Finder locks up when there is network traffic

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Finder locks up when there is network traffic

Mac Mini Intel Core Dual 2007

OSX 10.4.8

Recently i had an issue where a Mac Mini 2007 (first Intel Mini) which worked perfectly for years didn't boot anymore.

I checked ran a check of the harddisk using Disk Utility and it turned out that both boot records, the main partition and the Recovery partition were corrupt.

I was able to boot from an external disk and save my data, so i was lucky.

I replaced the harddrive and tried to install OSX from the DVD only to find out that after appx 1 minute into the install the Finder would stop working. Spinning beachball.

Maybe this drive was also bad, so i replaced the drive again with yet another harddisk. Same situation.

So maybe something happened to the memory, maybe when a certain spot on the memory gets used the Finder stops. So i replaced the memory as well. Same situation.

What else can i swap out? Video is on board, so i decided to remove the Wifi card, just as a test. Then the installer runs correctly and the Mini works as expected. I was able to reinstall OSX and since i don't use Wifi, and assuming the Wifi adapter was at fault, i left the Wifi card out and reinstalled OSX.

That was in my lab. But when i moved the Mini to its place and hooked up the ethernet cable again i got the same symptom. After appx.1 minute Finder stops.

When i boot the Mini without the ethernet cable it boots ok. When i connect the ethernet cable i get the same symptom as when i had the Wifi adapter in the Mini, after 1 minute Finder stops.

The ethernet adapter is working because when i configure an IP address that is already on the network i get an error message. This can only happen if the adapter is able to listen on the cable.

I reset the PRAM, tried Safe boot all with the same result.

Any idea what might have happened here?

Thanks,

Ton.

Mac Mini Core Dual, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jun 5, 2014 3:31 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Jun 5, 2014 4:13 PM in response to Toontje

Open Console in Applications>Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this stoppage happens.

Click on the top line we want, Shift plus click on the bottom line we want, CMD+c to copy, then paste the text in a reply with CMD+v

A few dozen lines should be about right, hundreds or thousands won't likely be readable.

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Answer 2

Toontje Author

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Jun 6, 2014 8:50 AM in response to BDAqua

And how would i do that if networking doesn't work? Well, i guess i could paste it in a document, document on USB, USB in another PC and then paste. Ok, will do.

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Toontje Author

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Jun 6, 2014 9:29 AM in response to Toontje

windowserver.log

Jun 05 23:51:41 [54] Server is starting up

Jun 05 23:51:41 [54] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : boot screen

Jun 05 23:51:41 [54] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : no display alias property

Jun 05 23:51:41 [54] CGXPerformInitialDisplayConfiguration

Jun 05 23:51:41 [54] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; Vendor 0x1e6d Model 0x1 S/N 0; online enabled (0,0)[1920 x 1080], Rotation 0, base addr 0x2000000

Jun 05 23:51:41 [54] AGCAttach: Couldn't find any matches

Jun 05 23:51:42 [54] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; ColorProfile "LG TV"

Jun 05 23:51:44 [54] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, accelerator 0x00002f17, unit 0, caps 0x00000003, vram 64 MB

Jun 05 23:51:44 [54] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, texture units 8, texture max 2048, viewport max {2048, 2048} extensions 0x00000007

Jun 06 01:33:42 [54] Server is starting up

Jun 06 01:33:42 [54] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : boot screen

Jun 06 01:33:42 [54] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : no display alias property

Jun 06 01:33:42 [54] CGXPerformInitialDisplayConfiguration

Jun 06 01:33:42 [54] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; Vendor 0x1e6d Model 0x1 S/N 0; online enabled (0,0)[1920 x 1080], Rotation 0, base addr 0x2000000

Jun 06 01:33:43 [54] AGCAttach: Couldn't find any matches

Jun 06 01:33:43 [54] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; ColorProfile "LG TV"

Jun 06 01:33:45 [54] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, accelerator 0x00002f17, unit 0, caps 0x00000003, vram 64 MB

Jun 06 01:33:45 [54] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, texture units 8, texture max 2048, viewport max {2048, 2048} extensions 0x00000007

Jun 06 01:43:49 [54] kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGXPostNotificationInternal : Time out waiting for reply from "Finder" for notification type 102 (CID 0x5903, PID 79)

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] Server is starting up

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : boot screen

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : no display alias property

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] CGXPerformInitialDisplayConfiguration

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; Vendor 0x1e6d Model 0x1 S/N 0; online enabled (0,0)[1920 x 1080], Rotation 0, base addr 0x2000000

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] AGCAttach: Couldn't find any matches

Jun 06 17:54:58 [54] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; ColorProfile "LG TV"

Jun 06 17:55:00 [54] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, accelerator 0x00002f17, unit 0, caps 0x00000003, vram 64 MB

Jun 06 17:55:00 [54] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, texture units 8, texture max 2048, viewport max {2048, 2048} extensions 0x00000007

