Yosemite random Crash - discoveryd_helper[147]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

I too am now having the same problem 3 Crashes in short succession. Frustrating.

Mar 12 05:55:31.221219 localhost discoveryd_helper[205]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 12 05:55:31.221749 localhost discoveryd_helper[205]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7fd53c900510: start (pid=56, <unknown> not root)

Mar 12 20:42:34.117074 localhost discoveryd_helper[201]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 12 20:42:34.117660 localhost discoveryd_helper[201]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7fa23b100640: start (pid=56, <unknown> not root)

Mar 12 21:34:47.292461 localhost discoveryd_helper[196]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 12 21:34:47.292999 localhost discoveryd_helper[196]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7fa938f00490: start (pid=56, <unknown> not root)

Mar 12 21:58:01.472557 localhost discoveryd_helper[205]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 12 21:58:01.473119 localhost discoveryd_helper[205]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f82e5300000: start (pid=56, <unknown> not root)

This problem has only surfaced since moving to 10.10.2. I suspect using Tunnelblick for VPN might be causing the issue as since I have turned off TunnelBlick no crashes.

thoughts

Perhaps for you. I don't run TunnelBlick, but in any case my discoveryd_helper crashes are sporadic and infrequent, so you might just give it a few days. Mine are also seemingly clustered: I'll get maybe three or four in one day, none the next, a couple of crashes the day after, then maybe two days with nothing. Very odd. Hard to diagnose.

Agree,

Just had another series of crashes in quick succession with Tunnelblick turned off. The only way I could stop there crashes from repeating was to powerdown the mac rather than letting it reboot.

This is getting annoying and OSX is fast becoming less reliable than windows

Let's try to establish some commonalities here. im leaning toward a hardware issue since my crashes have survived a re-install without restoring from Time Machine and in fact the mini crashed while installing the OS.

I'm running a 2011 Mac mini with 16 GB of RAM from Crucial and a Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD set up as a Fusion Drive with the factory HDD.

This may be paranoia, but crashes seem to happen when I'm using Mail, Evernote, of VMWare Fusion. I also recently installed Sophos AV, but other machines of mine run it just fine. I've only ever had trouble with the mini. Because of the nature of those programs, I'm suspecting there could be an issue triggered by memory usage or lots of small reads or writes to the drive. it could also be something loose or damaged from having the machine worked on. Because of the DNS-related crash logs, I also wonder if this has something to do with Airport or Bluetooth. I've seen a nick in a BT antenna cable cause crashes before.

Any of this setup sound familiar to others experiencing this problem?

Yo no encuentro ningún patrón que permita establecer una causa 😟

Pensaba que había estado unos días sin el problema, pero si observas los CRASHREPORTER, puedes ver que hay más de los que eres consciente: en mi caso, siempre se retina el OS X por sí solo, y deja el mismo mensaje, siempre el mismo mensaje:

Mar 15 22:00:30.668905 name.local discoveryd_helper[149]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 15 22:00:30.670645 name.local discoveryd_helper[149]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f8a18d02870: start (pid=51, <unknown> not root)

Mar 15 23:06:14.290955 name.local discoveryd_helper[167]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 15 23:06:14.291810 name.local discoveryd_helper[167]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f84894099a0: start (pid=51, <unknown> not root)

No puedo creer que no haya nadie, (y mucho menos en Apple) que pueda orientar a tantos usuarios afectados 😟

Como viene siendo habitual en todos los foros: Apple va a peor.

Add me to the list! My aging 2008 MacPro has been acting up ever since I upgraded Yosemite to 10.10.1. I am currently on 10.10.2

The problem occurs arbitrarily! My Monitors go black is seems to shut down but the ventilation fans start screaming and then I have to complete a forced shut down.

Crash reporter is giving me this code

ar 19 09:40:52.392000 localhost discoveryd_helper[224]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 19 09:40:52.392667 localhost discoveryd_helper[224]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f9669100cc0: start (pid=54, <unknown> not root)

Mar 19 20:37:43.182835 localhost discoveryd_helper[222]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 19 20:37:43.183619 localhost discoveryd_helper[222]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7fe9cbf07ad0: start (pid=54, <unknown> not root)

Mar 19 20:44:21.152540 localhost discoveryd_helper[219]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 19 20:44:21.153171 localhost discoveryd_helper[219]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f92cae07dc0: start (pid=54, <unknown> not root)

Mar 19 20:52:50.023739 localhost discoveryd_helper[225]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 19 20:52:50.024316 localhost discoveryd_helper[225]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7fd14ae05290: start (pid=57, <unknown> not root)

Another fact is: y have my iMac 2008 with a HD, divided in two partitions: Snow Leopard & Yosemite. Yosemite crashes as described here; But if i boot with SnowLeopard, all is working fine. i'm SURE that the problem is something in YOSEMITE, and i CANT believe that, even when my machine is in the list of 'ready to use yosemite' machines, and the OS is more or less NEW, Apple says 'your machine is vintage, i cant help you'... I'm affected too by the 'MBP2011 Issue', and, let me tell you... APPLE is not the good Interprise it was. What a pity...

