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Q: MacBookPro5,1 + Install Mac 10.9.3 = restart loop (safe boot only)

Tried installing 10.9.3 from 10.6.8 on my MacBookPro5,1 on 2014/06/03; it goes into a startup loop since then and only starts in Safe mode. I am thankful that Mavericks' Safe mode allows internet browsing; but I have searched in vain so far for a solution.

 

Things I have tried with no succes so far:

  • Reinstall 10.9.3
  • Reset power manager/SMC
  • Zap NVRAM
  • Puzzled over error logs
  • Logged into recovery mode, repaired disk and permissions
  • Made bootable installer on external drive
  • Install (clean?) 10.9.3 on 900GB partition of external drive, will only start in safe mode from that installation
  • Run Apple Hardware Test from original install disk 2, got an error
  • Confirmed that AHT error (battery thermal sensor?) was from replacement battery by running test with original battery. Tried but failed to startup with original battery. Internet sources indicate error no real problem.
  • Replaced  8GB memory upgrade (from OWC) with original 4GB stock memory, still only starts in safe mode

 

Before initially installing Mavericks from Snow Leopard, I:

  • Made a Time Machine backup on an external drive
  • Verified disk with Disk Utility
  • Repaired permissions with DU
  • Ran TechTool Pro 6 - Did not run detailed sector check, passed all other tests including SMART, video, RAM, etc.
  • Backed up projects, archives, and such on external hard drive, now wish I had done the disk clone option too.

 

I am hopeful for a solution to stay with Mavericks rather than rewind back to Snow Leopard...

 

Currently running off the clean(?) install on the external hard drive, here is the error message to Apple:

 

Thu Jun 12 21:27:24 2014

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80022dbf5e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f83b84c8b, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000010, CR3: 0x00000000277d3000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660

RAX: 0xc14b5fdeedbc0000, RBX: 0xffffff8066d83000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff8094d339c8

RSP: 0xffffff8094d33b00, RBP: 0xffffff8094d33b00, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0x0000000000000000

R8:  0x0000000000000000, R9:  0xffffff8002801910, R10: 0x00000000000003ff, R11: 0xffffffffffffffff

R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff8066d83000, R14: 0x00000000e00002bc, R15: 0x0000000000000002

RFL: 0x0000000000010293, RIP: 0xffffff7f83b84c8b, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000010, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1

 

 

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8094d33790 : 0xffffff8002222fa9

0xffffff8094d33810 : 0xffffff80022dbf5e

0xffffff8094d339e0 : 0xffffff80022f3456

0xffffff8094d33a00 : 0xffffff7f83b84c8b

0xffffff8094d33b00 : 0xffffff7f83b6f2b0

0xffffff8094d33b50 : 0xffffff7f83b6f1fe

0xffffff8094d33b70 : 0xffffff7f83b4b2df

0xffffff8094d33bb0 : 0xffffff7f82ba02f8

0xffffff8094d33bf0 : 0xffffff7f82ba026e

0xffffff8094d33c10 : 0xffffff7f82ba447f

0xffffff8094d33ca0 : 0xffffff7f82b9c675

0xffffff8094d33ce0 : 0xffffff7f82be92c8

0xffffff8094d33d30 : 0xffffff8002697993

0xffffff8094d33d90 : 0xffffff80026ccf05

0xffffff8094d33e00 : 0xffffff80022b61ab

0xffffff8094d33e50 : 0xffffff8002226bf1

0xffffff8094d33e80 : 0xffffff80022139f5

0xffffff8094d33ef0 : 0xffffff800221e043

0xffffff8094d33f70 : 0xffffff80022c989d

0xffffff8094d33fb0 : 0xffffff80022f3c76

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0 xffffff7f82b93000->0xffffff7f82bcafff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f828be000

