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

Hi Everyone,

 

i have a crash every now and then. Looks like it has something to do with Networking or Bonjour.

 

Nov 10 23:55:34.018358 Chriss-iMac.local discoveryd_helper[147]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Nov 10 23:55:34.018593 Chriss-iMac.local discoveryd_helper[147]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7ff9d0600210: start (pid=50, <unknown> not root)

Nov 10 23:55:34.018358 Chriss-iMac.local discoveryd_helper[147]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

Nov 10 23:55:34.018593 Chriss-iMac.local discoveryd_helper[147]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7ff9d0600210: start (pid=50, <unknown> not root)

 

anyone got any idea what it could be ? I learned that

 

there is no more com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist in OS X 10.10. The service that controls mDNSResponder is now discoverd. The plist file you are looking for is actually:

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist 

You want to add --no-multicast to the ProgramArguments in that file.

  <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/libexec/discoveryd</string> <string>--udsocket</string> <string>standard</string> <string>--loglevel</string> <string>Basic</string> <string>--logclass</string> <string>Everything</string> <string>--logto</string> <string>asl</string> </array> 

Becomes

  <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/libexec/discoveryd</string> <string>--udsocket</string> <string>standard</string> <string>--loglevel</string> <string>Basic</string> <string>--logclass</string> <string>Everything</string> <string>--logto</string> <string>asl</string> <string>--no-multicast</string> </array>

 

but doing this (adding --no-multicast) disables finding and communicating with printers in my network and my timemachine backup drive can't be found.

 

..... any clues ? this is driving me mad.

Posted on Nov 11, 2014 10:48 AM

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  • by seahorsecowboy,

    seahorsecowboy seahorsecowboy Jan 26, 2015 7:36 AM in response to tanjucat
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    Jan 26, 2015 7:36 AM in response to tanjucat

    Good luck with that. In the meantime my MacBook Pro just died.

    I have another case with a customer's MacBook, same story.

    Turned out to be of those models which burn out their GPU.

    See this story here

    http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/widespread-2011-macbook-pro-failures-continue -petition-3497935/

     

    Its sad. Poor design, thats the cause of it and Apple won't take the responsibility.

  • by rwhitley45,

    rwhitley45 rwhitley45 Jan 26, 2015 7:50 AM in response to seahorsecowboy
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    Jan 26, 2015 7:50 AM in response to seahorsecowboy

    I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I follow how this is related to the crashes we've been receiving.  Were you receiving the same crash logs as the users from the rest of the thread?

     

    Thanks

  • by seahorsecowboy,

    seahorsecowboy seahorsecowboy Jan 26, 2015 8:15 AM in response to rwhitley45
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    Jan 26, 2015 8:15 AM in response to rwhitley45

    Yes, of course, thats how I found this thread.

    I started looking at all because it were the only log entries regarding the crash.

    And out of the obscurity of the logged messages.

     

    Then it got worse, now its dead.

    It's your GPU going haywire, thats what it is, I'd bet my mother in laws home on it.

  • by seahorsecowboy,

    seahorsecowboy seahorsecowboy Jan 26, 2015 9:15 AM in response to seahorsecowboy
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    Jan 26, 2015 9:15 AM in response to seahorsecowboy

    OK to narrow it down - What type of GPUs have your machines got?

    I have two MacBook Pros 8,2 with blown AMD 6750M.

    Both won't boot any MacOS, not even the hardware test, unless I remove the AMD kexts.

    Then they boot with crazy graphics and all kind of issues, no sleep, no brightness control, no gamma correction, must be some kind of legacy mode, but running on the AMDs.

    It won't switch to the internal video, at least I didn't managed to make them.


    Who'll take the blame and pay, AMD, Apple or the customer?

    If you don't want to burry your machines and even don't want to fork out 650 € (thats the price in the EU) I'd consider a motherboard repair.

    There are several services available on eBay. It's a GPU change, which isn't that much of a hassle if one has the right tools.

    Most of the services with a good count offer a one year warranty and you'll get an up to date model of the GPU, which in this case is the 6770M.

    It's about 150 € with shipping, I have one on the way.

  • by rwhitley45,

    rwhitley45 rwhitley45 Jan 26, 2015 9:23 AM in response to seahorsecowboy
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    Jan 26, 2015 9:23 AM in response to seahorsecowboy

    I also have AMD graphics cards on my malfunctioning machine.  Two AMD FirePro D500 graphics cards.

     

    My MacBook Pro contains the Intel integrated graphics card and experiences no issues.  However, I believe some have complained of this problem on their MacBook Airs, which do not offer AMD graphics cards either.

  • by srminton,

    srminton srminton Jan 26, 2015 11:14 AM in response to rwhitley45
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    Jan 26, 2015 11:14 AM in response to rwhitley45

    My MBP with this issue has an NVIDIA card. Yes, at least one person in this thread was using a MBA with no discrete graphics. I don't think it's specific to AMD cards.

  • by seahorsecowboy,

    seahorsecowboy seahorsecowboy Jan 26, 2015 11:28 AM in response to srminton
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    Jan 26, 2015 11:28 AM in response to srminton

    Hm, maybe Apple found a way to burn any kind of GPU?

