Autostarting startx as user
Hi,
I'm having a seemingly simple problem I still can't solve:
1. I auto-login using agetty
looks like this in my inittab:
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -n -l /usr/local/sbin/autologin 38400 vc/1 linux
2. I want to autostart my fluxbox (preferably via startx) and tried it like this:
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/startx
(changing initdefault to 5 above as well ofc).
Well this works, but I always start the X server as root - not as the user. How can I cahnge this?
Thanks in advance
Ah, thanks and sorry. Only found this guide.
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[SOLVED] Autostart startx after login
Hi everyone,
I have a problem with autostarting startx after I log in.
So far the machine boots, terminal login dialog appears, I log in, get my terminal and start X manually via "startx".
But I want my system to start X automatically after logging in. Without me typing in the command.
So I did some research (both internet and the Arch forums) and couldn't come up with a working solution to that problem.
More or less every thread links to the Start X at Login page.
And I did add the lines in question to my .bash_profile (after I made a skeleton copy of it, as described).
But still nothing happens after logging in (I waited for about half a minute). So it doesn't work for, or I am doing something wrong.
Here my .bash_profile:
# ~/.bash_profile
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
I have no idea how to proceed.
Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?
Last edited by tentorange (2014-09-09 13:45:34)Nothing happens? Do you mean you are just at a command prompt, no errors, nothing? And you are not logged out? Even with a faulty or empty xinitrc, this would still end your current login session.
So it seems the conditionals don't pass. This means either that X is already running, or you do not have an active login session. Are you booting with an alternative init system? If you get to a command prompt enter the following commands and report their results:
pgrep Xorg
echo $0
echo $XDG_VTNR
loginctl
uname -a -
[SOLVED] Unable to startx as user
Hey all,
I just installed Arch for the first time this weekend, and I'm trying to get to where I can run X reliably. Here's where I'm at:
When I login as root, and run startx, it works as expected. It launches xterm with three little windows, my mouse works, everything seems fine.
The output is: http://pastie.org/private/0ej2tfss5p0tdjtaqdzhhq
And /var/log/Xorg.0.log: http://pastie.org/private/wrulq3tbf9kmnshtrotsg
When I login as my user and then run it, it doesn't work. The screen flickers, and then X crashes before I see anything. Redirecting the output to a file isn't working, and hoarks my terminal, so here's the only output line that looks interesting:
xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
And ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log: http://pastie.org/private/0aacsqquwojcruobulrsow
It seems like a permissions issue, but I don't want to just start messing around without understanding a bit better. Also, I am able to adjust the backlight manually with calls to setpci. Trying to run xrandr with any parameters just yields 'Can't open display'. (Regardless of user)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf: http://pastie.org/private/bmwjdjsm20hccyp8asixsa
I'm on a Lenovo IdeaPad that I picked up at a garage sale, it was running Windows XP just fine previously. Output of lspci -k: http://pastie.org/private/blqm5eannk0wyie84wyma
I've run pacman -Syu today, everything is up to date. I installed the intel video driver, as recommended in the wiki. I've tried a few different things that I've found in similar posts, but nothing has worked. I haven't been able to find anyone else with the exact same problem.
I tried to do as much as I knew how on my own, and I'm feeling stuck now. Has anyone seen this before?
Last edited by drautb (2014-08-06 03:04:06)You said you tried "running" Xorg.wrap but did you also set up /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config? Look at "man Xorg.wrap".
The man page said that the wrapper file could be used to override options, but not that it was required, so I didn't set one up initially. When you asked about it, I tried setting one up that just specifies 'anybody' for the 'allowed_users' key. The error remained.
Are you using a custom kernel?
I shouldn't be...I just used the latest .iso and installed the base system, plus the video driver, X, etc.
Another thing to try is using a DM and seeing if that works as that would also indicate a permission issue.
I wasn't planning on installing a DM, but I'll try it and see if it works and then post a report.
From my look at the forums, running chmod u+s on /usr/bin/xorg seems to do the trick for both errors you've pointed out (which resolves the setuid issue). Before changing the permissions though, run a ls -l on the file to show us the current permissions.
