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error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted

I am getting the following message in console:

least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 6 21:52:16 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 6 21:52:27 OS-861-Seva cp: error processing extended attributes:
Operation not permitted
Jul 6 21:52:27 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 6 21:52:27 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 2
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 6 21:52:27 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 6 21:52:39 OS-861-Seva cp: error processing extended attributes:
Operation not permitted

etc

How can I fix this?

It is about the file: com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist, or not?

I had a look at the permissions for this file they are set to System and wheel.

I also noted that the flag is set to run on demand. Is this correct? (I used Launchd Editor to look at the settings)


If I where to use Terminal to look at the settings or to delete the present and create a new one how would I do this?

MBP, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jul 6, 2007 1:07 PM

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Posted on Jul 6, 2007 3:11 PM

ChangeAgent

There seem to be two different things going on here. The "cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted" error is a known problem in the periodic script. But I've never seen the "respawning too quickly" message in this context before. Maybe if we fix the one, the other will disappear, although the first message usually does no harm.

If you are happy using Terminal, you can suppress this message with the following command sequence. You will need to be logged on to an 'admin' account, and supply your password, which is not echoed back, after the first line.

I recommend you copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, one line at a time, with a return after each line:

sudo -s
cd /usr/sbin
mv periodic periodic.orig
sed 's@cp /dev/null@>@' periodic.orig > periodic
chmod +x,u-w periodic
exit

If you are not happy with this, post back with further questions.

I doubt this will fix the other stuff though.
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Jul 6, 2007 3:11 PM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

There seem to be two different things going on here. The "cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted" error is a known problem in the periodic script. But I've never seen the "respawning too quickly" message in this context before. Maybe if we fix the one, the other will disappear, although the first message usually does no harm.

If you are happy using Terminal, you can suppress this message with the following command sequence. You will need to be logged on to an 'admin' account, and supply your password, which is not echoed back, after the first line.

I recommend you copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, one line at a time, with a return after each line:

sudo -s
cd /usr/sbin
mv periodic periodic.orig
sed 's@cp /dev/null@>@' periodic.orig > periodic
chmod +x,u-w periodic
exit

If you are not happy with this, post back with further questions.

I doubt this will fix the other stuff though.

Jul 6, 2007 11:56 PM in response to Michael Conniff

Thanks Michael,

I did all of that. Running the commands you gave me did stopped the cycling. however after a restart it is all back to the same. I copy past below:

I ran:

Last login: Sat Jul 7 08:33:49 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
You have new mail.
:~ 861user$ sudo -s
Password:
:~ root# cd /usr/sbin
:/usr/sbin root# mv periodic periodic.orig
:/usr/sbin root# sed 's@cp /dev/null@>@' periodic.orig > periodic
:/usr/sbin root# chmod +x,u-w periodic
:/usr/sbin root# exit
exit
:~ 861user$

System log shows after running:

least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:35:32 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:35:42 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:35:42 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: too many failures in succession
Jul 7 08:35:56 OS-861-Seva sudo: 861user : TTY=ttyp2 ; PWD=/Users/861user ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash

so it seemed to have stopped.

and after restart:


Contents/Resources/enable-network
Jul 7 08:47:40 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 7 08:47:40 OS-861-Seva lookupd[150]: lookupd (version 369.6) starting - Sat Jul 7 08:47:40 2007
Jul 7 08:47:41 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: setting hostname to ""
Jul 7 08:47:41 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: target=enable-network: disabled
Jul 7 08:47:42 OS-861-Seva /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/InternalModemSu pport.kext/Contents/Resources/AppleModemOnHold.app/Contents/MacOS/AppleModemOnHo ld: MOHServiceAddedProc >>\n
Jul 7 08:47:45 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 7 08:47:52 OS-861-Seva postfix/sendmail[275]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Jul 7 08:47:52 OS-861-Seva postfix/sendmail[275]: fatal: unable to use my own hostname
Jul 7 08:47:58 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 9 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:01 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:48:01 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 8 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:01 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:48:11 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:48:11 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 7 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:11 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:48:23 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:48:23 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 6 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:23 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:48:35 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:48:35 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 5 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:35 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:48:47 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:48:47 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 4 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:47 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:48:59 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:48:59 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 3 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:48:59 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:49:10 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:49:10 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 2 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:49:10 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:49:21 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:49:21 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 1 more failure without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 7 08:49:21 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will restart in 10 seconds
Jul 7 08:49:31 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 7 08:49:31 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: too many failures in succession

I note the line


Jul 7 08:47:41 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: setting hostname to ""

and further down

Jul 7 08:47:52 OS-861-Seva postfix/sendmail[275]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname

could this be part of the problem?