Yes. I too have a Macbook with two partitions - Snow Leopard on one, Yosemite on the other. It has never, ever, ever crashed with Snow Leopard, only with Yosemite. So anyone Apple saying it's hardware related is talking complete rubbish. Never, ever happened with Mavericks either which is what I may well go back to.

Hi everyone, I have problems with my new Mac Pro :

-Yosemite OS X 10.10.2

-3.7 GHz Quad- Core Intel Xeon E5

-12 GB of DDR3 RAM

-AMD FirePro D300 2048 MB

It crashed several times, without any apparently reason... the screen suddenly froze, and the color circle of the mouse just continuos moving indefinitely for more than an hour and that's it.

I reinstall the OS X, and erase the entire disk twice and nothing...

This is the crash report:

Mar 20 15:09:09.611298 Mac-Pro-de-Produccion.local discoveryd_helper[176]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 20 15:09:09.611654 Mac-Pro-de-Produccion.local discoveryd_helper[176]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f8da8c09a70: start (pid=48, <unknown> not root)

Any idea? please... what can I do?

Hi everyone, I have problems with my new Mac Pro :

-Yosemite OS X 10.10.2

-3.7 GHz Quad- Core Intel Xeon E5

-12 GB of DDR3 RAM

-AMD FirePro D300 2048 MB

It crashed several times, without any apparently reason... the screen suddenly froze, and the color circle of the mouse just continuos moving indefinitely for more than an hour and that's it.

I reinstall the OS X, and erase the entire disk twice and nothing...

This is the crash report:

Mar 20 15:09:09.611298 Mac-Pro-de-Produccion.local discoveryd_helper[176]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Mar 20 15:09:09.611654 Mac-Pro-de-Produccion.local discoveryd_helper[176]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7f8da8c09a70: start (pid=48, <unknown> not root)

Any idea? please... what can I do?

Tonight I performed the (AHT) as described here: Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support . My system is 100% fine

We should all write to https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html and complain. My system is ok an I am not about to do what so many others did to try do resolve their problems: buy new ram, change PSU etc! The problem is with Yosemite since 10.10!

Apple’s Frequent Update

Experiment Has Failed

It’s Time for Another Snow

Leopard

http://www.tekrevue.com/yosemite-bugs-time-for-another-snow-leopard/

People,

I suspect that Apple is not to blame here. I too was experiencing this (frustrating!) phenomena, and I identified the culprit to be my third-party peripheral. Others have identified other third-party causes (e.g., the Hijack audio item).

Check your non-Apple peripherals--one at a time.

A. Rukhin

Well someone else mentioned Ram so I started here. Although my system passed the extended AHT, I decided to remove my original Apple Ram (which was Kingston 2 x 1GB)

I only kept my 4 x 2GB Crucial Ram and installed it all in the bottom card as opposed to apples instructions (which was in my case to place 2 sticks in the bottom slot (Dimm1, Dimm2) and place the other 2 in the upper card (Dimm3, Dimm4)) Mac Pro (Mid 2012 and earlier): How to remove or install memory - Apple Support

Today things seem to be fine, but I will require further testing. I boot Yosemite via my Apricorn Solo X2 in the 2nd PCI Slot, and never had problems with Mavericks and neither with Yosemite 10.10. It's only since 10.10.1 I am having random reboots.

Hopefully it is just bad ram. I will report back!

Random crashes have been around for a long time. In my case I have had two or maybe three causes, albeit no logs to offer:

- 3rd party sound device from MOTU - Ultralite (also quite old - same as my Mac which is a late 2009 imac i7) is running when the iMac goes to sleep (not just the screen sleep). I can wake the MAC up ok, but for some reason after that it starts the crashing issue. MOTU has not updated the driver for a few years, so I suspect thats where the issue is. I have since switched my RAM sleep mode off in favour of storing the session to hdd, which seemed to have helped a bit and then switched the sleep mode off completely last year, because it did not fix it properly. This happened two versions before Yosemite and is still the case today.

- 3rd party virus scanner Intego plays up for some reason. I had talked to Intego support who asked me to remove it and re-install it, which worked for me.

- latest issue occurred a couple of weeks ago, after it was fine for a number of months. Unfortunately, I guess the keyring app stopped responding during an update, which cause mayhem on the mac when I did a hard reset. hours later after going through logs, running disk repairs, permission repairs, backing up , re-installing Yosemite (all bar a complete hdd wipe) I uninstalled Intego again and as by magic the problem goes away. I try to reinstall and on a full disk sweep it cashes again, so I removed it for now. My suspicion is that I have some duff memory somewhere this time that gets triggered somehow (although I hope not) and cannot be repaired anymore by OS X or the drive.

- I read some articles about other entries in the logs that seem to occur before the system crashes, and in general my mac is not happy at the mo. suhelperd (I think this is related to gpu hardware monitor compatibility), nsurlsessiond (I believe this is an icloud issue), some garçon issue (dropbox), I get spindumps for powerstats (maybe the power supply... god knows).

All in all, I am getting the feeling it might be the time to invest in a new iMac..