         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[6EB3FF52-A4F6-3496-AE9C-D89B00F DE504]@0xffffff7f82be6000->0xffffff7f82e4efff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f828be000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[B93BBFC9-9ED5-3DDD-8CED-5EDA081BB997]@0xff ffff7f82bd6000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0 xffffff7f82b93000

         com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[24ED915E-02F3-3A31-8502-6AA41FFCA420]@0xffffff7f8 3b48000->0xffffff7f83c12fff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[244D4E48-78E6-3369-8D76-285C66EF9BF4]@0xffffff 7f828be000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[B93BBFC9-9ED5-3DDD-8CED-5EDA081BB997]@0xff ffff7f82bd6000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[B889D3AB-CCC0-3FCD-A83E-D2E3E4CB537B]@0 xffffff7f82b93000

            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[6EB3FF52-A4F6-3496-AE9C-D89B00F DE504]@0xffffff7f82be6000

 

 

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Boot args: -v

 

 

Mac OS version:

13D65

 

 

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: ADD73AE6-88B0-32FB-A8BB-4F7C8BE4092E

Kernel slide:     0x0000000002000000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8002200000

System model name: MacBookPro5,1 (Mac-F42D86C8)

 

 

System uptime in nanoseconds: 71996876916

last loaded kext at 71995371686: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f8415c000, size 36864)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.6.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2

com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.15

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.6.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.4f1

com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.2.1b5

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.6.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1

com.apple.GeForceTesla          8.2.4

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU          4.2.4f1

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.4f1

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.5.26

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOpticalMouse          650.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.4d1

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0

com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup          8.2.6

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.4d1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          240.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver          240.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          240.2

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          325.7

com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache          35

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.6

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          666.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          5.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          3.0.0

com.apple.nvenet          2.0.21

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          660.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          656.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          217.92.1

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153

com.apple.security.quarantine          3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          217.92.1

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.5.26

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.6.1f2

com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.7fc2

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7

com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.4f1

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla          8.2.4

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.4f1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.5.26

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.6.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.6.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla          8.2.4

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.7.0d11

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          240.9

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          660.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.6.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.6.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          656.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          630.35

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          660.4.2

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.5

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          677.4.0

com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox          278.11

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2

com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          23

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

com.apple.kec.pthread          1

Model: MacBookPro5,1, BootROM MBP51.007E.B06, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.33f8

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)

Bluetooth: Version 4.2.4f1 13674, 3 services, 23 devices, 0 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02, 320.07 GB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868

USB Device: My Book 1140

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Built-in iSight

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

USB Device: IR Receiver

USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard

USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse

USB Device: Apple Pro Keyboard

Thunderbolt Bus:

 

 

 

 

Here is the EtraCheck report while running in safe mode, external hard drive:


EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 12, 2014 at 9:32:25 PM PDT

 

Hardware Information:

          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)

          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,1

          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores

          4 GB RAM

 

Video Information:

          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

          NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB

 

System Software:

          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:7:3

 

Disk Information:

          Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)

                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB

                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /Volumes/Macintosh HD: 319.21 GB (99.26 GB free)

                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

 

          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868 

 

USB Information:

          Western Digital My Book 1140 3 TB

                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 314.6 MB

                    Big Mavs (disk1s2) / [Startup]: 949.48 GB (931.14 GB free)

                    Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

                    Install OS X Mavericks (disk1s4) /Volumes/Install OS X Mavericks: 49.87 GB (44.35 GB free)

                    Big Mavs Deep (disk1s5) /Volumes/Big Mavs Deep: 2 TB (1.99 TB free)

          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

          Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

          Mitsumi Electric Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard

                    Logitech Apple Optical USB Mouse

                    Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard

 

Gatekeeper:

          Mac App Store and identified developers

 

Problem System Launch Daemons:

          [failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist

 

Launch Daemons:

          [not loaded] amsdstat.plist Support

 

User Login Items:

          iTunesHelper

 

Internet Plug-ins:

          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

 

Audio Plug-ins:

          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9

          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9

          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9

          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9

 

iTunes Plug-ins:

          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9

 

3rd Party Preference Panes:

          None

 

Time Machine:

          Time Machine not configured!

