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System Hang at Start-up

Hi,
I am experiencing a problem with my intel imac and in desperate need of help !

My computer stopped responding on Friday night where the cursor would still move about, but every other aspect would not work.
I since restarted and now every time I start-up it hangs once finder appears, sometimes with BBOD other times with just the cursor - I cannot force-quit or select anything, but the mouse does respond.
It boots into safe mode ok - and I have 3 different logins which all do the same thing when I change the startup account to any of those, so it doesn't seem to be affecting just the one user account.

The only thing I had done that day was installed the security fix via software update that morning, but worked fine all day.

Any help hugely appreciated!

Paul

iMac Intel (Early 2006), Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 14, 2006 5:07 PM

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May 14, 2006 5:38 PM in response to Alexander Barrentine

I tried trashing all my startup items but no luck - here is my console log if someone could please be kind enough to troubleshoot it for me:
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: vm pagebootstrap: 510998 free pages
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: mig table_maxdispl = 71
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20051117 [debug level=0 layer=0]
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: using 5235 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 0:23
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: C1637917-EA27-4CD9-AB59-57629507BD72
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 PCI now active, GUID 001451fffeb76b2a; max speed s400.
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive" has no kernel dependency.
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/Appl eAHCIPort@2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockS torageDriver/WDC WD2500JS-40NGB2 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
May 15 10:33:53 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 1
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 7054848 to: 4591104 (joffset 0xa701000)
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe: -x
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start before command
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start Idle Timer Stopped
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 1 orphaned unlinked files
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
May 15 10:33:54 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 10:33:51 localhost memberd[47]: memberd starting up
May 15 10:33:51 localhost mDNSResponder-108 (Dec 25 2005 11: 57:53)[40]: starting
May 15 10:33:53 localhost lookupd[53]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Mon May 15 10:33:53 2006
May 15 10:33:54 localhost configd[44]: com.apple.SystemConfiguration.DynamicPowerStep load failed
May 15 10:33:56 localhost diskarbitrationd[46]: disk0s2 hfs E2DDD4C8-1B25-36DC-A8ED-D572E8A9A365 Macintosh HD /
May 15 10:33:57 localhost kernel[0]: yukonosx: Ethernet address 00:16:cb:84:8f:53
May 15 10:33:57 localhost launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[53]: exited abnormally: Hangup
May 15 10:33:57 localhost DirectoryService[55]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.2)
May 15 10:33:58 localhost lookupd[66]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Mon May 15 10:33:58 2006
May 15 10:33:58 localhost configd[44]: WirelessAirPortDeviceNameCopy(): no AirPort driver found
May 15 10:33:58 Mahon-Band configd[44]: setting hostname to "Mahon-Band.local"
May 15 10:33:59 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: AppleYukon - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled
May 15 10:33:59 Mahon-Band configd[44]: AppleTalk startup
May 15 10:34:00 Mahon-Band diskarbitrationd[46]: disk0s3 ntfs 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Untitled /Volumes/Untitled
May 15 10:34:01 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported
May 15 10:34:02 Mahon-Band configd[44]: WirelessAirPortDeviceNameCopy(): no AirPort driver found
May 15 10:34:02 Mahon-Band configd[44]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
May 15 10:34:02 Mahon-Band configd[44]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
May 15 10:34:02 Mahon-Band configd[44]: setting hostname to "Mahon-Band.comscentre.com"
May 15 10:34:02 Mahon-Band lookupd[73]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Mon May 15 10:34:02 2006
May 15 10:34:03 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: ATY,Wormy: vram [80000000:08000000]
May 15 10:34:03 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: ATY,Wormy: vram [80000000:08000000]
May 15 10:34:05 Mahon-Band mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
May 15 10:34:06 Mahon-Band configd[44]: AppleTalk startup complete
May 15 10:34:06 Mahon-Band /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
May 15 10:34:07 Mahon-Band configd[44]: target=enable-network: disabled
May 15 10:34:09 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4
May 15 10:34:09 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4
May 15 10:34:09 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][handleStart][00-0a-95-10-63-53] Done.
May 15 10:34:12 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4
May 15 10:34:12 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHIDDriver][init] IOBluetoothHIDDriver 1.1.4
May 15 10:34:12 Mahon-Band kernel[0]: [IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver][handleStart][00-0a-95-42-06-bd] Done.
May 15 10:34:12 Mahon-Band configd[44]: WirelessAirPortDeviceNameCopy(): no AirPort driver found
May 15 10:34:12 Mahon-Band loginwindow[114]: Login Window Started Security Agent
May 15 10:34:20 Mahon-Band configd[44]: WirelessAirPortDeviceNameCopy(): no AirPort driver found
May 15 10:34:22 Mahon-Band /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer: (-3230) Cannot use ATS Persistent Store - switching to old FODB cache code

May 15, 2006 3:06 AM in response to macsurgeon

I'm encountering a similar problem... except that I can't even reach the desktop, I just stay stuck at the "start-up" window.
this also happened after I installed the security update on Friday...
I did not restard my computer right away, but I noticed that all my address book contacts, my mail and safari data had vanished (and were nowhere to be found on my computer) so then I restarted my computer, and I've been unable to get back to my desktop ever since...
I'm currently using a backup disk but all the data seems to be gone from my pb's hard drive... I'm not sure this problem is also linked to the update, but if anyone has a solution, please help!

Thanks!

May 15, 2006 3:39 AM in response to Paul Troon

Morning,

I did the update this morning and my system is down in the same manner as you. Wonder if there's a way of rolling back to before the update and how long before Apple get a fix?

I did the normal stuff "boot in safe mode, run disc repair" but still not working and I need my Mac urgently. HELP

Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

May 15, 2006 8:13 AM in response to Paul Troon

Found the fix:

New! Re: Security Update
Posted: May 14, 2006 4:31 AM in response to: Mrpax Reply Email


I restarted in safe mode by holding down the shift key and then removed Adobe Version Cue from the startup items folder as this is a widely reported error. All working fine now and Apple should really post this information.

Worked for me only I uninstalled Version Cue as mine wasn't in the startup items.


Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

System Hang at Start-up

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