UserEventAgent

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UserEventAgent

Hi all. I was trying to figure out why my computer won't sleep when it's scheduled to, and I came across this item in Activity Monitor: "UserEventAgent(not responding)". It's highlighted in red, takes no CPU cycles, but lists about 800 MB in virtual memory. It's always there, regardless of restart, quitting all apps, priv reset, etc. I don't know if this is causing my problem- when I quit it in Activity Monitor, nothing seems to happen. Does anyone know what this is, and how to get rid of it? Thanks.

John

Mac Pro 2 x 2.66GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 7, 2009 8:12 PM

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Answer 1

baltwo

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Aug 7, 2009 8:15 PM in response to John Dougherty

Google UserEventAgent and read the many hits.

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Answer 2

Aug 7, 2009 8:17 PM in response to John Dougherty

Do you use ProTools? I've heard reports of it's audio plug-in causing issues.
/Library/Audio/Plug ins/HAL

UserEventAgent is used to load plug-ins for the system in response to user generated events...

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Answer 3

Aug 8, 2009 3:39 AM in response to baltwo

Thanks. Seems to be a multifaceted problem. I guess I can wait for a fix before I go deleting things that I just may need!

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baltwo

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Aug 8, 2009 9:30 AM in response to John Dougherty

Your choice, but I suspect it's not a common problem and you'll have to check out the various solutions, since I don't expect Apple to fix something that might not be broken.

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uucat

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Aug 28, 2009 8:13 PM in response to baltwo

I just had the same problem. 'Usereventagent' wasn't responding in Activity Monitor.
I noticed it was interfering with iTunes and other apps.

It began after I installed 'Steermouse' a program to re-key buttons on a Bluetooth mouse.

Using info found on a google search, I deleted the following file: BluetoothUserAgent-Plugin.plugin (System>>Library>>Usereventplugins) I also uninstalled 'Steermouse'. Problem solved.

I'm still using my Bluetooth mouse (and headphones) without incident.

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