Jun 06 17:55:04 [54] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowListTags: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller UserNotificationCenter

Jun 06 18:00:39 [57] Server is starting up

Jun 06 18:00:39 [57] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : boot screen

Jun 06 18:00:39 [57] CGXMappedDisplayStart: Display0 : no display alias property

Jun 06 18:00:40 [57] CGXPerformInitialDisplayConfiguration

Jun 06 18:00:40 [57] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; Vendor 0x1e6d Model 0x1 S/N 0; online enabled (0,0)[1920 x 1080], Rotation 0, base addr 0x2000000

Jun 06 18:00:40 [57] AGCAttach: Couldn't find any matches

Jun 06 18:00:40 [57] Display 0x1b400040: MappedDisplay Unit 0; ColorProfile "LG TV"

Jun 06 18:00:42 [57] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, accelerator 0x00002f17, unit 0, caps 0x00000003, vram 64 MB

Jun 06 18:00:42 [57] GLCompositor: GL renderer id 0x01024000, GL mask 0x00000001, texture units 8, texture max 2048, viewport max {2048, 2048} extensions 0x00000007

Jun 06 18:00:50 [57] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXMoveWindowListToWorkspace: invalid window id: 13

Jun 06 18:01:37 [57] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetTrackingAreaOption : Invalid tracking area

Jun 06 18:01:58 [57] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetTrackingAreaOption : Invalid tracking area

Jun 06 18:02:07 [57] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetTrackingAreaOption : Invalid tracking area

Jun 06 18:02:08 [57] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetTrackingAreaOption : Invalid tracking area

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Toontje Author

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Jun 6, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Toontje

system.log

Jun 6 17:54:44 localhost DirectoryService[11]: Improper shutdown detected

Jun 6 17:54:40 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***

Jun 6 17:54:54 localhost mDNSResponder[17]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-212.1 (Jul 24 2009 22:34:14) starting

Jun 6 17:54:54 localhost configd[15]: BUG in libdispatch: 10A432 - 1656 - 0xa30f

Jun 6 17:54:54 Toontjes-Mac-mini configd[15]: setting hostname to "Toontjes-Mac-mini.local"

Jun 6 17:54:54 Toontjes-Mac-mini configd[15]: network configuration changed.

Jun 6 17:54:55 Toontjes-Mac-mini configd[15]: Sleep - Filtered Sleep Failure Report - Power Button Shutdown - Early Failure

Jun 6 17:54:57 Toontjes-Mac-mini bootlog[43]: BOOT_TIME: 1402070074 0

Jun 6 17:54:57 Toontjes-Mac-mini fseventsd[37]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (705 23 58876)

Jun 6 17:54:57 Toontjes-Mac-mini fseventsd[37]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 1F2A324C-CFF3-4B36-9120-FC3BBB6AEB7E

Jun 6 17:54:57 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.usbmuxd[27]: usbmuxd-167.1 built for iTunesEightTwo on Jul 9 2009 at 14:02:00, running 32 bit

Jun 6 17:54:57 Toontjes-Mac-mini blued[44]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started

Jun 6 17:54:57 Toontjes-Mac-mini /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[33]: Login Window Application Started

Jun 6 17:54:58 Toontjes-Mac-mini loginwindow[33]: Login Window Started Security Agent

Jun 6 17:54:59 Toontjes-Mac-mini loginwindow[33]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent

Jun 6 17:54:59 Toontjes-Mac-mini loginwindow[33]: USER_PROCESS: 33 console

Jun 6 17:54:59 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[72] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self

Jun 6 17:55:01 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[72] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[97]): Exited with exit code: 1

Jun 6 17:55:04 Toontjes-Mac-mini WindowServer[54]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

Jun 6 17:55:04 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.WindowServer[54]: Fri Jun 6 17:55:04 Toontjes-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[54] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

Jun 6 17:55:27 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[110]: /usr/libexec/ntpd-wrapper: scutil key State:/Network/Global/DNS not present after 30 seconds

Jun 6 17:55:27 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[113]: sntp options: a=2 v=1 e=0.100 E=5.000 P=2147483647.000

Jun 6 17:55:27 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[113]: d=15 c=5 x=0 op=1 l=/var/run/sntp.pid f= time.euro.apple.com

Jun 6 17:55:27 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[113]: sntp: getaddrinfo(hostname, ntp) failed with nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Jun 6 17:55:40 Toontjes-Mac-mini fseventsd[37]: could not open <</Volumes/Untitled 1/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)

Jun 6 17:55:43 Toontjes-Mac-mini fseventsd[37]: log dir: /Volumes/Untitled 1/.fseventsd getting new uuid: E88E6A82-E349-43AE-B890-4A1FBB044006

Jun 6 17:55:43 Toontjes-Mac-mini mds[32]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Untitled 1

Jun 6 17:55:47 Toontjes-Mac-mini mdworker[125]: (Error) SyncInfo: searchfs error (Result too large) -- falling back to fsw search /

Jun 6 17:56:36 Toontjes-Mac-mini configd[15]: network configuration changed.