Output of ls -l /usr/bin/X*: https://gist.github.com/drautb/7a76081005e49fec91d6
Then I ran chmod u+s /usr/bin/Xorg. New ls output: https://gist.github.com/drautb/22f70334899d93266655
The error remained, so I tried it again after chmod u+s /usr/bin/Xorg.bin too. https://gist.github.com/drautb/190b2ca26b98e8151a19
The screen goes dark. I tried Ctrl+alt+bkspc, and a couple of other shortcuts, but the screen stays dark. I end up just rebooting.
I noticed another distinction that I hadn't mentioned yet: startx works only if I actually login to the system as root. If I login as my user, and then do sudo startx, I get the blank screen too.
Last edited by drautb (2014-08-05 12:13:30) -
Startx not working as a regular user.
Hello
At start up slim is the one supposed to handle things and it raises failed to connect to X sever or something. Then I systemctl stop it and try startx.
I have troubles with startx which ends up with a black screen when I launch it with my user. With root it works fine (.xStuff are all the same for both).
It started today after I rebooted my computer for the first time after last update 4 days ago + today (previous update was about a month and a half ago).
So I suppose it is some permission related issue since root can do it. My startx attempts don't seem to produce any log file (nothing new appears in
/var/log or .local/share/xorg). I got the root output through 2&>, but doing so completely froze the terminal when normal user.
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log generated at boot.
[ 76.021]
X.Org X Server 1.16.3
Release Date: 2014-12-20
[ 76.021] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 76.021] Build Operating System: Linux 3.17.4-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 76.021] Current Operating System: Linux lu-tze 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64
[ 76.021] Kernel command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/sdb6 rw
[ 76.021] Build Date: 20 December 2014 01:34:48PM
[ 76.021]
[ 76.021] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[ 76.021] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 76.021] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 76.021] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 24 17:28:44 2014
[ 76.021] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 76.021] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 76.021] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 76.021] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 76.021] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 76.021] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 76.021] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 76.021] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 76.021] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 76.021] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 76.021] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 76.021] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 76.021] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.021] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 76.021] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 76.021] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 76.021] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 76.021] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 76.021] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 76.021] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 76.021] (II) Loader magic: 0x818d40
[ 76.021] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 76.021] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 76.021] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
[ 76.021] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[ 76.021] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[ 76.022] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: PID 1017 does not belong to any known session
[ 76.022] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 76.023] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0416:1025:0781 rev 6, Mem @ 0xd3000000/4194304, 0xc0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00005000/64
[ 76.023] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 76.023] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 76.023] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 76.024] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.024] compiled for 1.16.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 76.024] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 8.0
[ 76.024] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 76.024] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 76.024] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 76.024] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 76.024] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 76.024] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 76.024] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 76.024] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 76.024] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[ 76.024] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.024] compiled for 1.16.1, module version = 2.99.916
[ 76.024] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 76.024] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[ 76.024] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 76.024] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[ 76.024] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 76.024] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 76.024] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 76.024] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 76.024] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 76.024] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 76.024] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 76.024] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 76.024] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 76.024] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 76.024] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 76.024] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 76.024] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 76.024] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[ 76.024] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
[ 76.024] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
[ 76.024] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
[ 76.024] (++) using VT number 7
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20140725
[ 76.029] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
[ 76.029] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2, avx, avx2
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 76.029] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 76.029] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[ 76.029] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Output eDP1 has no monitor section
[ 76.029] (--) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output eDP1
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Enabled output eDP1
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Enabled output HDMI1
[ 76.029] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[ 76.029] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[ 76.029] (--) intel(0): Output eDP1 using initial mode 1920x1080 on pipe 0
[ 76.029] (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled
[ 76.029] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 76.029] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 76.029] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 76.029] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 76.029] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[ 76.029] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[ 76.029] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[ 76.029] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Haswell (gen7.5, gt2) backend
[ 76.030] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[ 76.030] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[ 76.030] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: i965
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled
[ 76.030] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[ 76.030] (==) intel(0): display hotplug detection enabled
[ 76.030] (--) RandR disabled
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
[ 76.044] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965
[ 76.044] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[ 76.046] (II) intel(0): switch to mode [email protected] on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[ 76.056] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 285
[ 76.076] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
