Paul Hodson3
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Q: 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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  • by sirjustin1,

    sirjustin1 sirjustin1 Oct 30, 2015 1:27 PM in response to Paul Hodson3
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    Oct 30, 2015 1:27 PM in response to Paul Hodson3

    For what it's worth, I have two brand new early 2015 13" Macbook Pro's using an Apple Thunderbolt display and both exhibit regular logouts under El Capitan running 10.11.1.

     

    Incredibly frustrating problem but I think it even impacts situations where it's just the built in Intel graphics.

     

    Typical Apple though, I don't think the word "beta" has any meaning with them, as far as I'm concerned they live in perpetual beta. Hopefully at some point they'll have enough billions to afford a few good QA engineers. Until then I suppose this is the best they can do with the little financial resources they have...

  • by LookToWindward,

    LookToWindward LookToWindward Oct 30, 2015 1:35 PM in response to sirjustin1
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    Oct 30, 2015 1:35 PM in response to sirjustin1

    I think they are suffering from release-date-itise, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, at least we released it on time. Why they don't just push back the release if they hit problems is beyond me, this problem has been there since the early beta releases. On top of it all they keep nagging me to upgrade, I know it's an automated notification but I'd say its bordering on the criminal to send some one an advert to upgrade when they *know* it will lead to crashes........

  • by Seth1904,

    Seth1904 Seth1904 Oct 30, 2015 2:24 PM in response to LookToWindward
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    Oct 30, 2015 2:24 PM in response to LookToWindward

    I have two GT 120's, one 30 inch monitor with a normal looking cable, then one 24 inch monitor with a display port connector. I'm ready to order a new graphics card, but no idea what will work with my Early 2009 Mac Pro and have a display port and the normal connector for the 30 inch monitor. Any ideas?

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Oct 30, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Seth1904
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    Oct 30, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Seth1904

    See:

    User Tip: Mac Pro silver tower (2006-2012) Replacement Graphics cards

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1440150

     

    As the above included, most PC cards will work with the later OSX versions. You just will not get a boot screen on a PC card.

    I have the GT 120 and a PC 5770 card in my 2009 MP.

  • by Theodore Stacy,

    Theodore Stacy Theodore Stacy Oct 30, 2015 4:44 PM in response to lllaass
    Level 1 (23 points)
    Mac OS X
    Oct 30, 2015 4:44 PM in response to lllaass

    I think it is great that so many keep trying various fixes to get EC to work on our older Pros.  I'm hoping in six months or so that the problems will be solved.  In the interim, its going to be a Yosemite world since that does work.  When and if the issues are fixed (Here's hoping!), I hope someone posts "EC Finally Works on Mac Pros" so we can check it out.

  • by rambo43123,

    rambo43123 rambo43123 Oct 31, 2015 4:54 AM in response to Paul Hodson3
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    Oct 31, 2015 4:54 AM in response to Paul Hodson3

    I also have this problem

  • by dugboldt,

    dugboldt dugboldt Oct 31, 2015 9:57 AM in response to lllaass
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    Oct 31, 2015 9:57 AM in response to lllaass

    I'm running the NVIDIA Web Driver 346.03.03f02 (Latest), have spaces disabled in mission control and still experience the crashing to login screen.

     

    Early 2009 Mac Pro.  Dual GT120 video cards.  Dual 30" Cinema HD monitors. 

     

    This same thing happened at the launch of Yosemite.  Random WindowServer crashes.  Took them about 5 months to finally fix it.

  • by robfromnorth gower,

    robfromnorth gower robfromnorth gower Oct 31, 2015 11:16 AM in response to Fingermouse
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    Oct 31, 2015 11:16 AM in response to Fingermouse

    Yeah having the same issues even with the current Nvidia drivers... I am in the process of reinstalling Yosemite and just bought a new PC because this crap.... expected way more from Apple specially since I have sunk in a boat load of money into them...

  • by iPhoton,

    iPhoton iPhoton Oct 31, 2015 6:25 PM in response to PauloAF
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    Oct 31, 2015 6:25 PM in response to PauloAF

    My 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 just updated to OS X 10.11.2. Any difference?

  • by dugboldt,

    dugboldt dugboldt Oct 31, 2015 7:02 PM in response to iPhoton
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    Oct 31, 2015 7:02 PM in response to iPhoton

    Where did you get the 10.11.2 upgrade?  My OS X App Store app still says no updates available.

     

    Did 10.11.2 help the WindowServer crashes?

  • by dugboldt,

    dugboldt dugboldt Oct 31, 2015 7:17 PM in response to dugboldt
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    Oct 31, 2015 7:17 PM in response to dugboldt

    Oh, I see.  It's a public beta.  Installing it now to see if it fixes the issue.

  • by pporzer,

    pporzer pporzer Nov 1, 2015 7:26 AM in response to dugboldt
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    Nov 1, 2015 7:26 AM in response to dugboldt

    No, the beta 10.11.2 Beta (15C27e) did NOT solve the issue, it is even worse because now the screens become distorted and you have to reboot!

  • by Patrick Walsh1,

    Patrick Walsh1 Patrick Walsh1 Nov 1, 2015 9:50 AM in response to Patrick Walsh1
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    Nov 1, 2015 9:50 AM in response to Patrick Walsh1

    Contacted Apple Support Today, talked to Senior Advisor.  Sent him my crash logs and explained that is El Capitan and 2 monitors.  I think the common denominator is Nvida drivers for my GeForce GT120 card.

    I have disconnected the second monitor which is that card and no crashes since.  I will be testing more, by running only on that card and see if that makes.

    I don't know how to read or meaning of crash log but  this is the first thread--- (com.apple.GeForceTeslaGLDriver)

  • by is just me,

    is just me is just me Nov 1, 2015 12:25 PM in response to is just me
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    Nov 1, 2015 12:25 PM in response to is just me

    just read that the early 2009 mac pro will be concidered obsolelet in december, guess this is just apples way to give us an early warning for us to start thinking about upgrading ? kinda getting a bit of a deja vu feeling

  • by iPhoton,

    iPhoton iPhoton Nov 1, 2015 3:25 PM in response to is just me
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    Nov 1, 2015 3:25 PM in response to is just me

    Please provide a reference as this is highly relevant information.

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