Jun 6 18:00:20 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***

Jun 6 18:00:26 localhost DirectoryService[11]: Improper shutdown detected

Jun 6 18:00:35 localhost mDNSResponder[17]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-212.1 (Jul 24 2009 22:34:14) starting

Jun 6 18:00:36 localhost configd[14]: network configuration changed.

Jun 6 18:00:36 Toontjes-Mac-mini configd[14]: setting hostname to "Toontjes-Mac-mini.local"

Jun 6 18:00:37 Toontjes-Mac-mini configd[14]: Sleep - Filtered Sleep Failure Report - Power Button Shutdown - Early Failure

Jun 6 18:00:38 Toontjes-Mac-mini bootlog[46]: BOOT_TIME: 1402070413 0

Jun 6 18:00:38 Toontjes-Mac-mini fseventsd[40]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (257 25 341)

Jun 6 18:00:38 Toontjes-Mac-mini fseventsd[40]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: BA7A6CFF-FB56-4314-9D28-CE142454FF73

Jun 6 18:00:39 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.usbmuxd[30]: usbmuxd-167.1 built for iTunesEightTwo on Jul 9 2009 at 14:02:00, running 32 bit

Jun 6 18:00:39 Toontjes-Mac-mini blued[47]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started

Jun 6 18:00:39 Toontjes-Mac-mini /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[36]: Login Window Application Started

Jun 6 18:00:40 Toontjes-Mac-mini loginwindow[36]: Login Window Started Security Agent

Jun 6 18:00:41 Toontjes-Mac-mini loginwindow[36]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent

Jun 6 18:00:41 Toontjes-Mac-mini loginwindow[36]: USER_PROCESS: 36 console

Jun 6 18:00:41 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[74] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self

Jun 6 18:00:42 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[74] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[103]): Exited with exit code: 1

Jun 6 18:00:50 Toontjes-Mac-mini WindowServer[57]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

Jun 6 18:00:50 Toontjes-Mac-mini com.apple.WindowServer[57]: Fri Jun 6 18:00:50 Toontjes-Mac-mini.local WindowServer[57] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

Jun 6 18:01:09 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[115]: /usr/libexec/ntpd-wrapper: scutil key State:/Network/Global/DNS not present after 30 seconds

Jun 6 18:01:09 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[118]: sntp options: a=2 v=1 e=0.100 E=5.000 P=2147483647.000

Jun 6 18:01:09 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[118]: d=15 c=5 x=0 op=1 l=/var/run/sntp.pid f= time.euro.apple.com

Jun 6 18:01:09 Toontjes-Mac-mini _mdnsresponder[118]: sntp: getaddrinfo(hostname, ntp) failed with nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Jun 6 18:02:10 Toontjes-Mac-mini SecurityAgent[129]: com.apple.desktopservices|2014-06-06 18:02:10 +0200

Jun 6 18:04:59 Toontjes-Mac-mini SecurityAgent[129]: com.apple.desktopservices|2014-06-06 18:04:59 +0200

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Answer 5

BDAqua

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Jun 6, 2014 8:29 PM in response to Toontje

/Network/Global/DNS not present after 30 seconds

Do you maybe have IPv6 isabled?

could not open <</Volumes/Untitled 1/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)

We have a disk problem somewhere.

In Finder's Menu, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes". (no quotes)

Volumes is where an alias to your hard drive ("/" at boot) is placed at startup, and where all the "mount points" for auxiliary drives are created for you to access them. This folder is normally hidden from view.

Drives with an extra 1 on the end have a side-effect of mounting a drive with the same name as the system already think exists. Try trashing the duplicates with a 1 or 2 if there are no real files in them, and reboot.

If it does contain data...

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2474

Is Unitled a Network volume? If so disconnect it & try Internet.

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Toontje Author

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Jun 7, 2014 2:31 AM in response to BDAqua

Yes, i have IPV6 disabled. I'm not using it. Should i?

Untitled 1 is a USB drive i prepared and used to get the logs off the system so i could post them here.

More logs here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4272511/log.zip

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BDAqua

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Jun 7, 2014 11:48 AM in response to Toontje

I think IPv6 is now required in the EU, try enabling it.

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Jun 29, 2014 5:05 AM in response to BDAqua

I replaced the Apple wifi adapter with a broadcom one only to get the same result. Have been experimenting a lot and the only thing i can do to make the Mini work is to take out the Wifi card and not use the Ethernet port.

Without the wifi card i added the Console, Terminal and Activity Monitor to start at login to see messages when i boot the Mini, added the original wifi card back in and booted. Nothing useful shows up. I can switch windows, but the windows don't get focus (window shows completely, but window title stays grey instead of black) so i cannot interact with the applications. I was hoping to be able to use Terminal or Activity Monitor to kill Finder, but even that i cannot do.

Any ideas?

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