Multiple app freezing

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Multiple app freezing

Hi. My iMac 20" (2Ghz Intel Core2Duo) Mac OS 10.5.5 with 3GO SDRAM (+ 3 external drive) began to act suddenly weirdly. Some app (not the same each time) begin to freeze (can't force quit it) then another. At some point i have to force reboot. Again and again. Now its become serious i just loose some Indesign file (i guess it was writting on the file when it froze…).

I don't know how to use the Console in an efficient way, too much message. I note this anyway :
_06/10/08 21:18:14 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory_
or that :
_06/10/08 19:14:51 mdworker[73] (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!_
But really there is too much messages for me to find whats important (if you can tell me how to use the console…).

I made the fast Apple Hardware Test aand it was ok. Run System utility, HD are ok, ran Onyx, erazed font caches and checked all fonts… I runned the 10.5.5 combo, made the firmware update… nothing.

It's very difficult to find whats goin wrong because the freeze happens randomly : sometimes when you tryin to switch user, sometime when launching an app (any app) sometime when saving, sometime just clicking an icon, sometime pluging a card reader… it make no sense.

Any help apreciated…

Message was edited by: alexgodlex

imac silver, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 6, 2008 1:12 PM

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Answer 1

nlex Author

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Oct 6, 2008 1:32 PM in response to nlex

i had several of this too before crash :
_06/10/08 18:23:11 kernel IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x5a96700, 1 -> 0) timed out after 100126 ms_

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nlex Author

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Oct 7, 2008 5:01 AM in response to nlex

Oct 7 13:47:58 kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x5521e00, 1 -> 4) timed out after 100120 ms
Oct 7 13:54:38 kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x5521e00, 4 -> 3) timed out after 100119 ms
Oct 7 13:59:38 kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x5521e00, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100121 ms

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nlex Author

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Oct 8, 2008 2:09 PM in response to nlex

grrr…

So i decided i had to re-install from scratch with the original DVD, then the combo update to 10.5.5 and all the other updates. Then putting back Mail, iCal, AdressBook, iTunes… using my 'old' Application support files… all working well. Then re-installing my software (CS3, FontExplorer, 1Password, CyberDuck, Transmission, NetNewsWire, Adium, Google Notifier, The Unarchiver, UnrarX, VLC, OpenOffice… i think thats it). Oh and my ICC profiles from ECI.

I thought all was well but the crash are BACK ! BACK ! BACK !

i have some of that messages again :
08/10/08 22:53:15 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory

and:
08/10/08 22:52:42 Dock[157] Could not create a directory for <DOCKFolderTile: 0x816600> error = Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-35 "L’opération n’a pas pu s’achever. (OSStatus erreur -35)" (no such volume)

08/10/08 22:52:20 mDNSResponder[21] WARNING: sandbox_init error Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.bsd.dirhelper err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.distributed_notifications.2 err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.ocspd err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.mDNSResponderHelper err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.SecurityServer err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.SystemConfiguration.configd er

and this :
08/10/08 22:54:58 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] WARNING pecan node.c:391:closeimpl() not connected: conn=0x10cb0008
08/10/08 22:54:58 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] INFO pecan node.c:310:connectcb() connected: conn=0x10cb0008,channel=0x10e1aeb0
08/10/08 22:54:59 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] INFO pecan node.c:410:closeimpl() stream shutdown: 0x10e27000
08/10/08 22:54:59 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] INFO pecan node.c:310:connectcb() connected: conn=0x10cb0008,channel=0x10eb9550

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08/10/08 22:53:26 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory

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nlex Author

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Oct 9, 2008 3:53 AM in response to nlex

I have desinstalled a lot of apps just to see and used DiskWarrior on all drives. Still have the crashes. I know now it happens when i want to launch an app, but it can be any app and it happens only fater 20/30mn of using the computer…

Last messages were :
09/10/08 10:21:45 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 10:21:45 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 11:21:39 kextd[10] 404 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
09/10/08 11:21:55 kextd[10] writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
09/10/08 11:22:39 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 11:22:51 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 12:48:17 kextd[10] 404 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
09/10/08 12:48:34 kextd[10] writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
09/10/08 12:49:17 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 12:49:29 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 12:49:17 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 12:49:29 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
09/10/08 12:49:32 mdworker[142] (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!
09/10/08 12:49:32 mdworker[142] (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!

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Answer 5

Oct 12, 2008 1:57 PM in response to nlex

do you by any chance own any digidesign products?

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nlex Author

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Oct 12, 2008 11:55 PM in response to thedommer

No…

I fixed the problem with something incredibly simple : unplugged/plugged the electricity wires then plug the HD directly to the Mac (not linked). Now everything works and i don't want to touch anything before to finish the work i'm late with all that mess !

Message was edited by: alexgodlex

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Answer 7

Oct 13, 2008 9:05 AM in response to nlex

I have a freezing problem with my iMac ( 20" 2Ghz Intel Core2Duo, OS 10.5.5 with 2GB SDRAM). It only occurs when I have iTunes and Safari open at the same time. Force quit does not work. Any suggestions?

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nlex Author

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Oct 13, 2008 9:56 AM in response to Mark Loebel

Try to trash your iTunes Music Livrary (iTunes Music Library.xml). Reset Safari. Zap PRAM. Unplug USB/FW/… make a Apple Harware Test. Check your console for repetitive messages before freeze… ?

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Answer 9

Ross B.

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Dec 1, 2008 2:14 AM in response to nlex

Hi All,

I am experiencing a similar situation. When I do a tail of the system.log remotely via SSH (I am unable to access the system directly as it has completely locked up the GUI) I see several of the following.

Dec 1 19:50:58 mac-mini kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x51b6000, 4 -> 3) timed out after 100141 ms
Dec 1 19:55:58 mac-mini kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x51b6000, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100136 ms
Dec 1 20:00:58 mac-mini kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType0E::setPowerState(0x51b6000, 2 -> 1) timed out after 100164 ms
Dec 1 20

It seems that one of my disks has packed it in, I don't have any SCSI either, but I suspect that firewire is represented as SCSI by the OS. I have two Firewire disks and one internal SATA disk. The Hex number after setPowerState seems to change between boots and reconnecting the disks. Unfortunately I only have one firewire connector, so I have to connect the disks in serial.

Does anyone have a way of telling from the information which disk is failing, and why? If I remove the disks the system returns to functionality.

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