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Q: Fan running all the time because xinetd running over 80% all the time.  Anyone else have the same problem?

xinetd is running at 83% or more 24 x 7 eating up battery in 2 hours or less and making the fan run all the time.  I logged a bug report and it turns out it was a duplicate because someone else had the same issue.  However, I have no access to the other bug report nor can I find anything in the discussion forums or online.  Anyone else experience this issue?

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 1:02 PM

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Q: Fan running all the time because xinetd running over 80% all the time.  Anyone else have the same problem?

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  • by etresoft,Solvedanswer

    etresoft etresoft Sep 26, 2016 1:41 PM in response to gorgonzola1111
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:41 PM in response to gorgonzola1111

    Hello gorgonzola1111,

    I doubt anyone else has this problem because xinetd isn't part of macOS. Did you install it from some 3rd party "ports" package?

  • by gorgonzola1111,

    gorgonzola1111 gorgonzola1111 Sep 26, 2016 1:40 PM in response to etresoft
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:40 PM in response to etresoft

    Not as far as I know.  I removed it, restarted and the problem is gone.  Everything seems to be working properly now.  A search of other files created on the same date did not return any clues so I have no idea where it came from.

     

    Thank you.

  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Sep 26, 2016 1:42 PM in response to gorgonzola1111
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:42 PM in response to gorgonzola1111

    I'm still curious about where it came from. That is a low-level utility from UNIX.

  • by gorgonzola1111,

    gorgonzola1111 gorgonzola1111 Sep 26, 2016 2:06 PM in response to etresoft
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    Sep 26, 2016 2:06 PM in response to etresoft

    I am too.  When I reported it to Apple in the bug reporter, they never said anything about it, just asked for a copy to check the version number and a copy of the file.  Never heard anything else.  I checked the config file and there are no hints as to what might have installed it.  I did some further checking to try to find other files installed at the same time and I also found tcpmux.  But that was it.  Nothing else.  File activity around that date seems to be normal otherwise.  Wonder if it was from an old software install that I subsequently deleted.  I removed tcpmux as well.  It was not listed in the activity monitor.  If you have any ideas, I am all ears.

  • by gorgonzola1111,

    gorgonzola1111 gorgonzola1111 Sep 26, 2016 3:52 PM in response to gorgonzola1111
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    Sep 26, 2016 3:52 PM in response to gorgonzola1111

    Mystery solved.  It turns out that xinetd and tcpmux are both installed by a RIP I use called ImagePrint.  Why they use them, I do not know.  I did an update today for Sierra compatibility and it reinstalled both of them.

     

    Thanks again for your help.

  • by pernicap,Helpful

    pernicap pernicap Oct 3, 2016 8:05 AM in response to gorgonzola1111
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    Oct 3, 2016 8:05 AM in response to gorgonzola1111

    How removed it?

  • by gorgonzola1111,

    gorgonzola1111 gorgonzola1111 Oct 3, 2016 8:10 AM in response to pernicap
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    Oct 3, 2016 8:10 AM in response to pernicap

    First you have to locate the file.  I found it in /usr/local/bin.  In my case, it was a third party piece of software that installed it so I had to search for it.  I used sudo find / -type f -name xinetd.  This told me where it was and also where the xinetd.d directory was with the config file.

     

    After locating the files, I removed them and the software I am using still seems to be working fine.  I am not sure what they are using it for.  I will try their SIerra compatible update to see if they fixed the issue.

  • by benocphotography,

    benocphotography benocphotography Oct 11, 2016 9:54 AM in response to gorgonzola1111
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    Oct 11, 2016 9:54 AM in response to gorgonzola1111

    Thank you !!! - Just had the same problem at our studio, was driving me mad couldn't use our tether workstation, which as you can image slowed down our workflow for the last few weeks - Just uninstalled 'Image Print' solved everything thank you !