[ 76.076] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.076] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 76.076] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 76.076] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.076] compiled for 1.16.2, module version = 2.9.1
[ 76.076] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 76.076] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[ 76.076] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 76.076] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 76.076] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 76.076] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[ 76.076] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[ 76.076] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.076] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input9/event5"
[ 76.076] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[ 76.076] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.076] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.076] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.089] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event12)
[ 76.089] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.089] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[ 76.089] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[ 76.089] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event12"
[ 76.089] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[ 76.089] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[ 76.089] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.089] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input19/event12"
[ 76.089] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[ 76.089] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.089] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.089] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.089] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[ 76.089] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.089] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 76.089] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 76.089] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 76.089] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[ 76.089] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[ 76.089] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.089] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input6/event2"
[ 76.089] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[ 76.089] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.089] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.089] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.089] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event3)
[ 76.089] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.090] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[ 76.090] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[ 76.090] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[ 76.090] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[ 76.090] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[ 76.090] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.090] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input7/event3"
[ 76.090] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[ 76.090] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.090] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.090] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.090] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event11)
[ 76.090] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.090] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[ 76.090] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[ 76.090] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event11"
[ 76.090] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[ 76.090] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[ 76.090] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.090] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:46/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input18/event11"
[ 76.090] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[ 76.090] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.090] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.090] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.090] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event4)
[ 76.090] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.090] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.090] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event13)
[ 76.090] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.090] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.090] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event14)
[ 76.090] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.090] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.091] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event15)
[ 76.091] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.091] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.091] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HD WebCam (/dev/input/event10)
[ 76.091] (**) HD WebCam: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.091] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HD WebCam'
[ 76.091] (**) HD WebCam: always reports core events
[ 76.091] (**) evdev: HD WebCam: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
[ 76.091] (--) evdev: HD WebCam: Vendor 0x4f2 Product 0xb374
[ 76.091] (--) evdev: HD WebCam: Found keys
[ 76.091] (II) evdev: HD WebCam: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.091] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-5/3-5:1.0/input/input17/event10"
[ 76.091] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HD WebCam" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[ 76.091] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.091] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.091] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.091] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event16)
[ 76.091] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.091] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.091] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event17)
[ 76.091] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.091] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.091] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event18)
[ 76.091] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.091] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.091] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 76.091] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.091] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 76.091] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 76.091] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 76.091] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[ 76.091] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[ 76.091] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.091] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[ 76.091] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[ 76.091] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.091] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.091] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.092] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event7)
[ 76.092] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[ 76.092] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[ 76.092] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[ 76.092] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[ 76.092] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[ 76.092] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[ 76.092] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[ 76.092] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 76.092] compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.8.1
[ 76.092] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 76.092] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[ 76.092] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[ 76.092] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[ 76.092] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[ 76.196] (II) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: found clickpad property
[ 76.196] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5662 (res 42)
[ 76.196] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4656 (res 46)
[ 76.196] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[ 76.196] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[ 76.196] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left double triple
