Failed to connect to consoleX - causes scrolling to hang for 3-5 seconds

I started noticing that message in Console in GM2 (but I see above that it's older), still in GM3. All Console messages cease after this messages appears. I can quit Console and restart it to see more messages, but the last one is always that message. It's quite annoying when trying to debug with syslog. Odd that it hasn't been fixed in so long.

Exactly and thank you for posting.

i have no solutions yet but i will as soon as i find out.

i has been happening since before Yosemite which is so far a poor upgrade to Mac Os

here the same issue

I too have experienced the same problem and, from your entry, have found another clue. I tried to restart syslogd:

$ launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist: Could not find specified service

while syslogd was active.

$ launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist

restarted logging.

The HideUntilCheckin also throws a different message at times but it doesn't appear to stop logging:

1/29/15 11:05:39.047 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.FileSyncAgent.PHD.isRunning) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.

I am not using Time Machine. My most recent MyHideUntilCheckin message was thrown by SystemUIServer.

A couple of posts are currently running regarding this Console error, one of which I started because I thought it was not a common occurrence and found no feedback on it in the forum. My system appears to be running fine apart from the well known software issues within Yosemite which I trust (hope) Apple are working to resolve, this error appears at the beginning of the console report when first opening console (for me anyway).

I have assumed it is a failure within Console itself to communicate, what and with what I'm not sure - but I see it even when all other programs are closed and I wake the iMac from sleep. Did not notice prior to 10.0.2 update and not sure if messing with turning off "Wake for Network Access", "Enable Power Nap", "Find My Mac" had anything to do with it (had issue iMac would wake for a few seconds every two hours) but reenabling them did not make the error go away.

So like my software issues thought I would see if others are having same and if so any idea whats behind it. Just for info my short list of issues total five to date:

1 - Mail not removing junk or deleted items on quitting.

2 - Calendar will not show "Holidays" when preference box re ticked.

3 - Quick Look for HTML documents broken.

4 - Safari crash on certain sites reporting WebKit Failure (not that common).

5 - Apple canon drivers v3.1 not enabling print direct to disc function for certain printers (work around to install Canon drivers which goes against Apple advice of install two types!)

Looks like is a frequent problem affecting a number of users. I found this error in the log. It clearly indicates that NSApplication is failing to connect to ConsoleX due to either a missing setter or an instance variable. That is an operating system problem for which apple should produce a patch. Does anyone know how to raise a patch request? I have been fighting with the alleged 'geniuses' in the apple shop, but they only know how to do some minor repairs and have no real technical knowledge. If the source code were available I would take a shot at it myself, but sadly, the osd x is not open source, so we have to rely on the unreliable company to release a patch.

Actually the reason why your first command to unload failed is you need to sudo as syslogd is a system launched service. If you try that the service will terminate and relaunch. That said I have the problem myself (or at least VERY closely related). The problem for me is that the console dose not update at all (yes I tried clicking and unclipping the new button in the console app, I also tried deleting the console preferences plist both to no avail). relaunching the service doesn’t help (I tried), and more than rebooting would which does the same thing.

The cause- Well for me it is VERY closely correlated to my banging the up arrow scrolling against the console updating while trying to read some messages in the cole from a boot that were being rolled off the top. Yes that seem VERY strange. Only thing I can think of is SOMEHOW the file name being tracked by the console is not mapped correctly. If I click the reload button the messages are displayed, however think of it as a snapshot of the log to the point when I clicked, not a live stream as it should be.

To further diagnosis the console IS somewhat aware that an update SHOULD be displayed as I went into the console application preferences and turned on the option to bring the console window to foreground when an update occurs. The window DOES come to the foreground but not messages are added to the window. Again one only sees them WHEN you click the reload.

Hopefully this additional data moves things along. As a long time former engineer at Apple I can help guide folks though the issue if you think you can help.

Regards,

Tom

I too am having the same issue within Console. It's not causing any overall issues that I can see at the moment, but I noticed this for the first time today. I look forward to some sort of fix for this issue.

I am having the same issue, and it drives me crazy because it causes a slight noticeable lag when it happens.

Same issue here since Mavericks (now on 10.10.4) with exact same syslog entries. My MagicMouse is dancing wild accross the display, stopping, jumping and lagging for some seconds, scrolling is also lagging when this message(s) appear. Had bought another MM, but no change.

Hi,

Is anyone from Apple watching this issue, please? My MacBook Air used to be pretty reliable, but I've had the same issue for the past 3 months. I used to loathe Windows for bugs, I can only hope I do not start feeling the same for OS X.

Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.