Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
II've got the original MM running Snow Leopard. The problem is that after 3-4 days I have to reboot the MM to restore network connectivity. I can't connect to it either on my home network, or offsite over the internet. After I reboot it works fine for 3-4 days and I have to do it again. It's set not to sleep. Didn't use to have the problem. any ideas? Thanks
Well it's getting worse. Today went into freeze mode after probably 5-6 hours. I have all peripherals unplugged other than my TV acting as my monitor. I ran Apple Equipment Test and no errors. I tried your suggestions with no luck. Maybe it's a software update or some download I installed. It started after return from my vacation on May 26. Is there somewhere I can see a log of changes since then? Thanks again.
- Agree to check the logs.
- Logs can be viewed with /Applications/Utilities/Console.app and /Applications/Utilities/System Profiler.app
- System Profiler -> Software -> Logs : check all the logs ( recent contents ) To analyse further, use Console and use the string match on "wake" "sleep" "error" "install" etc.
- While in System Profiler check:
Hardware : that the Processor is listed with the correct specifications.
Hardware -> Memory that the memory is reported correctly with Manufacturer, and Part Number
Well I've done everything suggested, and no success. Still has a black screen and is unresponsive, although the white light is on and steady, and only stays up about 1-2 days. The only 2 new programs that have been added before this stared were ploader and JAVA update. I've totally uninstalled ploader. I can't imagine there's an issue with JAVA. Any other ideas? Thanks.
I ran Disk Utility again today, after another shutdown, and noticed that there were a lot of "Differing permissions" errors on JAVA related entries; also a SUID file had been modified and wouldn't be repaired, and 3 files with ACL found but not expected errors found. Does this indicate anything?
Also I noticed an error of User differs for a JAVA file and it says it should be 0 but instead is 95. ????
Hi,
This kb refers to messages from "Repair Disk Permissions". This is common for Snow Leopard
Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore
- Can you recall whether the Mini is dissipating a lot of heat /fans are on before the freeze. Are there any more Panic reports
- Check underneath the Mini that the vents are not clogged.
You can safely ignore those errors.
Well, I think I may have finally solved the problem. It relates to an Add-in extension for iPhoto /09. I run a webserver on my Mac Mini, and host my photo gallery on it. I started using Piwigo about 2 years ago and it works fine. When I came back from a trip in late May, I wanted to load the photos onto the Piwigo gallery being hosted on my computer, and found an Add-In Extension on the Piwigo site that let's you move multiple files at once, rather than individually. Its called iPhotoTOPiwigo. There is a current version, 1.9, but its my understanding that I need to use version 1.7 since I'm running Snow Leopard. I installed it and everything worked fine. I could move multiple photos. But it appears that something in the installation started the problem of locking up the Mac Mini after about a day or so. I finally decided to remove the Add-In from the iPhoto Plug-Ins sub-folder found in the Application Support folder, and its been working since last Wednesday with no problems. I'm going to wait a few more days before I claim success, but it looks like this is it. I can't imagine why this Plug-In would have this effect. Any ideas? I appreciate all the effort you gave in trying to solve this problem. At the least it eliminated some areas that might have been problematical. I'll put up a post when I feel I can call it Resolved.
Whew, excellent work, I can easily picture it causing problems, but not detailed enough to guess as to where exactly.
- Well done to back step what you had installed and to try removing it.
- There might be something to explain why in the web server logs or the main logs with iPhoto.
- The plugin is a "simple" install to the iPhoto plugins. Ensure to quit iPhoto after using the plugin. ( if you re-install )
Cheers
Well its been running perfectly for over a week, so I will consider the problem solved. Thanks for your input.
Well its been running perfectly for over a week, so I will consider the problem solved. Thanks for your input.
Well its BAAAACKKK--This is really frustrating. The only thing that has changed is that I installed the new iTunes update. It threw the error code that so many of us have gotten relating to the AppleUSBEthernet.gtext or something like that. I deleted the file as has been suggested. Now I've got the same problem just as before. So it must be something with iTunes or this blasted file. Any ideas? Thanks.
Mac Mini loses network connectivity