Looking forward to you reply.

Jul 7, 2007 7:45 AM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

Running the commands you gave me did stopped the cycling. however after a restart it is all back to the same.

I said there were (at least) two different things going on here. My post was intended to stop the "extended attributes" message only and appears to have succeeded. I also said "I doubt this will fix the other stuff though", and sadly that appears to be the case.

Looking back at your first post, you said that com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist was set to run on demand. This is possibly the problem. Your plist should look like this:
<pre>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.
com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.periodic-monthly</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>
<string>monthly</string>
</array>
<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>30</integer>
<key>Day</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

</pre>and the ownership and permissions should be:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 623 Mar 20 2005 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist


You can edit the file using Property List Editor, your Unix editor of choice, or even TextEdit (remembering to use a "Text-only" file. Also

configd[40]: setting hostname to ""

is not too good, although I don't think it is causing the cycling. Check your /etc/hostconfig file for a line like:

HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-

"-AUTOMATIC-" is the default, but I have mine set to HOSTNAME=ibook. Note there must be no space around the '='. The configd message is at exactly the point in the boot process where the /etc/hostconfig file is read, and I see 'setting hostname to "ibook"' at that point.

Jul 7, 2007 9:03 AM in response to Michael Conniff

Thanks Michael,

I will be back at the machine in an hour or so (it is my headless server at home) and report back to you. At this point I ma not sure if I understand it all because most of the terminal and other processes are unknown territory to me. Since switching to X from 9 I feel less in control, I knew 4.5.6.7.8.9 like my back-pocket but deeper in to X is a mystery to me.

will report back

Jul 7, 2007 10:54 AM in response to Michael Conniff

OK I am back and at the edge of my knowledge in the bowels of OS X.

Taking it from the top.

I understand you when you said there where two problems, I am just hopeful and hoped you where wrong and would all be fixed. So you where right.


should look like this:
<pre>

<?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST
1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.
com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.periodic-monthly</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>
<string>monthly</string>
</array>
<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>30</integer>
<key>Day</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

</pre>


Here is my list it is slightly different and the order is different. Is this OK? Or have we found some culprit?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.periodic-monthly</string>
<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>
<string>monthly</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Day</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>15</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

and the ownership and permissions
should be:

-rw-r--r--
1 root wheel 623 Mar 20 2005
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-mont
ly.plist



I had checked it by using the Command I key. I do not know how and where you would find the information you mention.


You can edit the file using Property List Editor,
your Unix editor of choice, or even TextEdit
(remembering to use a "Text-only" file. Also

configd[40]: setting hostname to ""

is not
too good, although I don't think it is causing the
cycling. Check your /etc/hostconfig file for a
line like:

HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-

"-AUTOMATIC-" is the
default, but I have mine set to
HOSTNAME=ibook. Note there must be no
space
around the '='. The configd message
is at exactly the point in the boot process where the
/etc/hostconfig file is read, and I see
'setting hostname to "ibook"' at that point.


I found two files with that name in my various etc folders (one belongs to an other programme) and neither one of them has ‘HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-‘ in it.

thanks so far for your help, it must and sorry I am not more versed in this.

Jul 7, 2007 3:47 PM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

Is this OK? Or have we found some culprit?

No, and yes.

The order doesn't matter, but the file has both a Program and a ProgramArguments key. The net effect of this is attempt to run the command

/usr/sbin/periodic /usr/sbin/periodic monthly

which will no doubt cause problems. In fact it fails with "/usr/sbin/periodic: /usr/sbin/periodic not found" when run standalone, since the periodic script expects a directory as its first argument. I'm not sure if this would cause the cycling, but it might.

OK, I thought you were a bit more familiar with OS X, since you mention Launchd Editor. If you can use that, you should get rid of the two lines:

<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>

from your com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist file. The "OnDemand" key is set to false, so you can leave that.

