Spontaneous logout while in Snow Leopard

Clearly these same programs were running under 10.5 Rosetta just fine. I don't see how that explanation holds water. I just hope there will be a fix.. Fortunately the problem isn't overly serious for me, but it's still not what I've come to expect from Apple and why I've evangelized the company for over 15 years.

Actually I've had some issues with the 10.5.8 update combined with the MS 11.5.5 update. I'm not certain if they are related to the issues identified with the 10.6 or not. Now if I could just figure out how to determine the version of rosetta installed on that machine???

Used the manual software update icon in System Preferences to pull down the Pro Applications update, installed it and rebooted but the same spontaneous bluescreen logout occurs when I try to use Command-S to save in Final Cut Pro 5.0.4 ... I tried using the FCP menu to do the save and it seems that helps so I was able to get a few minutes of editing done. But this time, when I pressed the spacebar to start/stop the playback of a segment from the timeline, this caused the spontaneous logout again.

[The other strange thing I am seeing is that after the bluescreen crash back to the login screen, the playback window in Final Cut Pro is still there visible superimposed over the login screen (upper left corner), and showing the last scene I was working on, but the playback window is flashing rapidly ... but then at least I was able to edit for about twenty minutes before this latest crash occurred ...]

[Having spontaneous logouts while using Final Cut Pro v 5.0.4 usually while trying to use Command-S to save the latest changes. Intel quad Mac Pro with 3GB RAM. Just installed Snow Leopard over Tiger using the Mac Boxed Set. MS-Office 2008 works okay so far. Have only seen the spontaneous logout in FCP. Any fix pending?]

I think you've put your finger on it, knudder. I had exactly the same experience. Didn't install Rosetta when I installed SL, then had to install it to use Excel 2004, then had a succession of logouts while I struggled to modify a spreadsheet.

It would be good if someone from Apple could say they're looking in to this... I sent a problem report, but do they ever read them?

To find the version of Rosetta, run this in Terminal:

/usr/libexec/oah/translate -b


Under 10.6.1, this shows:
Baseline: SB3V0 BASELINE0024
Tag: 22.23


Under 10.5.8, it is:

Baseline: SB2V0 BASELINE0052
Tag: 21.03



Not so much a "version number" -- but how to tell what version is installed/running.


I have no idea what the actual files are that make up Rosetta, though...

Similar issue when running JABMenu (a toolbar address book viewer) and Microsoft Excel. Doesn't happen with any other apps.

I have had this happen just after launching Entourage 2004 and have another coworker with the same experience.

Today is the first time this problem has affected me. Interestingly, a co-worker had his machine log out at the same time as mine. Both of us were using Firefox when we unexpectedly logged out. We're using 10.58, so this doesn't appear to be exclusive to 10.6. Our IT dept is looking into the problem but no word back yet.

Had the same thing happen to me earlier this morning while I was in the middle of typing an e-mail in Entourage '04. So basically, Apple's fix is to have us all upgrade to the newest versions of software and we can't use MS Office 2004 anymore? Great.

This is just a shot in the dark, but I have had a few days of very limited use of affected apps and no spontaneous logouts and I have also quit using (running) Firefox during this period. Any one else?

I am finding that I can usually make mine logout while in entourage. All I do is hit forward or reply to a message, then fill in an address, then hit tab multiple times to move the cursor down to the body. It logs out every time. Not sure if this info will help anyone or just add to the stress.

Same problem here. It has occurred three times since the upgrade to Snow Leopard. This time, I was running Quicken 2005 under Rosetta and Safari 4, reconciling my bank accounts. Everything was going fine for a while, then bang!

Same Here. Happens all the time in Excel. Problem is it usually happens when I'm working with clients over web meetings! This is very annoying.

I'm having the same spontaneous logouts on my 2006 iMac running 10.6.1. About once a day, while using Rosetta apps such as Excel 2004. No warning, just blue screen and I'm logged out.

I am also having the same issue running Nethack. I haven't narrowed down the exact keystrokes that cause the issue, nor can I duplicate it, but the Console logs show the error that starts the crash of the WindowsServer is is "UCKeyTranslate - uchr may be corrupt"- example:
Oct 8 15:33:05 cwaller WindowServer[63]: UCKeyTranslate - uchr may be corrupt, keyStateTerminatorsFormat 916C

Searching for this phrase led to a few discussions elsewhere that show other people are having the same issue.

I filed a bug report, as have many others. I hope they fix it soon; I have it when I get logged out just as my monk discovers a blessed spellbook of charm monster :>)