Having issues booting OSX - vanilla install possibly a bad IONet kext?

L3P · January 18, 2009

Hi Everyone,

I recently reloaded Leopard (10.5.5) on my hackentosh. It seems to be working most of the time however about every other reboot it hangs on start up (log below). The only way I have found to get around this is to boot -v -x. Once I am in to the Finder I run the following tests from the OSX86 tools app Repair Permissions, Set Extensions Permissions, Clear Extensions Cache, Clear User Application Cache, Clean System App Chache, Run CRON Maint. Scrpts, Update Prebinding, and Touch Extensions Folder. After these scripts have run I usually am able start up once in normal mode. However, one restart later without running the maint scripts I hang.

   Process:		 kextload [2844]
  Path:			/sbin/kextload
  Identifier:	  kextload
  Version:		 ??? (???)
  Code Type:	   X86 (Native)
  Parent Process:  bash [2843] <i>(sometimes the parent process is slightly different)</i>

  Date/Time:	   2009-01-17 16:55:20.956 -0800
  OS Version:	  Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
  Report Version:  6

  Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
  Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000755000
  Crashed Thread:  0

  Thread 0 Crashed:
  0   libz.1.dylib					  0x9235074f inflate_fast + 910
  1   libz.1.dylib					  0x9234db61 inflate + 243
  2   com.apple.framework.IOKit		 0x94f97d92 _KXKextManagerAddRepositoryFromCacheFile + 513
  3   com.apple.framework.IOKit		 0x94f99f3e KXKextManagerAddRepositoryDirectory + 1225
  4   kextload						  0x0000267f 0x1000 + 5759
  5   kextload						  0x0000179a 0x1000 + 1946

  Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
 eax: 0x0000000b  ebx: 0x923503d8  ecx: 0x0000000a  edx: 0x00754663
 edi: 0x00001fe5  esi: 0x00754ffe  ebp: 0xbffff218  esp: 0xbffff1ac
  ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010206  eip: 0x9235074f   cs: 0x00000017
  ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
 cr2: 0x00755000

  Binary Images:
   0x1000 -	 0x4fff +kextload ??? (???) <5b3d4e84ab8f67e48951d4e37d5451b8> /sbin/kextload
  0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe2da53  dyld 96.2 (???) <c254337fa28c7eacb3d3e1d56aa141a4> /usr/lib/dyld
  0x90003000 - 0x9013bff7  libicucore.A.dylib ??? (???) <3d8fdaf51c2664ab620f1688203caf26> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
  0x9013e000 - 0x90145fe9  libgcc_s.1.dylib ??? (???) <f53c808e87d1184c0f9df63aef53ce0b> /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
  0x91225000 - 0x91385ff3  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <3699b292cde73c2847f87c7e1510d87b> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
  0x9234c000 - 0x9235affd  libz.1.dylib ??? (???) <5ddd8539ae2ebfd8e7cc1c57525385c7> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
  0x92378000 - 0x9237cfff  libmathCommon.A.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
  0x93c45000 - 0x93d77fff  com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.5.4 (476.15) <e2869ad6dc1dd289f21b305b0bea9158> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
  0x94079000 - 0x940a4fe7  libauto.dylib ??? (???) <42d8422dc23a18071869fdf7b5d8fab5> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
  0x940b6000 - 0x94113ffb  libstdc++.6.dylib ??? (???) <04b812dcec670daa8b7d2852ab14be60> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
  0x94f78000 - 0x95003fff  com.apple.framework.IOKit 1.5.1 (???) <324526f69e1443f2f9fb722cc88a23ec> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
  0x96311000 - 0x963f1fff  libobjc.A.dylib ??? (???) <7b92613fdf804fd9a0a3733a0674c30b> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
  0xfffe8000 - 0xfffebfff  libobjc.A.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
  0xffff0000 - 0xffff1780  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

I tend to think it may be an issue with the IONetworking kext.... I am experiencing strange UUID errors (" _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35"). I have also noticed that when I try to connect to another machine on my network (via bonjour) I get these errors:

	 1/18/09 10:42:12 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.smbfs_load_kext) Throttling respawn: Will start in 6 seconds 
 1/18/09 10:42:18 AM ReportCrash[1432] Formulating crash report for process kextload[1431] 
 1/18/09 10:42:18 AM kextd[10] client exited without releasing kextload lock 
 1/18/09 10:42:18 AM  /System/Library/CoreServices/NetAuthAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/NetAuthAgent[1426]  SMB_CreateSessionRef: loading the smb library failed!: syserr =  Resource deadlock avoided

 1/18/09 10:42:18 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[231] NetAuthEnumerateSharesAsync returned -50 
 1/18/09 10:42:18 AM ReportCrash[1432] Saved crashreport to  /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/kextload_2009-01-18-104218_XXXXX.crash  using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0

For added information I have included my specs below:

Shuttle SG31G2 Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Dual-Core / Celeron 400 serial support Intel G31 Barebone - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model HH80562PH0568M - OEM

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S203N - OEM

TRENDnet TEW-623PI 32-Bit PCI Rev. 2.1/2.2/2.3 Wireless N-Draft Adapter - Retail

ASUS EN7200GS/HTD/256M GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

pqi POWER Series 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model MAD42GUOE - Retail x2 (4gb)

IOGEAR GBU221 USB 1.1 Enhanced Data Rate Wireless USB Adapter - Retail (Bluetooth USB)

Shuttle PC17 Digital Audio Upgrade - Retail (

Thank you very much in advance I have been banging my head against this machine for some time now!

L3P