If you cannot edit this with Launchd Editor, let me know.

As far as the /etc/hostconfig file is concerned, how can you possibly have two of them? Anyway, to fix this copy and paste the following into the Terminal window:

sudo echo "HOSTNAME=macbook" >> /etc/hostconfig

Press return and you will be prompted for your password. This is not echoed for security reasons: just type it and press return.

You can change the "macbook" to whatever you prefer (but avoid spaces). Then a restart should get rid of that particular message.

Jul 8, 2007 1:56 AM in response to Michael Conniff

Michael, thank you for all this.

Sorry to say we are not there.

OK, I thought you were a bit more familiar with OS X,
since you mention Launchd Editor.


Sorry only a beginner in that one.

If you can use
that, you should get rid of the two lines:

<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>

from your
com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist file. The
"OnDemand" key is set to false, so you can leave
that.


I did that with PlistEdit Pro as I did not see how to do this in the other program.

it now likes this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.periodic-monthly</string>
<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/sbin/periodic</string>
<string>monthly</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Day</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>15</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

As far as the /etc/hostconfig file is
concerned, how can you possibly have two of them?


I do, one is called /etc/hostconfig and the next one /etc/hostconfig~.

Anyway, to fix this copy and paste the
following into the Terminal window:

sudo echo
"HOSTNAME=macbook" >> /etc/hostconfig

Press return
and you will be prompted for your password. This is
not echoed for security reasons: just type it and
press return.


I pasted this and it keeps denying permission.

Last login: Sun Jul 8 10:43:40 on ttyp2
Welcome to Darwin!
sudo echo "HOSTNAME=macbook" >> /etc/hostconfigYou have new mail.
:~ 861user$ sudo echo "HOSTNAME=macbook" >> /etc/hostconfig
-bash: /etc/hostconfig: Permission denied
:~ 861user$

and just in case it helps, here is the system log as of now, as you see list still not happy.

least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 07:02:16 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 07:02:27 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 07:02:27 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: too
many failures in succession
Jul 8 10:08:28 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: executing /usr/sbin/
AppleFileServer
Jul 8 10:20:16 OS-861-Seva loginwindow[133]: sendQuitEventToApp
(iCalAlarmScheduler): AESendMessage returned error -1712

