knitty123
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Mac OS X

Q: My Imac has been shutting down and turning back on. On September 6 I installed a security update. Could it be related to that?

My IMac has been shutting down and restarting by itself several times a day.I t does it whether I'm on the computer or not. This has been going on for about a week. About a week ago I installed a security update. Could the problem be related to that? How do I troubleshoot the problem? Thanks.

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 10, 2016 7:11 PM

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Q: My Imac has been shutting down and turning back on. On September 6 I installed a security update. Could it be related to that?

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  • by jwbry,

    jwbry jwbry Sep 11, 2016 2:08 AM in response to knitty123
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    Sep 11, 2016 2:08 AM in response to knitty123

    I had this exact problem, tried antiviruses, reseated the ram, ran Disk Warrior against it, and no matter what, the cursor would freeze and about 30 seconds later the iMac would reset. I would get no kernel panic notifications, I would get no dialog boxes saying "your Mac restarted, etc...."

     

    Then I installed 10.11.4 over the current one.

     

    Problem is gone! I've been editing video and that means I've been putting the machine through its paces. Not a hiccup.

     

    Now, however, Apple (which has shown no cognizance of this problem to my knowledge, much less coming up with a plan to fix it), desperately wants me to do an upgrade to 10.11.6, and is pestering me to do so.

     

    **** no! [Sorry, was censored, obviously meant heck no, by golly.....]

     

    But I don't know how to tell the machine to bug off and stop the upgrade script. Anybody have ideas on that score?

     

    Thanks,

     

    /john

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 11, 2016 6:01 AM in response to knitty123
    Level 8 (49,831 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 6:01 AM in response to knitty123

    If it is shutting down and restarting, that sounds like a kernel panic. OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem." - Apple Supp…

     

    However, sometimes you don't get the gray screen. See if it generated a panic log. If so, copy and paste one of the logs in here.

    Open Console

    If the log list isn't showing, click on the Show Log List button.

    Click on the Disclosure Triangle next to System Diagnostic Reports.

    Look for log entries with names starting with "Kernel"

    Select the most recent and it will show the log in the right-hand pane.

    Select all of the Text after Anonymous UUID (we don't need that).

    Copy and paste it into a reply here.

     

    Kernel panics are most often caused by third-party system extensions. The changes to the security may have made it such that a previously working kernel extension now does not work correctly.

  • by knitty123,

    knitty123 knitty123 Sep 11, 2016 12:17 PM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 12:17 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Thank you for your helpful reply and for assuming that I am not a tech person. Your instructions were very clear.

    Here is the latest panic report.

     

    *** Panic Report ***

    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff802e9ce6fa): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7faf45a996, type 14=page fault, registers:

    CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000032398000, CR4: 0x00000000000626e0

    RAX: 0xffffff7faf4961e0, RBX: 0xffffff7faf47d932, RCX: 0xffffff7faf4961e0, RDX: 0x0000000000000001

    RSP: 0xffffff80c275bde0, RBP: 0xffffff80c275bde0, RSI: 0xffffff7faf4a0ad8, RDI: 0x0000000000000000

    R8:  0xffffff803a9c3800, R9:  0x0000000000010001, R10: 0x00000000000001a0, R11: 0x0000000000000000

    R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff804c116200, R14: 0xffffff80403c0400, R15: 0xffffff803b18be00

    RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff7faf45a996, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010

    Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1, PL: 0

     

    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

    0xffffff80c275ba70 : 0xffffff802e8dab52

    0xffffff80c275baf0 : 0xffffff802e9ce6fa

    0xffffff80c275bcd0 : 0xffffff802e9ec563

    0xffffff80c275bcf0 : 0xffffff7faf45a996

    0xffffff80c275bde0 : 0xffffff7faf47b909

    0xffffff80c275bee0 : 0xffffff7faf3bd216

    0xffffff80c275bf00 : 0xffffff802e90f2da

    0xffffff80c275bfb0 : 0xffffff802e9c9117

          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

             com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily(1.0.1)[79D250A3-843A-3750-BE64-A252CF17A148]@0x ffffff7faf3b7000->0xffffff7faf420fff

                dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties(1.0.1)[401B7165-36E8-3EE5-849D-71D AEB3E46E4]@0xffffff7faf3b3000

             com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(900.4.1)[FB980EB5-1F73-348E-9554-6F9F6FE481FD]@0xff ffff7faf42a000->0xffffff7faf4c3fff

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[5447B943-A94D-3BD4-A60F-98B24D19CE93]@0xffffff 7faf12c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily(1.0.1)[79D250A3-843A-3750-BE64-A252CF17A148]@0x ffffff7faf3b7000

     

    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

     