    Not that nVidia had any issues, I think there are still some replacement programs running as well.

  • by Shadowstrider,

    Shadowstrider Shadowstrider Jan 27, 2015 12:46 AM in response to seahorsecowboy
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    Jan 27, 2015 12:46 AM in response to seahorsecowboy

    I everyone. Short update from my side. I still have the issue even though i switched to a 5k imac. I don't think its' GPU related. My machine crashes with this error even when in sleep mode. When i turn on the imac in the morning i often get the info that the imac rebooted due to a crash.

     

    I hope this will be fixed soon.

  • by rwhitley45,

    rwhitley45 rwhitley45 Jan 28, 2015 7:26 AM in response to Shadowstrider
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    Jan 28, 2015 7:26 AM in response to Shadowstrider

    OS X 10.10.2 is officially out.  As with the beta version, this issue is still not listed as fixed.

     

    About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.2 Update - Apple Support

  • by SupportForumsUser,

    SupportForumsUser SupportForumsUser Jan 28, 2015 12:18 PM in response to Shadowstrider
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    Jan 28, 2015 12:18 PM in response to Shadowstrider

    Just thought I'd add my voice. Bit of a mystery. "Quiet" crashes for me in that the machine stays up, but it happens three or four times a day now -- and 10.10.2 has not addressed the issue.

     

    15" MacBook Pro 6,2 (Mid-2010)

    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109)

  • by Lars Uffmann,

    Lars Uffmann Lars Uffmann Jan 30, 2015 3:42 AM in response to Shadowstrider
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    Jan 30, 2015 3:42 AM in response to Shadowstrider

    Just a short me too notice:

     

    bash-3.2# uname -a

    Darwin straylight 14.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

    bash-3.2# cat CrashReporter/com.apple.networking.discoveryd.log

    Jan 30 12:25:45.800890 straylight.local discoveryd_helper[166]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

    Jan 30 12:25:45.801255 straylight.local discoveryd_helper[166]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7ff643e00520: start (pid=48, <unknown> not root)

  • by pwmoore88,

    pwmoore88 pwmoore88 Jan 30, 2015 11:47 PM in response to Shadowstrider
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    Jan 30, 2015 11:47 PM in response to Shadowstrider

    I've been having this same issue for several months, even before the release of Yosemite. I've tried everything from having Apple look at it to sending many (two or three a week for the entire month of October) disk images to Apple Support for engineers to look at. I think they may have gotten tired of trying to figure out what was wrong with my late 2012 iMac, because I wasn't contacted after my last call/message to Apple Support.

     

    Below is a screen shot of the most recent crash report.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-01-31 at 1.36.33 AM.png

  • by werner.noebauer,

    werner.noebauer werner.noebauer Feb 3, 2015 2:11 AM in response to pwmoore88
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    Feb 3, 2015 2:11 AM in response to pwmoore88

    Problem still occurs with Yosemite 10.10.2:

    Feb  3 10:57:30.927887 localhost discoveryd_helper[158]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

    Feb  3 10:57:30.928629 localhost discoveryd_helper[158]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7fa072e00970: start (pid=51, <unknown> not root)

  • by babymilo91,

    babymilo91 babymilo91 Feb 8, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Shadowstrider
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    Feb 8, 2015 6:13 PM in response to Shadowstrider

    Bought my Macbook 15 inch retina in the early new year and I now have a genius appointment booked for the end of this week but the outlook doesn't look hopeful given the comments in this thread.

     

    discoveryd_helper[150]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

     

    That is what I'm getting and I also noticed crashes relating to Spotify although the trackpad and keyboard wouldn't work, the music still played. Its quite strange really and Apple's quality control is shocking. I cant work like this. I've been with Apple for 8 years now and have had more crashes in 1 month of use on this device than the last 2 Macbook's put together.

     

    I'll be demanding either a brand new machine that works or a full refund. If they fail to issue either I'll be taking the matter through the courts because this is just ridiculous. These products are being released and they're not even fit for purpose. I have run hardware diagnostics and everything is fine according to those diagnostics tests. There is nothing more than I can do and when you have just parted with the best part of just under £2k for a laptop you expect it to ******* work.

     

    Shocking quality since Steve Jobs died. Never has the quote that was used in the Jobs movie been more appropriate. If this type of crap continuously keeps being released people are going to get wise to it to Apple's detriment.

  • by Spandmand,

    Spandmand Spandmand Feb 11, 2015 12:00 AM in response to werner.noebauer
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    Feb 11, 2015 12:00 AM in response to werner.noebauer

    I have the same problem and log entries. Running 10.10.2 on a mid-2012 rMBP.

     

    Feb 11 08:53:30.714037 Mac.local discoveryd_helper[169]: Basic RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper Starting XPC Server

    Feb 11 08:53:30.714484 Mac.local discoveryd_helper[169]: Detailed RemoteControl com.apple.discoveryd_helper XPC connection 0x7ffa3c100110: start (pid=52, <unknown> not root)

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