Jul 8 10:20:19 OS-861-Seva shutdown: reboot by 861user:
Jul 8 10:20:20 OS-861-Seva SystemStarter[21940]: authentication
service (21948) did not complete successfully
Jul 8 10:20:23 OS-861-Seva SystemStarter[21940]: The following
StartupItems failed to properly start:
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is
10000 us
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: vm pagebootstrap: 120597 free
pages
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: mig table_maxdispl = 71
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/
restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: 85 prelinked modules
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0
LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1
LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989,
1991, 1993
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of
California. All rights reserved.
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: using 2621 buffer headers and
2621 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/
restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5]
(S3)
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /
chosen: E89D5719-AF59-413E-ADFA-A3F0D5A579EC
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict
ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</ string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</ string></dict>
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811
PCI now active, GUID 0017f2fffe7f47c2; max speed s400.
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/
AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/
PRT2@2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/
IOBlockStorageDriver/FUJITSU MHV2060BHPL Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/
Apple HFS_Untitled2@3
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s3, major 14,
minor 3
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start
before command
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start
Idle Timer Stopped
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching
fails
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific
matching fails
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily:start
-- entering com.apple.driver.AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily (1.0.3b5)
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching
fails
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific
matching fails
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start -
initDevice failed
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]:
AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily_setupWakeOnRingPMCallback with pmRootDomain
- Succeeded
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering
initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost memberd[43]: memberd starting up
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost mDNSResponder-108.5 (May 9 2007 15: 07:55)
[34]: starting
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost DirectoryService[47]: Launched version 2.1
(v353.6)
Jul 8 10:20:55 localhost lookupd[49]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 10:20:55 2007
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost kernel[0]: yukonosx: Ethernet address
00:16:cb:a7:f7:9d
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost diskarbitrationd[42]: disk0s3 hfs
62E23DC0-D6EC-3545-9C0B-A42D9DEC01F1 OS 861 Seva /
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Athr5424: Ethernet
address 00:17:f2:52:04:5e
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost lookupd[79]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 10:20:57 2007
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost diskarbitrationd[42]: disk0s2 hfs
0D5C29A1-DF73-3AB5-A862-C267B9F46A63 Ganesh Data /Volumes/
Ganesh Data
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 9 more
failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:20:57 localhost launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:20:57 OS-861-Seva kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Jul 8 10:20:57 OS-861-Seva kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware]
AFH Is Supported
Jul 8 10:20:57 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: setting hostname to "OS-861-
Seva.local"
Jul 8 10:20:58 OS-861-Seva kernel[0]: display: Not usable
Jul 8 10:20:58 OS-861-Seva /System/Library/CoreServices/
loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application
Started
Jul 8 10:20:59 OS-861-Seva loginwindow[133]: Login Window Started
Security Agent
Jul 8 10:21:00 OS-861-Seva mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 8 10:21:00 OS-861-Seva kernel[0]: AppleYukon - en0 link active,
1000-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled
Jul 8 10:21:00 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: AppleTalk startup
Jul 8 10:21:01 OS-861-Seva launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid
0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[79]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Jul 8 10:21:01 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: executing /System/Library/
SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-network
Jul 8 10:21:01 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: posting notification
com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 8 10:21:01 OS-861-Seva lookupd[146]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 10:21:01 2007
Jul 8 10:21:01 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: setting hostname to ""
Jul 8 10:21:02 OS-861-Seva ntpdate[187]: the NTP socket is in use,
exiting
Jul 8 10:21:02 OS-861-Seva ntpd[223]: bind() fd 5, family 2, port
123, addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 10:21:02 OS-861-Seva ntpd[223]: bind() fd 5, family 30, port
123, addr ::, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address already
in use
Jul 8 10:21:03 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: target=enable-network:
disabled
Jul 8 10:21:04 OS-861-Seva /System/Library/Extensions/
IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/InternalModemSupport.kext/
Contents/Resources/AppleModemOnHold.app/Contents/MacOS/
AppleModemOnHold: MOHServiceAddedProc >>\n
Jul 8 10:21:05 OS-861-Seva configd[40]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 8 10:21:07 OS-861-Seva ntpdate[188]: no server suitable for
synchronization found
Jul 8 10:21:07 OS-861-Seva ntpd[266]: bind() fd 7, family 2, port
123, addr 127.0.0.1, in_classd=0 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 10:21:07 OS-861-Seva ntpd[266]: bind() fd 7, family 30, port
123, addr ::1, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address already
in use
Jul 8 10:21:07 OS-861-Seva ntpd[266]: bind() fd 7, family 30, port
123, addr fe80:1::1, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address
already in use
Jul 8 10:21:07 OS-861-Seva ntpd[266]: bind() fd 7, family 30, port
123, addr fe80:4::216:cbff:fea7:f79d, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0
fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 10:21:07 OS-861-Seva ntpd[266]: bind() fd 7, family 2, port
123, addr 192.168.1.22, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in
use
Jul 8 10:21:08 OS-861-Seva ntpd[266]: sendto(17.72.133.42): Bad file
descriptor
Jul 8 10:21:12 OS-861-Seva postfix/sendmail[286]: warning:
valid_hostname: empty hostname
Jul 8 10:21:12 OS-861-Seva postfix/sendmail[286]: fatal: unable to
use my own hostname
Jul 8 10:21:19 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 9
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:21:21 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:21:21 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 8
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:21:21 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:21:33 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:21:33 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 7
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:21:33 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:21:45 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:21:45 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 6
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:21:45 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:21:56 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:21:56 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 5
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:21:56 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:22:08 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:22:08 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 4
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:22:08 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:22:19 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:22:19 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 3
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:22:19 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:22:30 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:22:30 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 2
more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:22:30 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:22:41 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:22:41 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: 1
more failure without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Jul 8 10:22:41 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: will
restart in 10 seconds
Jul 8 10:22:52 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly:
respawning too quickly! throttling
Jul 8 10:22:52 OS-861-Seva launchd: com.apple.periodic-monthly: too
many failures in succession

and thanking you for your time and help!