    Mac OS version:

    15G1004

     

    Kernel version:

    Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Mon Aug 29 20:21:34 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.60.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64

    Kernel UUID: E349749B-3303-3DDF-959C-B5885A0E1F6E

    Kernel slide:     0x000000002e600000

    Kernel text base: 0xffffff802e800000

    __HIB  text base: 0xffffff802e700000

    System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)

     

    System uptime in nanoseconds: 11486587618341

    last loaded kext at 8647923803442: com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP    1.4.32 (addr 0xffffff7fb1bc7000, size 438272)

    last unloaded kext at 10932439155342: com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP    1.4.32 (addr 0xffffff7fb1bc7000, size 327680)

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    System Profile:

    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.74.0-P2P

    Bluetooth: Version 4.4.6f1 17910, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

    Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 22.1

    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020

    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4348392020

    USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

    USB Device: Hub

    USB Device: iPod

    USB Device: MFC-J615W

    USB Device: IR Receiver

    USB Device: Card Reader

    USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

    USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

    USB Device: Hub

    USB Device: SAMSUNG_Android

    USB Device: My Book 111A

    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Serial ATA Device: ST3500418AS, 500.11 GB

    Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-STDVDRW  GA32N

    Model: iMac12,1, BootROM IM121.0047.B23, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.71f22

    Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

    Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, PCIe, 512 MB

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 11, 2016 5:36 PM in response to knitty123
    Level 8 (49,831 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 5:36 PM in response to knitty123

    Uninstall the android development software and see if the panics stop.

  • by knitty123,

    knitty123 knitty123 Sep 11, 2016 6:32 PM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 6:32 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Thanks. How do I find the android development software to uninstall it?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 11, 2016 6:43 PM in response to knitty123
    Level 8 (49,831 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 6:43 PM in response to knitty123

    knitty123 wrote:

     

    Thanks. How do I find the android development software to uninstall it?

    I don't know. Never installed it myself, but you apparently did. The references in the log that point to it are: com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP

     

    You should check the Samsung website for instructions.

  • by knitty123,

    knitty123 knitty123 Sep 11, 2016 6:48 PM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 6:48 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Ok. I'll check it out.

     

    Was this the only possible problem you found in the log? Thanks.

  • by knitty123,

    knitty123 knitty123 Sep 11, 2016 6:59 PM in response to knitty123
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 6:59 PM in response to knitty123

    I do have a Samsung phone that I charge using my IMac. I've been doing that for a couple of years. Why would that be causing a panic now?

     

    I went to the Samsung website but could find nothing about uninstalling the driver you listed.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 11, 2016 7:09 PM in response to knitty123
    Level 8 (49,831 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 7:09 PM in response to knitty123

    knitty123 wrote:

     

    I do have a Samsung phone that I charge using my IMac. I've been doing that for a couple of years. Why would that be causing a panic now?

    Because the poorly written software was using some undocumented solution which was found to be a vulnerability and was shut down.

     

    The quick googling I had done previously linked that to development software. If it is merely required for accessing your Samsung phone, then that is the software you need to uninstall in order to verify that it is the cause.

  • by knitty123,

    knitty123 knitty123 Sep 11, 2016 7:38 PM in response to Barney-15E
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 7:38 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Thanks for your response. I haven't been successful in finding the devguru driver to uninstall it. If you have any further instructions on how to find it, I would appreciate it. The computer has not shut down today so maybe it fixed itself.

    I really appreciate your trying to help.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 12, 2016 4:36 AM in response to knitty123
    Level 8 (49,831 points)
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    Sep 12, 2016 4:36 AM in response to knitty123

    knitty123 wrote:

     

    Ok. I'll check it out.

     

    Was this the only possible problem you found in the log? Thanks.

    Kernel Panics are primarily caused by hardware faults and kernel extensions. Sometimes, the kernel extension is required to use some hardware.

    There are few kernel panic logs that show obvious causes (such as RAM or GPU faults). To resolve them, you must remove the most common causes and test. If they still occur with all third-party kernel extensions removed and all peripheral hardware disconnected, then it is most likely an internal hardware fault.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 12, 2016 4:44 AM in response to knitty123
    Level 8 (49,831 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 12, 2016 4:44 AM in response to knitty123

    It appears that the Kies software installs that kernel extension. If you don't still have the installer dmg, you'll need to download it again. There is an uninstaller on the dmg. That software has caused problems for others in the past. They may have fixed it so that it didn't panic, but the changes with the security update may have triggered something new.

    It may be that it just needs to be uinstalled and reinstalled.

     

    If you still get panics after uninstalling, then it may one of the peripheral devices connected to your Mac. I have seen hard drive cables cause problems, but that is rare.