesn't seem to be the issue here (based on simple palpation ).
    Have anyone experienced a similar problem, or know something about it? My current idea is that some weird things are going on with the Bootcamp drivers, so unless anyone comes up with a suggestion I might try doing a rollback to the point before I installed the drivers to see what I can make of it.
    Thanks!

    Had a few similar short system freezes, after installing Windows 8 x64 on 13” MacBook Pro Mid-2010 with BootCamp 5.0.5033.
    There is a suggestion that DisableDynamicTick may fix the problem: https://discussions.apple.com/message/21565295#21565295. There were similar topics at Microsoft forums: 1, 2, 3. It was said “that this will likely reduce system battery life, so it should be undone when you update your Windows build or if it doesn't resolve your issue”, and that “this problem is resolved in the release versions of Windows 8”.
    Another possibility is that there is indeed a buggy driver, within BootCamp 5.0.5033, or a 3rd party, like a wireless network driver in the following case http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/system-fr eeze-randomly-after-installing-windows-8/49488183-26cf-4389-af21-a85dc366c99a?pa ge=2#LastReply.
    The problem has been noticeable on my MacBook, but not annoying enough yet to spend time troubleshooting. If you find a robust solution, using the links above or other method, it would be interesting to know.
    HTH

  • Linux 3.13 - Kernel and Razer Mouse (Hard Freeze)

    I upgraded to the new kernel 3.13.4-1 the other day and everytime I'd try to log into Xwindows the system from GDM, it would hard freeze.  So I went about problem solving and couldn't find what was going on.  I then upgraded to the 3.13.5-1 kernel thinking that might fix it.  It did not.  So I went rooting around for a couple hours.  Then I realized that it only occured when I went to touch my mouse.  So I switched to my Wacom tablet to see if I was right. And yep, it worked perfectly with the tablet.  No Freezes.
    So for anyone else having problems with the XWindows freezing constantly try switching to another pointer device (unlikely I know).  Or you can do what I did and downgrade the kernel from 3.13 to the last 3.12 version which involves downgrading the headers, nvidia driver, and nvidia-utils if you have them.  I am using the same mouse in 3.12 with no problems. 
    I couldn't find a bug report anywhere about it and I don't know what actually causes the mouse to freeze the system while the tablet doesn't.
    By the way I use the Nvidia Proprietary driver for XWindows so that might be causing it too since it had to be downgraded... not sure...  I can't get any logs from the hard freezez at all.
    The 3.13 kernel also randomly decides to lose sync with my main harddrive and then go in a kernel panic on boot sometimes.  Clearly it has a few bugs to work out.  I'm gonna stick with 3.12 for a while.
    Here's the device info:
    Bus 009 Device 006: ID 1532:0016 Razer USA, Ltd DeathAdder Mouse
    Device Descriptor:
    bLength 18
    bDescriptorType 1
    bcdUSB 2.00
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    bDeviceSubClass 0
    bDeviceProtocol 0
    bMaxPacketSize0 8
    idVendor 0x1532 Razer USA, Ltd
    idProduct 0x0016 DeathAdder Mouse
    bcdDevice 1.00
    iManufacturer 1 Razer
    iProduct 2 Razer DeathAdder
    iSerial 0
    bNumConfigurations 1
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    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 2
    wTotalLength 34
    bNumInterfaces 1
    bConfigurationValue 1
    iConfiguration 0
    bmAttributes 0xa0
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    Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower 100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 4
    bInterfaceNumber 0
    bAlternateSetting 0
    bNumEndpoints 1
    bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
    bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
    bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse
    iInterface 0
    HID Device Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 33
    bcdHID 1.11
    bCountryCode 0 Not supported
    bNumDescriptors 1
    bDescriptorType 34 Report
    wDescriptorLength 73
    Report Descriptors:
    ** UNAVAILABLE **
    Endpoint Descriptor:
    bLength 7
    bDescriptorType 5
    bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
    bmAttributes 3
    Transfer Type Interrupt
    Synch Type None
    Usage Type Data
    wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
    bInterval 1
    Device Status: 0x0000
    (Bus Powered)
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    Device Descriptor:
    bLength 18
    bDescriptorType 1
    bcdUSB 2.00
    bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
    bDeviceSubClass 0
    bDeviceProtocol 0
    bMaxPacketSize0 8
    idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
    idProduct 0xc069 M500 Laser Mouse
    bcdDevice 56.01
    iManufacturer 1 Logitech
    iProduct 2 USB Laser Mouse
    iSerial 0
    bNumConfigurations 1
    Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 2
    wTotalLength 34
    bNumInterfaces 1
    bConfigurationValue 1
    iConfiguration 4 U56.01_B0009
    bmAttributes 0xa0
    (Bus Powered)
    Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower 98mA
    Interface Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 4
    bInterfaceNumber 0
    bAlternateSetting 0
    bNumEndpoints 1
    bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
    bInterfaceSubClass 1 Boot Interface Subclass
    bInterfaceProtocol 2 Mouse
    iInterface 0
    HID Device Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 33
    bcdHID 1.10
    bCountryCode 0 Not supported
    bNumDescriptors 1
    bDescriptorType 34 Report
    wDescriptorLength 71
    Report Descriptors:
    ** UNAVAILABLE **
    Endpoint Descriptor:
    bLength 7
    bDescriptorType 5
    bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
    bmAttributes 3
    Transfer Type Interrupt
    Synch Type None
    Usage Type Data
    wMaxPacketSize 0x0006 1x 6 bytes
    bInterval 10
    Device Status: 0x0000
    (Bus Powered)
    Last edited by bchr (2014-02-24 13:08:13)