Jul 8, 2007 4:36 AM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

I did that with PlistEdit Pro … it now likes this:

Well, that looks fine to me. But it seems from your log that launchd is attempting to run this immediately on booting, which it shouldn't do. So maybe we should (temporarily) disable this … see below.

-bash: /etc/hostconfig: Permission denied

Duh! Elementary mistake … sorry about that 😟 The redirection is interpreted before the sudo comes into effect. Let's fix this first:

Open the Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities) and copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, one line at a time, with a return after each line:

sudo -s
echo "HOSTNAME=macbook" >> /etc/hostconfig
exit

Again, you will be prompted for your password. This is not echoed for security reasons: just type it and press return.

Now to disable the monthly plist. Navigate to "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons" in the Finder. You may find it best to do this in column view, because you need to see both this folder and its content. Do a "Get Info" on the folder, and click on the "Details" disclosure triangle under "Ownership & Permissions. Click the padlock alongside "Owner" to unlock it, and change the Owner to your account. You will need to authenticate to do this.

Then move the "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist" file to the Desktop. Now reset the Owner of the folder back to "system" and click the padlock to lock it again. You can now close the Info window.

At this point, try a restart and see if your log looks better.

There seem to be a lot of other messages in there which seem strange to me, but they may just be specific to Intel machines.

Jul 8, 2007 5:16 AM in response to Michael Conniff

Michael,


Duh! Elementary mistake … sorry about that 😟 The
redirection is interpreted before the
sudo comes into effect. Let's fix this first:


No worries!

and done

Now to disable the monthly plist.


done too

At this point, try a restart and see if your log
looks better.


it does, and has some other interesting mistakes in it that I do not understand.
see copy below.

Like these errors at the end:

Jul 8 14:05:40 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: sendto(17.72.133.42): Bad file
descriptor
Jul 8 14:07:05 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[261]: warning: 661892CE6D9:
defer service failure
Jul 8 14:07:05 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[260]: warning: 5C57D3C0868:
defer service failure
Jul 8 14:07:05 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[262]: warning: ED74B3BFD58:
defer service failure

so what is next? put it back in? Or work on it? or?

There seem to be a lot of other messages in there
which seem strange to me, but they may just be
specific to Intel machines.


o dear.


