I've experienced this several times especially when I am doing a video call. My Mac would freeze for a while and then, boom. Kernel panic. Anybody else getting the same with Skype? I'm using Skype 2.7.0.330 by the way.
This is how a kernel panic would look like. I think this is called BSOD or blue screen of death in Windows?
Hmmm, that's unusual. An app shouldn't be able to cause a kernel panic. I use Skype video a lot and I've never experienced one. I'm hoping it's not a hardware issue with the iSight or something. Have you tried running the maintenance scripts using either OnyX or Cocktail?
Yes, I have Cocktail and it runs once a week. I don't experience kernel panics a lot. It only happens when I use Skype. It may not be iSight which is causing it because it also happens during a regular call.
Like Mod PG, I've got no issues on mine too. Now I'm curious to find out about what's causing your KPs.
Could my headset be the culprit? I am using a Logitech ClearChat Pro USB headset. Edit: I tried to look around in the web for people reporting similar problems. Based on the discussions in the Apple Support Site, there is a possibility that my Macbook is suffering from a USB audio driver problem. My friends would also complain that my voice would get garbled at times and they would also hear static after a few minutes of talking. I am quoting one of the entries in the discussion: "FWIW, I tried to record my daughter reading a book with GB'08. At first I was using a Creative SoundBlaster SBO270, connected via USB with an analog mic. The recorded audio would randomly get garbled and echo-ey and we'd have to start over. I also got a couple of kernel panics that forced me to restart the MacBook. I figured it must not like that device much, so I switched to using a Logitech ClearChat Pro USB headset instead. I didn't get any kernel panics, but the same garbling problem would occur rendering the recording useless. I had been using the same MacBook and same headset with Skype and people were telling me that I'd go all garbled part-way through our conversation. I always assumed it was a problem with the connection, but when I would switch to using our PowerMac FW800 I would not get this problem. So, based on the other postings in this thread, it seems to me that I am also suffering a USB audio driver problem with my intel-based MacBook that is not present on my PowerPC-based PowerMac: both are running 10.5.2." Here is another one: Looks like there really is a problem with the USB audio driver of Intel-based Macs.
If it's smooth-sailing if you take that out of the picture then that's definitely what's causing your KPs.
Never experienced any kernel panic on my MacBook whatsoever considering that I use Skype everyday. Every time I make a call, I use the built in iSight and mic with the audio being pumped through headphones for a Creative MP3 player (due to the weak sound of the MacBook speakers). Am also using the same Skype Version you have. There were times I used a Logitech Stereo Headset for the mic and sound and still no Kernel Panic. Hope you get to solve what's causing the kenel panic.
Hi Tandem, quick question. Have you used any USB headset with your Mac? I am kinda trying to confirm if it's really the USB audio driver which is causing the KPs.
@Bulakbol Nope, never tried a USB Headset with my Mac. Hopefully I can try and borrow one (since the Logitech USB Headsets don't come cheap, the only headset I have is the Logitech Stereo Headset) and see if I get the same problem.
