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Just bought a new Macbook Pro and have recently gotten my first taste of Lion. Two words: kernel panic. Hoping for a stability boost on this one. No way my e

by cdrxndr 14y ago

Just bought a new Macbook Pro and have recently gotten my first taste of Lion. Two words: kernel panic. Hoping for a stability boost on this one. No way my entire overpowered system should crash from running a browser, text edit, and Skype.

sneak 14y ago
Check your hardware. xnu is incredibly stable. It may also be a 1.0 driver, considering what you're running it on. You _are_ on the absolute cutting edge of the universe right now, GPU-wise, after all. Lion itself is rock solid.
- rangibaby 14y ago
  Agreed. The only KPs I've gotten since at least ~Snow Leopard have been hardware-related. Off to the Genius Bar!
  - sneak 14y ago
    First, boot holding D. This will boot a special firmware-based hardware tester (or one downloaded from Apple on latest hardware) that will test all aspects of your system. It's the first thing the Genius Bar will do.
- shadesandcolour 14y ago
  To toss my hat into the "i haven't had any problems so no one had any problems" ring, I've only seen on kernel panic and that was because I had just put some bad memory in. Lion's gotten way better, make sure you do all the updates and you should be fine.
Zev 14y ago
Retina MBP? If so, I can vouch for things being much better in 10.8 than 10.7.
jasomill 14y ago
Do you have any third-party drivers installed? I've been using Lion on a MacBook Pro since release and I've never had a kernel panic. You might also look into hardware diagnostics — not sure if Apple Hardware Test is still available, but the Genius Bars certainly have something — as intermittent kernel panics from flaky hardware aren't unusual.
Raticide 14y ago
Sounds like a hardware issue. The only time I've ever seen OSX kernel panic is with bad hardware. Get that sucker replaced.
hollerith 14y ago
Never had Lion kernel panic. In fact, in about 1200 hours of use, I've had to reboot it only once to get it working right again.

by cdrxndr 14y ago

sneak 14y ago

Check your hardware. xnu is incredibly stable. It may also be a 1.0 driver, considering what you're running it on. You _are_ on the absolute cutting edge of the universe right now, GPU-wise, after all. Lion itself is rock solid.

rangibaby 14y ago
Agreed. The only KPs I've gotten since at least ~Snow Leopard have been hardware-related. Off to the Genius Bar!
- sneak 14y ago
  First, boot holding D. This will boot a special firmware-based hardware tester (or one downloaded from Apple on latest hardware) that will test all aspects of your system. It's the first thing the Genius Bar will do.
shadesandcolour 14y ago
To toss my hat into the "i haven't had any problems so no one had any problems" ring, I've only seen on kernel panic and that was because I had just put some bad memory in. Lion's gotten way better, make sure you do all the updates and you should be fine.

Zev 14y ago

Retina MBP? If so, I can vouch for things being much better in 10.8 than 10.7.

jasomill 14y ago

Do you have any third-party drivers installed? I've been using Lion on a MacBook Pro since release and I've never had a kernel panic. You might also look into hardware diagnostics — not sure if Apple Hardware Test is still available, but the Genius Bars certainly have something — as intermittent kernel panics from flaky hardware aren't unusual.

Raticide 14y ago

Sounds like a hardware issue. The only time I've ever seen OSX kernel panic is with bad hardware. Get that sucker replaced.

hollerith 14y ago

Never had Lion kernel panic. In fact, in about 1200 hours of use, I've had to reboot it only once to get it working right again.