Jul 8 14:04:56 macbook shutdown: reboot by 861user:
Jul 8 14:04:57 macbook SystemStarter[1479]: authentication service
(1487) did not complete successfully
Jul 8 14:05:00 macbook SystemStarter[1479]: The following
StartupItems failed to properly start:
Jul 8 14:05:00 macbook SystemStarter[1479]: /System/Library/
StartupItems/AuthServer
Jul 8 14:05:00 macbook SystemStarter[1479]: - execution of Startup
script failed
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is
10000 us
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: vm pagebootstrap: 120597 free
pages
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: mig table_maxdispl = 71
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/
restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: 85 prelinked modules
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0
LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1
LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989,
1991, 1993
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of
California. All rights reserved.
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: using 2621 buffer headers and
2621 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/
restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5]
(S3)
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /
chosen: E89D5719-AF59-413E-ADFA-A3F0D5A579EC
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict
ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</ string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</ string></dict>
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811
PCI now active, GUID 0017f2fffe7f47c2; max speed s400.
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/
AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/
PRT2@2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/
IOBlockStorageDriver/FUJITSU MHV2060BHPL Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/
Apple HFS_Untitled2@3
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s3, major 14,
minor 3
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start
before command
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start
Idle Timer Stopped
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching
fails
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific
matching fails
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily:start
-- entering com.apple.driver.AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily (1.0.3b5)
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific
matching fails
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching
fails
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start -
initDevice failed
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]:
AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily_setupWakeOnRingPMCallback with pmRootDomain
- Succeeded
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering
initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost mDNSResponder-108.5 (May 9 2007 15: 07:55)
[34]: starting
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost memberd[42]: memberd starting up
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost lookupd[46]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 14:05:27 2007
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost DirectoryService[48]: Launched version 2.1
(v353.6)
Jul 8 14:05:28 localhost kernel[0]: yukonosx: Ethernet address
00:16:cb:a7:f7:9d
Jul 8 14:05:28 localhost diskarbitrationd[41]: disk0s3 hfs
62E23DC0-D6EC-3545-9C0B-A42D9DEC01F1 OS 861 Seva /
Jul 8 14:05:28 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Athr5424: Ethernet
address 00:17:f2:52:04:5e
Jul 8 14:05:28 localhost lookupd[73]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 14:05:28 2007
Jul 8 14:05:29 localhost kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Jul 8 14:05:29 localhost diskarbitrationd[41]: disk0s2 hfs
0D5C29A1-DF73-3AB5-A862-C267B9F46A63 Ganesh Data /Volumes/
Ganesh Data
Jul 8 14:05:29 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware]
AFH Is Supported
Jul 8 14:05:29 SevaMacMini configd[39]: setting hostname to
"SevaMacMini"
Jul 8 14:05:29 SevaMacMini kernel[0]: display: Not usable
Jul 8 14:05:29 SevaMacMini /System/Library/CoreServices/
loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application
Started
Jul 8 14:05:30 SevaMacMini loginwindow[96]: Login Window Started
Security Agent
Jul 8 14:05:31 SevaMacMini kernel[0]: AppleYukon - en0 link active,
1000-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled
Jul 8 14:05:31 SevaMacMini configd[39]: AppleTalk startup
Jul 8 14:05:33 SevaMacMini configd[39]: executing /System/Library/
SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-network
Jul 8 14:05:33 SevaMacMini configd[39]: posting notification
com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 8 14:05:34 SevaMacMini lookupd[113]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 14:05:34 2007
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini ntpdate[172]: the NTP socket is in use,
exiting
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini ntpd[194]: bind() fd 5, family 2, port
123, addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini ntpd[194]: bind() fd 5, family 30, port
123, addr ::, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address already
in use
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 8 14:05:36 SevaMacMini /System/Library/Extensions/
IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/InternalModemSupport.kext/
Contents/Resources/AppleModemOnHold.app/Contents/MacOS/
AppleModemOnHold: MOHServiceAddedProc >>\n
Jul 8 14:05:37 SevaMacMini configd[39]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpdate[174]: no server suitable for
synchronization found
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: bind() fd 7, family 2, port
123, addr 127.0.0.1, in_classd=0 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: bind() fd 7, family 30, port
123, addr ::1, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address already
in use
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: bind() fd 7, family 30, port
123, addr fe80:1::1, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address
already in use
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: bind() fd 7, family 30, port
123, addr fe80:4::216:cbff:fea7:f79d, in6 is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0
fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: bind() fd 7, family 2, port
123, addr 192.168.1.22, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in
use
Jul 8 14:05:40 SevaMacMini configd[39]: target=enable-network:
disabled
Jul 8 14:05:40 SevaMacMini ntpd[227]: sendto(17.72.133.42): Bad file
descriptor
Jul 8 14:07:05 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[261]: warning: 661892CE6D9:
defer service failure
Jul 8 14:07:05 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[260]: warning: 5C57D3C0868:
defer service failure
Jul 8 14:07:05 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[262]: warning: ED74B3BFD58:
defer service failure

looking forward.

Jul 8, 2007 6:03 AM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

some other interesting mistakes in it that I do not understand

Nor me. There are a lot of messages that don't appear in my log, but my guess is that many of these are Intel-specific.

What I don't like:

Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching fails
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific matching fails
Jul 8 14:05:27 localhost kernel[0]: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start - initDevice failed
Jul 8 14:05:29 SevaMacMini kernel[0]: display: Not usable
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini ntpdate[172]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini ntpd[194]: bind() fd 5, family 2, port 123, addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=8 fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 14:05:35 SevaMacMini ntpd[194]: bind() fd 5, family 30, port 123, addr ::, in6is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
Jul 8 14:05:39 SevaMacMini ntpdate[174]: no server suitable for synchronization found

and then all the remaining messages from ntpd and postfix/smtp.

This all makes me wonder if you have the right software for your machine? Not being able to match the display, and having problems with NTP are very strange things to go wrong. There seem to be too many differing things to pursue individually.

Here's what I would do next. Firstly, since the system is basically working, you should take a backup. At the very least ensure your important files are safe.