 

Top Processes by CPU:

               1%          WindowServer

               0%          fontd

               0%          ocspd

               0%          kextd

               0%          imagent

 

Top Processes by Memory:

          127 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent

          78 MB          Finder

          57 MB          Problem Reporter

          53 MB          SystemUIServer

          53 MB          com.apple.internetaccounts

 

Virtual Memory Information:

          1.70 GB          Free RAM

          1.40 GB          Active RAM

          301 MB          Inactive RAM

          358 MB          Wired RAM

          143 MB          Page-ins

          0 B          Page-outs

 

Things I noticed in the two reports:

 

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

The backtrace looks the same (on cursory examination) whether the error log was generated by the clean external HD install or the internal notebook HD.

 

Problem System Launch Daemons:

  [failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist

This EtraCheck note was also on both the clean external HD install and the internal notebook HD reports.

 

Whew...

 

Thanks for your patience with this long winded posting, any help is greatly appreciated!

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

Posted on Jun 12, 2014 11:52 PM

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Q: MacBookPro5,1 + Install Mac 10.9.3 = restart loop (safe boot only)

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  • by Barney-15E,Helpful

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 13, 2014 5:21 AM in response to flowmore
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 13, 2014 5:21 AM in response to flowmore

    Based on all the things you've done and your panic log, you have a hardware fault.

    Have you tried starting without the MyBook attached? Anything else connected that I missed?

     

    If you get the same without the peripherals attached, my guess would be a GPU fault based on the backtrace, but an Apple Store or Service Center would be the place to determine that.

  • by flowmore,

    flowmore flowmore Jun 13, 2014 3:45 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Jun 13, 2014 3:45 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Only an Apple "wind tunnel" keyboard/mouse. I thought I could troubleshoot a clean install on the external drive easier than from the internal hard drive. I will include error code and EtraCheck report from the internal drive in a some hours after I finish downloading another Install Mavericks app.

     

    The first two I downloaded differed in size by a few bits, I wonder if a corrupted download is my problem.

     

    Didn't think it was my GPU, the 5,1 model didn't have the graphics problems a slightly later model did.

     

    Thanks for your reply!

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 13, 2014 3:57 PM in response to flowmore
    Level 9 (50,827 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jun 13, 2014 3:57 PM in response to flowmore

    From you panic log, you have no third-party extensions installed.

     

    However, it looks like you have some Launch Daemon installed (didn't load in safe mode): amsdstat.plist

    I don't know what that is, but it should be in your /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder. Move it out and  try restarting.

  • by Barney-15E,Helpful

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 13, 2014 4:12 PM in response to flowmore
    Level 9 (50,827 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jun 13, 2014 4:12 PM in response to flowmore

    As for the ucupdate, I'm not sure what that does. It apparently loads something that translates machine instructions. Since it has failed, maybe there is something to that.

     

    Can you check for two things:

    /usr/libexec/ucupdate

    /usr/share/ucupdate/microcode.dat

     

    Also, open up Console and search All Messages for ucupdate and see if there are any errors there.

  • by flowmore,

    flowmore flowmore Jun 13, 2014 5:08 PM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 13, 2014 5:08 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Good thought Barney!

     

    Here is what search for ucupdate in all console messages shows:

     

    6/12/14 9:27:25.058 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ucupdate.plist[24]) Exited with code: 1

    6/12/14 9:43:08.598 PM sandboxd[393]: ([390]) TextEdit(390) deny file-write-data /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ucupdate.plist

     

    And the Full Report reads:

     

    TextEdit(390) deny file-write-data /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ucupdate.plist

     

     

    Process:         TextEdit [390]

    Path:            /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

    Load Address:    0x1059e3000

    Identifier:      com.apple.TextEdit

    Version:         310 (1.9)

    Build Info:      1-TextEdit~310000000000000

    Code Type:       x86_64 (Native)

    Parent Process:  launchd [182]

     

     

    Date/Time:       2014-06-12 21:43:07.929 -0700

    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)

    Report Version:  8

     

     

