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Random crash MacOS session (hard logout/logoff)

Hello Community,


my Mac randomly log me hard off. 1-3 times a day I get for 1 second a gray display and after that I see the loginscreen. When I log in, all apps start new and it work for a half day fine.


In the system.log is every time the same:


May 11 10:42:17 rml067 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.WindowServer[78318]): Service exited due to SIGSEGV | sent by exc handler[78318]
May 11 10:42:17 rml067 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.ViewBridgeAuxiliary[79983]): Service exited with abnormal code: 2
May 11 10:42:17 rml067 sessionlogoutd[79981]: DEAD_PROCESS: 78312 console


The wifi.log, fsck_apfs.log and fsck_apfs_error.og is clear at this timestamps.


There are much PerfPowerServices Crash reports on the whole day, but there is only on one day a Crashreport in the Console at this timestamps:


Process:               WindowServer [95142]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer
Identifier:            WindowServer
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Crashed Thread:        4  Dispatch queue: com.apple.skylight.stats

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [95142]



You can see the times and frequency here:

grep -i DEAD_PROCESS *

system.log:May 13 09:31:00 rml067 sessionlogoutd[98438]: DEAD_PROCESS: 95136 console
system.log.0:May 12 07:37:43 rml067 sessionlogoutd[87619]: DEAD_PROCESS: 79986 console
system.log.0:May 12 21:06:17 rml067 sessionlogoutd[95133]: DEAD_PROCESS: 87622 console
system.log.1:May 11 08:50:02 rml067 sessionlogoutd[78310]: DEAD_PROCESS: 71339 console
system.log.1:May 11 10:42:17 rml067 sessionlogoutd[79981]: DEAD_PROCESS: 78312 console
system.log.4:May  8 20:57:41 rml067 sessionlogoutd[71336]: DEAD_PROCESS: 61019 console
system.log.5:May  7 16:01:43 rml067 sessionlogoutd[61017]: DEAD_PROCESS: 54034 console
system.log.5:May  7 16:59:15 rml067 login[61283]: DEAD_PROCESS: 61283 ttys004
system.log.5:May  7 23:06:16 rml067 login[65413]: DEAD_PROCESS: 65413 ttys000
system.log.6:May  6 11:19:40 rml067 sessionlogoutd[48531]: DEAD_PROCESS: 39351 console
system.log.6:May  6 13:21:38 rml067 sessionlogoutd[50179]: DEAD_PROCESS: 48533 console
system.log.6:May  6 19:51:13 rml067 sessionlogoutd[54031]: DEAD_PROCESS: 50183 console
system.log.7:May  5 16:09:25 rml067 sessionlogoutd[39341]: DEAD_PROCESS: 29546 console




With an old research I found a link to a Phyton-Problem using Python 3.7.4. But I don't find the article anymore and I don't know which of my apps is based on Phyton...


Anyone a hint for me at wich point I have to beginn to search? Does anyone know something about the SkyLight.framework?


Greetings


Specs:

  • macOS Catalina Version 10.15.4
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
  • 2,3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
  • 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
  • Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB

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Posted on May 13, 2020 7:12 AM

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Posted on May 24, 2020 4:39 AM

I haven't had another crash, either.


Summary for troubleshooting:


The error is due to virtual webcams. The CamTwist software left plug-ins in the system despite uninstalling it.

  • Path: /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL
    • CamTwist.plugin (CamTwist)
    • AkVirtualCamera.plugin (webcamoid)
    • EpocCamPlugIn.slot (EpocCam)


I have deleted the two files of Webcamiod and CamTwist and restarted the computer.

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