Then start up your system from your Mac OS X Install disk and run Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Choose First Aid/Repair Disk for your startup volume. If it finds (and repairs) errors, run it again until it says your disk is clean. Now restart from your hard disk and Repair Permissions, running it from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.

Then download Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update v1.1 (Intel) and instal that.

You may find the "extended attributes" error returns, but this isn't serious, and you now know how to fix that.

Jul 8, 2007 6:43 AM in response to Michael Conniff

Michael, greetings

This all makes me wonder if you have the right
software for your machine?


I used original disks that came with the machine, so I would think so...

Not being able to match
the display,


you might have missed that but it is a headless Mac Mini working as a server. I always thought that I get that message because of there being no display.


and having problems with NTP are very
strange things to go wrong. There seem to be too many
differing things to pursue individually.


that is the Network Time Protocol? Correct? is just what synchronizes the clock with a computer somewhere in the world? I never thought it was a problem.

Here's what I would do next. Firstly, since the
system is basically working, you should take a
backup. At the very least ensure your important files
are safe.

Then start up your system from your Mac OS X Install
disk and run Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
Choose First Aid/Repair Disk for your startup volume.
If it finds (and repairs) errors, run it again until
it says your disk is clean. Now restart from your
hard disk and Repair Permissions, running it from
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.

Then download Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo
Update v1.1 (Intel)
and instal that.


OK, what would this do? put al system stuff new on the disk? would this be the same effect as an archive and install? or better? or worse?

You may find the "extended attributes" error returns,
but this isn't serious, and you now know how to fix
that.


I do thanks to you!

Jul 8, 2007 7:55 AM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

it is a headless Mac Mini working as a server.

Umm … yes, you did say that, and I forgot.

Yes, NTP is the Network Time Protocol. In itself, this isn't disastrous, it's just that it shouldn't be happening, especially since it says "the NTP socket is in use". But you are getting messages from the mail subsystem also: again, this shouldn't be happening.

what would this do? put al system stuff new on the disk? would this be the same effect as an archive and install?

No, it will just update your software to 10.4.10, and since it is a Combo update it will replace all system files that have changed since the original 10.4. It shouldn't affect any preference files and certainly not any user files. Hopefully it will clear out this odd behaviour.

Jul 8, 2007 10:55 AM in response to Michael Conniff

OK did all that, afraid it did not get any better.

I repaired permissions after installing the software and here is the log


Repairing permissions for “OS 861 Seva”
Determining correct file permissions.
parent directory ./Users/Shared/SC Info does not exist
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -
rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume

Permissions repair complete

is this bad?

parent directory ./Users/Shared/SC Info does not exist

the system log is still not very hopefull.

