10.5.3 coreaudiod (Not Responding)

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10.5.3 coreaudiod (Not Responding)

After installing 10.5.3, the process coreaudiod in Activity Monitor shows as not responding. Quitting the process does not fix it, since after a couple of minutes it goes back to not responding, even when letting the computer idle without opening or closing any applications.

I have tried fixing permissions, zapping the PRAM, threw away coreaudio and audio preference files, but it always comes back. Audio applications seem not to be affected by it with playback and recording working without problems.

However, when I connect a Magma PCI Expansion chassis to the MacBookPro, several problems appear.In the finder, the icons on the menubar for the clock, wireless signal strength, audio
volume, etc. dissappear, only the spotlight icon remains. It is also impossible to turn them on via the control panels in system preferences. Clicking on the radio button works, but then resets itself to not clicked! right in front of my eyes.

Also, the system enters an error loop. In activity monitor, the process SystemUIServer continuously generates crash reports that get written in the Console's log.

It may be that the Magma chassis is not compatible with 10.5.3 although it is recognized in System Profiler, with no errors and claimed to be compatible.

Anyone else seeing this in Activity Monitor?

MacBook Pro 2.6Ghz (Penryn), Mac OS X (10.5.3), 4Gb RAM

Posted on May 30, 2008 6:03 AM

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Answer 1

Mauro Author

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May 30, 2008 8:08 AM in response to Mauro

Just to make a note that the problem with coreaudiod not responding happens regardless of the chassis. With the MacBook Pro running on its own, nothing attached to it, I still get the same errors in Activity Monitor whereas coreaudiod shows as Not Responding.

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Answer 2

mironp

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Jun 1, 2008 7:18 AM in response to Mauro

I have the same problem since I install the 10.5.3 update

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Answer 3

Jun 2, 2008 5:05 AM in response to Mauro

yes, same here - also since 10.5.2 UserEventagent also Not Responding.

Message was edited by: asic.mike

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PAULORDI

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Jun 4, 2008 3:07 AM in response to Mauro

hello try to delete useragentBluetooth in

system/library/userventplugins

for userevent agent restart and the problem is fixed on 10.5.X

DONT WORRY Bluetooth work fine after

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Answer 5

Jun 5, 2008 1:34 PM in response to Mauro

I am not sure if these two issue existed before 10.5.3 or not but they do exist now in the Activity Monitor. I have the following 2 issues:

- coreaudiod (Not Responding)
- UserAgentEvent (Not Responding)

I was able to resolve the "UserAgentEvent (Not Responding)" issue by deleting "BluetoothUserAgent.plugin" from "Volume\System\Library\UserEventPlugin"

I have not yet been able to resolve the "coreaudiod (Not Responding)" issue. Any ideas and suggestion would help.

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iDeck

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Jun 15, 2008 3:07 AM in response to Kevin Gill

I have the same issues with a Macbook and a G4 Dual MDD 1 GHz. Both with Leopard 10.5.3. So it isn't an intel related issue.

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Answer 7

Jun 15, 2008 10:45 AM in response to Kevin Gill

Kevin Gill wrote:
I am not sure if these two issue existed before 10.5.3 or not but they do exist now in the Activity Monitor. I have the following 2 issues:

- coreaudiod (Not Responding)
- UserAgentEvent (Not Responding)

Same problem here exactly. Looking forward to a solution, I can't seem to resolve this on my own.

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Answer 8

Jun 15, 2008 11:37 AM in response to Mac_o_phile

Ahh Ha! How many of you are using a new little application called Hear?

What's new in this version(1.0.2):
** Fixed problem where Hear was causing 'UserEventAgent' process to show as 'not responding'.*
** Fixed problem where Hear was causing 'coreaudiod' process in 10.5.3 to show as 'not responding'.*
* Fixed a bug where the EQ settings were not getting enabled unless the Hear application was launched first.
* Fixed a bug where the EQ Resolution popup was not detecting mouse clicks on the right side of the popup.
* When running in demo mode, the user now has the option to uninstall.
* Uninstall now prompts to the user to restart their system, to completely uninstall everything.
* Added '96' as a new default choice in the EQ resolution popup.

Updating worked for me, yay!

I finally solved a problem on Apple Discussions, please mark this problem solved so I get a star, whee 🙂

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iDeck

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Jun 15, 2008 3:31 PM in response to Mac_o_phile

Mac ophile wrote:
Ahh Ha! How many of you are using a new little application called Hear?

What's new in this version(1.0.2):
** Fixed problem where Hear was causing 'UserEventAgent' process to show as 'not responding'.*
** Fixed problem where Hear was causing 'coreaudiod' process in 10.5.3 to show as 'not responding'.*
* Fixed a bug where the EQ settings were not getting enabled unless the Hear application was launched first.
* Fixed a bug where the EQ Resolution popup was not detecting mouse clicks on the right side of the popup.
* When running in demo mode, the user now has the option to uninstall.
* Uninstall now prompts to the user to restart their system, to completely uninstall everything.
* Added '96' as a new default choice in the EQ resolution popup.

Updating worked for me, yay!

I finally solved a problem on Apple Discussions, please mark this problem solved so I get a star, whee 🙂

Great!! Solved on both computers!! Thank you!! 😉

Message was edited by: iDeck

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Answer 10

Jun 15, 2008 8:18 PM in response to Mac_o_phile

Thanks for the update on this man. I have this the app "Hear" installed as well. Will let you all know of the update fixed both issues or not.

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Answer 11

Jun 15, 2008 8:36 PM in response to Mac_o_phile

I just installed the update for the app Hear (current version 1.0.2) and that seemed to have resolved the issue for me as well. Thanks for the info and update "Macophile". Peace out.

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Answer 12

Jun 21, 2008 1:03 PM in response to Kevin Gill

I have the same problem with CoreAudiod(Not Responding)
I is the Digidesign Core audio plug in causing the problem. I'll bet you have ProTools 7.4.2 for Leopard installed right? Well, if you uninstall ProTools ,the problem goes away. You could also delete the Digidesign Core Audio Plug in from the MacIntoshHD>Library>Audio>Plug-Ins>HAL
But then Core audio will not operate, but ProTools will still operate .
Hope this helps
Mike

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Doc Rock

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Jun 23, 2008 5:16 PM in response to Mac_o_phile

I have had this issue for so long and was getting ready to reinstall the whole system... Thanks a million for the solution for the naggin issue. It has been a big help for me.

Aloha

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rvanet

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Jun 27, 2008 4:38 AM in response to Mauro

I don't have Hear, and I've tried to uninstall Pro Tools in my system but still, both coreaudiod and UserEventAgent are not responding. So i tried to looking for other possibilities. After searching thru the net, it turned out that if your system has Blackmagic-Design Decklink Drivers installed also caused both functions to stop responding.

Uinstalling the decklink drivers is the only way. But this will also stop you from using the Decklink card installed.

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Answer 15

Aug 7, 2008 12:28 PM in response to Mauro

I have this problem. I do not have Hear or ProTools. I'm running 10.5.4 on PowerPC and a MacBook (intel 2.33 GHz). Both Machines show "coreaudiod (Not Responding)" after startup but not always immediately. I am getting very slow access times to the internet via Eithernet (wifi is actually faster these days) I wondered if there was any connection to slow network access. The slow access problem is a problem located on my machines and not on the network as far as I can tell.

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