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    0xffffff80838d3d20 : 0xffffff800524388d
    0xffffff80838d3e00 : 0xffffff800523d35c
    0xffffff80838d3e30 : 0xffffff8005558edd
    0xffffff80838d3e60 : 0xffffff800555945f
    0xffffff80838d3ea0 : 0xffffff8005558c89
    0xffffff80838d3f00 : 0xffffff800555976c
    0xffffff80838d3f50 : 0xffffff80055e063a
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    Kernel version:
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    Kernel UUID: 3EB7D8A7-C2D3-32EC-80F4-AB37D61492C6
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    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005200000
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    System uptime in nanoseconds: 8855382461912
    vm objects:14602336
    vm object hash entri:2076720
    VM map entries:2051600
    pv_list:5529600
    vm pages:72233856
    kalloc.64:6152192
    kalloc.128:3887104
    kalloc.256:2027520
    kalloc.512:1933312
    kalloc.4096:1929216
    kalloc.8192:3358720
    ipc ports:1636800
    vnodes:16507128
    namecache:7025760
    HFS node:21840864
    HFS fork:6643712
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    buf.8192:122871808
    ubc_info zone:3734424
    vnode pager structur:2076720
    Kernel Stacks:1933312
    PageTables:31158272
    Kalloc.Large:12392309
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    last unloaded kext at 389827949503: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs     1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f86e6f000, size 57344)
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    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC     1.60
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    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager     4.1.3f3
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X     7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC     1.0.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC     1.6.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl     1.1.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     122
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri     8.1.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons     237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard     237.1
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    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless     1.0.0d1
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    com.apple.BootCache     34
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    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter     404
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    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet     3.6.0b1
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    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI     4.9.6
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI     5.5.5
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    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons     1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC     1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET     1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS     1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC     1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC     1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient     196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall     4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine     2
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    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib     2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily     1.8.9fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib     1.6
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    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily     4.1.3f3
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    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily     2.3.7fc4
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    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily     5.3.0d51
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP     2.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert     1.0.4
    com.apple.kext.triggers     1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController     1.0.11d0
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport     4.1.3f3
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    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily     2.3.7
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    com.apple.driver.DiskImages     345
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    0xffffff80a310b670 : 0xffffff80304f98cf
    0xffffff80a310b700 : 0xffffff8030310d5d
    0xffffff80a310b750 : 0xffffff80303086a6
    0xffffff80a310b800 : 0xffffff8030308564
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    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim     1.0.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA     2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport     4.1.3f3
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    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC     1.6
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    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily     10.0.6
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    com.apple.kext.triggers     1.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch     237.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver     5.2.5
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite     5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice     3.5.5
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    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI     1.6.3
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    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController     1.0.2b1
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    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily     1.8.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily     1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox     220.2
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet     7
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages     345
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily     1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore     28.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform     1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily     2.7.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily     1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto     1.0
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    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424455302D474E2D4620
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424455302D474E2D4620
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.16)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.1.3f3 11349, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
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    Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
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    USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1d100000 / 2
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