Jul 8 19:45:36 SevaMacMini shutdown: reboot by 861user:
Jul 8 19:45:37 SevaMacMini SystemStarter[1474]: authentication
service (1482) did not complete successfully
Jul 8 19:45:40 SevaMacMini SystemStarter[1474]: The following
StartupItems failed to properly start:
Jul 8 19:46:03 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is
10000 us
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: vm pagebootstrap: 120516 free
pages
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: mig table_maxdispl = 71
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/
restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: 85 prelinked modules
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0
LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1
LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989,
1991, 1993
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of
California. All rights reserved.
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: using 2621 buffer headers and
2621 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/
restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5]
(S3)
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /
chosen: E89D5719-AF59-413E-ADFA-A3F0D5A579EC
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict
ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</ string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</ string></dict>
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811
PCI now active, GUID 0017f2fffe7f47c2; max speed s400.
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/
AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/
PRT2@2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/
IOBlockStorageDriver/FUJITSU MHV2060BHPL Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/
Apple HFS_Untitled2@3
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s3, major 14,
minor 3
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start
before command
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start
Idle Timer Stopped
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching
fails
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific
matching fails
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: family specific matching
fails
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: display: family specific
matching fails
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily:start
-- entering com.apple.driver.AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily (1.0.4)
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start -
initDevice failed
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: ath_attach: devid 0x1c
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]:
AppleSM56KUSBModemFamily_setupWakeOnRingPMCallback with pmRootDomain
- Succeeded
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: GFX0: match category
IOFramebuffer exists
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering
initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 8 19:46:03 localhost mDNSResponder-108.5 (May 9 2007 17: 14:16)
[35]: starting
Jul 8 19:46:03 localhost memberd[43]: memberd starting up
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost lookupd[48]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 19:46:04 2007
Jul 8 19:46:04 localhost DirectoryService[52]: Launched version 2.1
(v353.6)
Jul 8 19:46:05 localhost diskarbitrationd[42]: disk0s3 hfs
62E23DC0-D6EC-3545-9C0B-A42D9DEC01F1 OS 861 Seva /
Jul 8 19:46:06 localhost kernel[0]: yukonosx: Ethernet address
00:16:cb:a7:f7:9d
Jul 8 19:46:06 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Athr5424ab: Ethernet
address 00:17:f2:52:04:5e
Jul 8 19:46:06 localhost diskarbitrationd[42]: disk0s2 hfs
0D5C29A1-DF73-3AB5-A862-C267B9F46A63 Ganesh Data /Volumes/
Ganesh Data
Jul 8 19:46:06 localhost lookupd[88]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 19:46:06 2007
Jul 8 19:46:07 localhost kernel[0]: display: Not usable
Jul 8 19:46:07 localhost kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Jul 8 19:46:07 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware]
AFH Is Supported
Jul 8 19:46:07 SevaMacMini configd[40]: setting hostname to
"SevaMacMini"
Jul 8 19:46:07 SevaMacMini /System/Library/CoreServices/
loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application
Started
Jul 8 19:46:09 SevaMacMini mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 8 19:46:09 SevaMacMini kernel[0]: AppleYukon - en0 link active,
1000-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled
Jul 8 19:46:09 SevaMacMini configd[40]: AppleTalk startup
Jul 8 19:46:09 SevaMacMini loginwindow[99]: Login Window Started
Security Agent
Jul 8 19:46:10 SevaMacMini configd[40]: executing /System/Library/
SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-network
Jul 8 19:46:10 SevaMacMini configd[40]: posting notification
com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 8 19:46:11 SevaMacMini lookupd[110]: lookupd (version 369.6)
starting - Sun Jul 8 19:46:11 2007
Jul 8 19:46:12 SevaMacMini configd[40]: target=enable-network:
disabled
Jul 8 19:46:15 SevaMacMini configd[40]: AppleTalk startup complete
Jul 8 19:46:19 SevaMacMini /System/Library/Extensions/
IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/InternalModemSupport.kext/
Contents/Resources/AppleModemOnHold.app/Contents/MacOS/
AppleModemOnHold: MOHServiceAddedProc >>\n
Jul 8 19:47:56 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[260]: warning: 5C57D3C0868:
defer service failure
Jul 8 19:47:56 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[261]: warning: 661892CE6D9:
defer service failure
Jul 8 19:47:57 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[262]: warning: 757263D5EBA:
defer service failure
Jul 8 19:47:57 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[263]: warning: 8E4293C60E2:
defer service failure
Jul 8 19:47:57 SevaMacMini postfix/smtp[264]: warning: 9E9703D5468:
defer service failure

lots of problems there.

any other suggestions?

thanks

Jul 8, 2007 11:27 AM in response to ChangeAgent

ChangeAgent

is this bad?

No. I do have a "SC Info" directory, but it is empty. It is unimportant. The "secure.log" messages are explained in Spurious Permission errors in OS X 10.4.

the system log is still not very hopefull

Why? The only problem I see in there is the "postfix/smtp" stuff at the end. I'm not even sure it is a problem, unless you are trying to run a mail server on the Mini.

One other thing I notice is that you seem to have several lookupd s starting, but I don't see any terminating (there were some in previous logs, saying "terminated abnormally", which is a joke since that happens normally!) As far as I can see from that log, you have three copies running, so let's check (remember to copy and paste:

ps -axw -o pid,ppid,user,start,command | grep [l]ookupd

Copy and paste the result from the Terminal window to a post here.

Some of the other messages may look as if they are errors, but they happen all the time. The logs are deliberately verbose so that if anything does go wrong, the programmer can identify what else was going on around the time of the error. On the other hand, not having an Intel Mac, I cannot be absolutely sure there is no problem. Use your Mac normally: if anything does behave strangely, then that would be the time to look at the logs.

error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted

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