    Thread 0:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3aa1a mach_msg_trap + 10

    1   CoreFoundation                          0x00000001061a8fc5 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 181

    2   CoreFoundation                          0x00000001061a85e9 __CFRunLoopRun + 1161

    3   CoreFoundation                          0x00000001061a7f25 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309

    4   HIToolbox                               0x0000000108a58a0d RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226

    5   HIToolbox                               0x0000000108a587b7 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 479

    6   HIToolbox                               0x0000000108a585bc _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 65

    7   AppKit                                  0x00000001064b426e _DPSNextEvent + 1434

    8   AppKit                                  0x00000001064b38bb -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 122

    9   AppKit                                  0x00000001064a79bc -[NSApplication run] + 553

    10  AppKit                                  0x00000001064927a3 NSApplicationMain + 940

    11  libdyld.dylib                           0x000000010ada25fd start + 1

     

     

    Thread 1:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3e4a2 __mac_syscall + 10

    1   AppKit                                  0x000000010678bd76 -[NSDocument _autosavingPossibilityConcern] + 211

    2   AppKit                                  0x000000010678bc4d -[NSDocument _checkAutosavingPossibilityAndReturnError:] + 64

    3   AppKit                                  0x000000010678bbff -[NSDocument checkAutosavingPossibilityAndReturnError:] + 17

    4   AppKit                                  0x000000010678bb19 -[NSDocument _checkAutosavingAndReturnError:] + 26

    5   AppKit                                  0x000000010678bad0 -[NSDocument _checkAutosavingAndUpdateLockedState] + 26

    6   AppKit                                  0x000000010691bf45 -[NSDocument _initForURL:withContentsOfURL:ofType:error:] + 422

    7   AppKit                                  0x000000010691c0ab -[NSDocument initForURL:withContentsOfURL:ofType:error:] + 339

    8   AppKit                                  0x000000010696564f -[NSDocumentController makeDocumentForURL:withContentsOfURL:ofType:error:] + 346

    9   AppKit                                  0x0000000106964bd0 __89-[NSDocumentController reopenDocumentForURL:withContentsOfURL:display:completionHandler:]_block_invoke _6 + 55

    10  libdispatch.dylib                       0x000000010ad6f1bb _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12

    11  libdispatch.dylib                       0x000000010ad6c28d _dispatch_client_callout + 8

    12  libdispatch.dylib                       0x000000010ad6e082 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326

    13  libdispatch.dylib                       0x000000010ad6f177 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40

    14  libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x000000010b052ef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314

    15  libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x000000010b055fb9 start_wqthread + 13

     

     

    Thread 2:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3f662 kevent64 + 10

    1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x000000010ad6e136 _dispatch_mgr_init + 0

     

     

    Thread 3:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3ee6a __workq_kernreturn + 10

    1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x000000010b055fb9 start_wqthread + 13

     

     

    Thread 4:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3ee6a __workq_kernreturn + 10

    1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x000000010b055fb9 start_wqthread + 13

     

     

    Thread 5:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3ee6a __workq_kernreturn + 10

    1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x000000010b055fb9 start_wqthread + 13

     

     

    Thread 6:

    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x000000010af3ee6a __workq_kernreturn + 10

    1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x000000010b055fb9 start_wqthread + 13

     

     

    Binary Images:

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           0x106490000 -        0x107006ff7  com.apple.AppKit (6.9 - 1265.20) <d2a7af23-0fea-3d7d-9cf5-b4e262224577> /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit

           0x108a2a000 -        0x108cd4ff5  com.apple.HIToolbox (2.1.1) <a388e773-ae7b-3fd1-8662-a98e6e24ea16> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.fra mework/Versions/A/HIToolbox

           0x10ad6b000 -        0x10ad85fff  libdispatch.dylib (339.92.1) <c4e4a18d-3c3b-3c9c-8709-a4270d998de7> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib

           0x10ad9f000 -        0x10ada2ff7  libdyld.dylib (239.4) <7c9ec3b7-dde3-33ff-953f-4067c743951d> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib

           0x10af29000 -        0x10af45ff7  libsystem_kernel.dylib (2422.100.13) <498aebd7-4194-3cf2-aa16-d5d03ffbd8c0> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib

           0x10b050000 -        0x10b057ff7  libsystem_pthread.dylib (53.1.4) <ab498556-b555-310e-9041-f67ec9e00e2c> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib

     

    ------------ End report above  ----------------------

     

    I wonder if com.apple.ucupdate.plist is locked?

