WindowServer crash and freeze

Alan, thanks for the tip. I tried installing the 10.6.8 combo update as you suggested, and it was working well for about a week and a half, but then I got two more of these same WindowServer crashes yesterday and today. *sigh*

Yep, same happened with me! All was working well for a week or so and then I had the same thing happen the other day. I think a trip the Apple store is required. All very frustrating though as it's not something we can simply make happen. At least there's the crash logs that the Genius Bar guys can look at and hopefully conclude that there's an issue with the hardware.

Hi all,

I'm on Lion (10.7.4) and am having the same issues. Has this been resolved?

Much appreciated,

Eric

I ended up taking my 2012 MBP to the Apple Store and they replaced the logic board. This was only a few days ago. So far no crashes but as previously mentioned, it was so random that it did crash that I'll wait a few weeks before saying that the new logic board has resolved the issue.

Hey Alan,

Yes, I do think it's a graphics card issue. However, I sincerely hope that I won't have to take my new Macbook Pro in for a repair - I live in Darwin, Australia and there is no Apple Store within about 2000 km's. Only 'certified' repairers and I've had my fair share of dodgy experiences with them ...

Best wishes,

Eric

15-inch Mid 2010 MBP on Lion 10.7.4. Replaced logic board. Connections to external displays still cause random display corruptions and Screen Saver crashes as well as Windows Manager crashes. Going back to a 'Login' screen also does not help much, but does help a bit.

Most of my crashes have been in com.apple.GeForceGLDriver, for example,

This is very consistent and occurs every few days to sooner. Going back to the Apple store and asking for the replacement did not address the issue in my specific case. Loathe to go back to the store unless it becomes more frequent.

My last reboot was 13 days ago, almost ready for one in a day or two.

Could it have to do with any apps/tools running in the background?

I've got the following in my Login Items list:

TextExpander

BackTrackBA

TotalFinder

Moom

Jumpcut

PresButan

Quicksilver

Default Folder X

xGestures

MicrosoftMouseHelper (installed by xGestures)

gfxCardStatus (only because of this issue so the problem existed before installing this tool)

Apart from that, I've got the following installed:

Microsoft Intellipoint (Driver for Intellimouse Optical)

1Password

KeyRemap4MacBook

Trickster

Here's a list of 'My Processes':

Anyone have any of these apps running that they think may be causing any trouble?

Cheers,

Fazza

It happened again when I hit the 'Save As' command in Word 2008. This is extremely frustrating as I am working on a journal article and the random logout does not allow Word to do an autosave on crash and thus an auto recovery.

I am now running in Safe Mode to get some actual work done. Please Apple, look into this. I have paid $3700 for this machine and I cannot use it for my work!!!

Given your situation, Eric, my suggestion is to contact Apple support and ask them to see if they will provide a replacement laptop via mail when you send in your machine for repairs. Since most of the Australian stores are on the southern coasts, Apple may do that. In my case, Apple Geniuses kept the laptop for a week to order a replacement logic board and run tests prior and post-replacement to make sure there was nothing else wrong.

I luckily have an older Early 2008 MBP that I use as a backup machine.

One thing that puzzles me is what machine model you have.

My Mid-2010 MBP is considered one with issues, but Alan's post mentions a 2012 MBP, which should not be part of this issue. 😮 Is your machine more recent than 2010? 😕

I have most of the applications you mention. I also run Office 2011 for Mac, not Office 2008 as you mention.

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PS: May I also suggest that you try OpenOffice, even though I suspect your crashes are unlikely to disappear.

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I am already in conversation with Apple support. Their current suggestion is to run in Safe Mode and see if the problem happens there too. However, I simply need so many tools to work efficiently. I can see a long process with re-installs etc. coming. I hate this BS. All I need is someone who can read console logs. I'm 99% certain that the anser is in there.

Anyway, I've got the newest Retina Macbook Pro, 2.6 GHz, 16GB RAM, 768GB SSD. All software, firmware and OS are on the latest versions as far as i am aware.

And yes, I've got a 2009 MBP as a backup, however, creating images with SuperDuper and then running off that costs a lot of time.

I'm just baffled by the non-response from Apple. There are numerous threads on this topic and the only commonality is that it has something to do with either the graphics card, driver, automatic switching or video in general.

You have the latest machine, and such problems point to NVidia Graphics. I use gfxCardStatus v2.2.1. Can you get the machine out of safe mode and make the graphics 'Integrated Only' and monitor the stability of the system. Apple's love for NVidia is very strange, knowing that it has caused them much grief. I personally prefer AMD Radeons, but 'grass is always greener on the other side'. 😉

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Hay, ive being having the same probelem and have you had a moniter hooked up to it, because since i got my moniter connected, it started with this issue and i think alot of other people have found the same problem.

Despite everything I've been saying above, the Apple support actually did figure out the problem. It was one of the third party applications that was running in the background.

The support crew asked me to temporarily remove/rename the launchagents and launchdemons folders in the various ../libraries/ folders (don't ask me if that was under Macintosh HD, System or User, it's over half a year now since I did this). So if anyone is having the same problem, try renaming these folders one by one. Once you've identified in which folder the offending third party application sits, delete each demon/agent one by one.

If I remember correctly, for me it was a ******* called KeyRemap4MacBook. Could be because I used an older version, though ...

Good luck!

Fazza