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MacPro random restart; MacHD errors

My '09 quad (2.66 Xeon W3520, 12GB RAM, nVidia GT120, 1x640GB HDD, 3x1TB HDD, OSX 10.6.8) has been chruning along just fine since September 2011, but in the last week I have had two seemingly random restarts, the second one being this morning. At first I thought it was just a brief power cut, but my other equipment stayed on, so that was not it.


I googled this problem and learned about the system log which read:



4/26/13 7:25:56 AMcom.apple.launchd[1]*** launchd[1] has started up. ***
4/26/13 7:26:15 AMcom.paceap.eden.licensed[54]licenseDaemon-FusionHybrid: launched with pid 54
4/26/13 7:26:20 AMcom.bjango.istatmenusdaemon[55]interface: en0
4/26/13 7:26:20 AMcom.apple.SystemStarter[29]PACESupport - launchd already started us
4/26/13 7:26:20 AMcom.apple.SystemStarter[29]Starting HP Trap Monitor
4/26/13 7:26:22 AMcom.apple.launchd.peruser.501[140](com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
4/26/13 7:26:22 AMcom.apple.launchd[1](com.apple.xprotectupdater[26]) Exited with exit code: 252
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]MenuCracker 2.2 (/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/extras/MenuCracker.menu)
See http://sourceforge.net/projects/menucracker
MenuCracker is now loaded. Ready to accept new menu extras.
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]failed to instantiate and get the principal class of bundle: NSBundle </Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/extras/MenuCracker.menu> (loaded)
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusTemps".
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusCPU".
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusMemory".
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusDisks".
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]iStat Menus loading extra - sensors
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]iStat Menus loading extra - cpu
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]iStat Menus loading extra - memory
4/26/13 7:26:24 AMSystemUIServer[145]iStat Menus loading extra - diskusage
4/26/13 7:26:25 AMiStatMenusAgent[171]Loading istat menus agent
4/26/13 7:26:25 AMiStatMenusAgent[171]iStat Menus Agent version 4.02 (410)
4/26/13 7:26:25 AMcom.apple.launchd.peruser.501[140](com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[167]) Exited with exit code: 1
4/26/13 7:26:26 AMcom.apple.launchd.peruser.501[140](com.apple.mrt.uiagent[166]) Exited with exit code: 255
4/26/13 7:26:32 AM[0x0-0xb00b].com.hp.HPEventHandler[177]objc[177]: Class BulkPMLOperationHelper is implemented in both /Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app/Contents/MacOS/HPEventHandler and /Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/ScanTasksManager.task/Contents/Plugins/ScanTasksDeviceInterface.plugin/ Contents/MacOS/ScanTasksDeviceInterface. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
4/26/13 7:26:38 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:38.914: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 7:26:40 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:40.918: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 7:26:42 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:42.008: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 7:26:42 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:42.012: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 7:26:42 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:42.012: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 7:26:42 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:42.224: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 7:26:42 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[145]2013-04-26 07:26:42.227: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:00:55 AMPages[393]contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/26/13 8:00:55 AMPages[393]contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/26/13 8:00:55 AMPages[393]contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/26/13 8:00:55 AMPages[393]contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/26/13 8:00:55 AMPages[393]contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/26/13 8:04:24 AMfirefox[439]invalid drawable
4/26/13 8:04:48 AMDashboardClient[446]com.apple.widget.dictionary: com.apple.dictionary.NOAD
4/26/13 8:04:48 AMcom.apple.Dock.agent[144]2013-04-26 08:04:48.268 DashboardClient[446:a03] com.apple.widget.dictionary: com.apple.dictionary.NOAD
4/26/13 8:19:18 AMcom.apple.launchd[1]*** launchd[1] has started up. ***
4/26/13 8:19:37 AMcom.paceap.eden.licensed[50]licenseDaemon-FusionHybrid: launched with pid 50
4/26/13 8:19:43 AMcom.bjango.istatmenusdaemon[51]interface: en0
4/26/13 8:19:43 AMcom.apple.SystemStarter[25]PACESupport - launchd already started us
4/26/13 8:19:43 AMcom.apple.SystemStarter[25]Starting HP Trap Monitor
4/26/13 8:19:46 AMcom.apple.launchd[1](com.apple.xprotectupdater[22]) Exited with exit code: 252
4/26/13 8:19:49 AMcom.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141](com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
4/26/13 8:19:56 AMiStatMenusAgent[165]Loading istat menus agent
4/26/13 8:19:57 AMiStatMenusAgent[165]iStat Menus Agent version 4.02 (410)
4/26/13 8:19:58 AMcom.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141](com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[161]) Exited with exit code: 1
4/26/13 8:19:59 AMcom.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141](com.apple.mrt.uiagent[160]) Exited with exit code: 255
4/26/13 8:20:05 AMSystemUIServer[146]MenuCracker 2.2 (/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/extras/MenuCracker.menu)
See http://sourceforge.net/projects/menucracker
MenuCracker is now loaded. Ready to accept new menu extras.
4/26/13 8:20:05 AMSystemUIServer[146]failed to instantiate and get the principal class of bundle: NSBundle </Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/extras/MenuCracker.menu> (loaded)
4/26/13 8:20:07 AMSystemUIServer[146]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusTemps".
4/26/13 8:20:08 AMSystemUIServer[146]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusCPU".
4/26/13 8:20:09 AMSystemUIServer[146]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusMemory".
4/26/13 8:20:09 AMSystemUIServer[146]MenuCracker: Allowing "iStatMenusDisks".
4/26/13 8:20:11 AMSystemUIServer[146]iStat Menus loading extra - sensors
4/26/13 8:20:11 AMSystemUIServer[146]iStat Menus loading extra - cpu
4/26/13 8:20:12 AM[0x0-0x9009].com.hp.HPEventHandler[172]objc[172]: Class BulkPMLOperationHelper is implemented in both /Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app/Contents/MacOS/HPEventHandler and /Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/HPPU Plugins/ScanTasksManager.task/Contents/Plugins/ScanTasksDeviceInterface.plugin/ Contents/MacOS/ScanTasksDeviceInterface. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
4/26/13 8:20:12 AMSystemUIServer[146]iStat Menus loading extra - memory
4/26/13 8:20:13 AMSystemUIServer[146]iStat Menus loading extra - diskusage
4/26/13 8:20:21 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:21.060: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:21 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:21.704: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:21 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:21.709: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:21 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:21.710: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:22 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:22.101: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:22 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:22.104: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:23 AMcom.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[146]2013-04-26 08:20:23.732: DISABLED FORCED STAT UPDATE
4/26/13 8:20:36 AMfirefox[363]invalid drawable
4/26/13 8:25:44 AMcom.apple.WindowServer[90]Fri Apr 26 08:25:44 new-host-2.home WindowServer[90] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
4/26/13 8:26:29 AM[0x0-0x13013].org.mozilla.firefox[363]NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down