     

    Thanks for this suggestion, gives me more info to look up.

     

    I can tell this 5,1 really wants to run Mavericks, even running in Mavericks Safe Mode is giving longer battery life already...

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 13, 2014 8:27 PM in response to flowmore
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 13, 2014 8:27 PM in response to flowmore

    That's an interesting log. I don't know why TextEdit would be trying to open and write to that plist.

  • by flowmore,

    flowmore flowmore Jun 14, 2014 5:44 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Jun 14, 2014 5:44 PM in response to Barney-15E

    It might have been me trying to open the file to examine it...

     

    Still no solutions for me.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 14, 2014 7:20 PM in response to flowmore
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 14, 2014 7:20 PM in response to flowmore

    Did TextEdit crash when you tried to open it?

    It may be that the plist is corrupted and that is why it doesn't load correctly.

  • by flowmore,

    flowmore flowmore Jun 14, 2014 8:02 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Jun 14, 2014 8:02 PM in response to Barney-15E

    In the interim, I've installed TextWrangler and com.apple.ucupdate.plist had the TextWrangler icon associated with it and openned normally.

     

    Console search show this:

     

    6/13/14 11:56:50.441 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ucupdate.plist[33]) Exited with code: 1

    6/13/14 11:59:21.862 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.ucupdate.plist[33]) Exited with code: 1

     

    Wonder what the code: 1 is?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 14, 2014 8:26 PM in response to flowmore
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 14, 2014 8:26 PM in response to flowmore

    In unix, anything other than 0 usually indicates failure. However, that is not an absolute.

     

    I don't know if we're even looking in the right place, though.

  • by flowmore,

    flowmore flowmore Jun 20, 2014 12:15 PM in response to flowmore
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    Jun 20, 2014 12:15 PM in response to flowmore

    I was going to toss in the towel and rewind to 10.6.8, however, my MacBookPro5,1 will not boot from a retail 10.6 DVD nor the 10.5.5 DVD that came with the laptop originally. They both gave the frozen screen multilingual "Turn off your machine with the power key" message. No fair!

     

    Even tried using Disk Utility to make a copy of the 10.6.8 disk onto a 200GB firewire drive, wouldn't boot from that either.

     

    Any ideas how I can return to the past with this machine?

     

    Thanks!

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jun 20, 2014 5:06 PM in response to flowmore
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 20, 2014 5:06 PM in response to flowmore

    flowmore wrote:

     

    I was going to toss in the towel and rewind to 10.6.8, however, my MacBookPro5,1 will not boot from a retail 10.6 DVD nor the 10.5.5 DVD that came with the laptop originally. They both gave the frozen screen multilingual "Turn off your machine with the power key" message. No fair!

    If that is the case, i would say it is a hardware problem.

  • by flowmore,

    flowmore flowmore Jun 20, 2014 5:27 PM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 20, 2014 5:27 PM in response to Barney-15E

    I may be able to use a friend's computer to install Snow Leopard on an external drive. If so, and it boots up my laptop, I'll try cloning it to the internal hard drive.

     

    Barring that being successful, I have to resurrect my wind tunnel tower and see if it will work for me long enough to get the laptop into the shop. I do need my online access at this time. Safe mode gets me online but is no fun. (I've got some NetFlix I need to catch up on!)

     

    I'm feeling very regretful about the Mavericks upgrade that has made this computer barely usable; I was just waiting to upgrade hardware until new laptops or Retina iMacs to come out. Where is that irony emoticon anyway...?

     

    Thanks for your help Barney!