Mac Pro keeps logging out since El Capitan

Upgraded my Mac Pro to El Capitan, all went well. I logged in, then logged into iCloud and that also went well. But then it crashed with a kernel panic, restarted OK.

It now is running OK but after a few minutes it will log me off and back to the password prompt. Very frustrating and not able to work with it in such very short windows of time.


Anybody else seeing this?


Paul.

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 4:29 AM

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Oct 3, 2015 5:34 AM in response to Paul Hodson3

The problem occur again with the NVidia web drivers, and I don't use separate spaces.


This time, the freeze occurred while clicking on firefox to give it the focus. Firefox is on his own screen. Even knowing that, I still can't reproduce.


This tim, I didn't have the "The graphics driver has detected a corruption in its command stream" message in the console. I'm searching, but cannot found a single console message repeating at each freeze.

Oct 3, 2015 10:43 AM in response to Paul Hodson3

Mac Pro 2009

2 quad core Nehalem

16 Go RAM

2 x GT 120 Graphic Cards

2 Monitors


Apparently after launching apps like Affinity Photo or other apps which need Graphic Cards it will log me off and I get asked to open new session with password.


Lots of problems with visual interface that bugs. After a few attempts to login and use the computer I got a Kernel Panic (grey window)


I upgraded the Graphic Cards drivers from Nvidia, but it didn’t solve the problem. I also did what JCrebbin said : disabling 'Displays have separate spaces' in Mission Control in the System Preferences (the function that allows you to have the menu bar on the top of each monitor…


Would be nice if Apple solve this issue soon…

Oct 3, 2015 2:41 PM in response to Paul Hodson3

Reading the replies, it appears that the solutions and causes are inconsistent.


I have frequently had problems over the years running 3 screens off two cards. Usually just settings and order of monitors being reset.

Perhaps the issue lies with the plist / preferences file for displays. In the past I have had to manually edit and alter permissions.


From memory, I think I manually edited the settings I wanted, then set read only permissionson the relevant plist to stop the system changing it back. This may be a red herring for a solution, but given it has been an issue with each upgrade. .. the problem may still reside in this area.



The problems seem to be how the system triggers calls to the correct display card. Either multiple spaces or the cursor near a boundary that might be considered access to the next monitor. If the system is getting confused about where and what display it should be showing, it panics.


Edit* Do the panics still happen if one desktop is mirrored to all screens? Rather than disabling cards or monitors.

Oct 3, 2015 3:56 PM in response to Paul Hodson3

Neither the updated web driver from NVIDIA or separate spaces setting have solved the problem here. Still experiencing the same frequent crashes on a clean install once I plug in the third display (or even 2 displays on separate cards).


System is as follows: Mac Pro (Early 2009) Model: 4,1 - 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 - 2 NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB cards installed. Two 20" Cinema displays and one 20WSX Cintiq attached.

Guess I'll only be using 2 displays until a fix is issued. Hopefully it will be sooner than later.

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