4/26/13 9:05:46 AM[0x0-0x13013].org.mozilla.firefox[363]NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
4/26/13 9:12:48 AMcom.apple.launchd[1](0x100500590.mach_init.mdworker32[666]) The following job tried to hijack the service "DummyApp0" from this job: 0x100601b10.mach_init.mdworker32




I then backed up MacHD and ran disk utilities, which reported the following errors:



Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”

Performing live verification.

Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.

Checking extents overflow file.

Checking catalog file.

Checking multi-linked files.

Checking catalog hierarchy.

Checking extended attributes file.

Checking volume bitmap.

Checking volume information.

Invalid volume file count

(It should be 608170 instead of 608178)

Invalid volume directory count

(It should be 175332 instead of 175324)

The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.

Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.



Do I have an imminent disk failure on hand? If not, then what could it be?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), '09/2.66GHz quad/12GB RAM

Posted on Apr 26, 2013 11:08 AM

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
User level: Level 10
127,177 points

Apr 26, 2013 11:24 AM in response to zephonic

You appear to have ordinary Directory corruption, usually a software or concurrency problem that occurs "just because".


But you do need to follow the directions in the last few lines and repair it.


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As far as I can tell, the system log entires only point out that you sure have loaded up your Mac with a lot of crap. That tends to make it unstable. Could cause Directory corruption as well.

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User profile for user: The hatter
The hatter
User level: Level 9
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Apr 26, 2013 11:23 AM in response to zephonic

Any freeze means changes to the directory were likely lost.


A Safe Boot immediately after may catch those from the journal entries.


Clone you system once in a while, then leave it alone. Bootable backups.


Mountain Lion Recovery Mode is helpful too.


A bad sector, or even a weak sector, can through things off. Unlikely in this case for now.


Invest in a UPS unless you NEVER EVER have a blip in power - dips during summer never happen?

A good investment even if you never do. And to protect your modem as well.


I would want backup from before the crash, not after. TimeMachine AND Carbon Copy Cloner backup sets.


I never bother with verify, instead boot from 10.6.8 drive partition just for system maintenance.

Don't have one? A quick install and update, a 80GB partition is easy to find and make somewhere too, and use that. Make another large enough for your system x2.


Isolate the system from your data, never store media and data, even your Documents, Music, Photos and such, on t he boot drive. Link to a 2nd drive keeps it safer.



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User profile for user: zephonic
zephonic Author
User level: Level 1
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Apr 26, 2013 11:44 AM in response to zephonic

Incidentally, for some reason this machine can't be put to sleep. When you click 'sleep, it will momentarily go to sleep and then wake up again within a second.


It has never been an issue as it is my work machine and I want it always on when I'm working and I shut it down when I'm not.


But I would like to know why it does that and how it can be resolved.

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MacPro random restart; MacHD errors

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