[ 76.196] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[ 76.196] (**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
[ 76.196] (**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
[ 76.196] (**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
[ 76.197] (**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
[ 76.197] (**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
[ 76.197] (**) Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
[ 76.197] (**) Option "CircScrollTrigger" "1"
[ 76.197] (**) Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
[ 76.197] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[ 76.197] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[ 76.250] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input14/event7"
[ 76.250] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 13)
[ 76.250] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[ 76.250] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[ 76.250] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.038
[ 76.250] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 76.250] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[ 76.250] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 76.250] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 76.250] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[ 76.250] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 76.250] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[ 76.250] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event6)
[ 76.250] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.250] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.251] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event8)
[ 76.251] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.251] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Acer WMI hotkeys'
[ 76.251] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[ 76.251] (**) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
[ 76.251] (--) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[ 76.251] (--) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[ 76.251] (II) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.251] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input15/event8"
[ 76.251] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Acer WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[ 76.251] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.251] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.251] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 76.251] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer BMA150 accelerometer (/dev/input/event9)
[ 76.251] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.251] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.251] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer BMA150 accelerometer (/dev/input/js0)
[ 76.251] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 76.251] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 76.251] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Speakup (/dev/input/event1)
[ 76.251] (**) Speakup: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 76.251] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Speakup'
[ 76.251] (**) Speakup: always reports core events
[ 76.251] (**) evdev: Speakup: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 76.251] (--) evdev: Speakup: Vendor 0 Product 0
[ 76.251] (--) evdev: Speakup: Found keys
[ 76.251] (II) evdev: Speakup: Configuring as keyboard
[ 76.251] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input5/event1"
[ 76.251] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Speakup" (type: KEYBOARD, id 15)
[ 76.251] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 76.251] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 76.251] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 77.676] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Speakup: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: HD WebCam: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.138] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
[ 79.138] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 79.140] (EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
Here is the output of startx when root (I terminate with killall Xorg.bin because for some reason startx now use the current tty rather than always the F7)
X.Org X Server 1.16.3
Release Date: 2014-12-20
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.17.4-1-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux lu-tze 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64
Kernel command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/sdb6 rw
Build Date: 20 December 2014 01:34:48PM
Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 24 17:50:31 2014
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
ERROR: Error resolving target specification '' (No targets match target
specification), specified in assignment 'InitialPixmapPlacement=2'.
/home/nbrr/.Xresources:1: warning: Converted [CR+LF] to [LF]
URxvt*loginShell:true
/home/nbrr/.Xresources:47: warning: End of input with no newline, supplemented newline
URxvt.urlLauncher: firefox
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
No protocol specified
xscreensaver: 17:50:32: Can't open display: :0
xscreensaver: 17:50:32: initial effective uid/gid was root/root (0/0)
xscreensaver: 17:50:32: running as nobody/nobody (99/99)
xscreensaver: 17:50:32: This is probably because you're logging in as root. You
shouldn't log in as root: you should log in as a normal user,
and then `su' as needed. If you insist on logging in as
root, you will have to turn off X's security features before
xscreensaver will work.
Please read the manual and FAQ for more information:
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
libgl-switcheroo: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
gtkglswitch: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 3980 requests (3980 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 11 requests (11 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down (EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
I couldn't get the exact output from startx when user but it looks like the begining of the previous, with some complaints from (I suppose) xinitrc at the end.
X.Org X Server 1.16.3
Release Date: 2014-12-20
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.17.4-1-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux lu-tze 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64
Kernel command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/sdb6 rw
Build Date: 20 December 2014 01:34:48PM
Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 24 17:50:31 2014
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitetd)
No Protocol specified.
waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
Meet my .xinitrc
nvidia-settings --load-config-only
nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2
# Read xprofile files
[ -f /etc/xprofile ] && source /etc/xprofile
[ -f ~/.xprofile ] && source ~/.xprofile
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
setxkbmap fr -option compose:menu
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local
xset fp rehash
pulseaudio --start
xscreensaver&
exec xmonad
a few mod
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 277 Dec 20 14:36 /usr/bin/Xorg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2245152 Dec 20 14:36 /usr/bin/Xorg.bin
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 10472 Dec 20 14:36 /usr/bin/Xorg.wrap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1667 Oct 28 18:33 50-synaptics.conf
/etc/X11/:
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 28 17:27 xinit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 28 18:33 xorg.conf.d
/etc/X11/xinit:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 739 Sep 11 23:42 xinitrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 20 15:57 xinitrc.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Oct 27 2013 xserverrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Dec 3 05:39 30-dbus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 398 Jun 7 2013 40-libcanberra-gtk-module
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1667 Oct 28 18:33 50-synaptics.conf
50-synaptics.conf is the only non empty xorg conf file in xorg.conf.d (something from archwiki about fancy scrolling on my touchpad)
Hope it's not something too complicated...Thank you all for your answers.
CarID > I think I chose nividia driver because I had some issues with the open
source one at the time I installed everything. Maybe was it only that nvidia
worked fine on first shot and nouveau didn't. If I remember correctly, bumblebee
was unstable with the nouveau driver while nvidia behaved properly. I will try
nouveau again but I woudld like to understand why my system stopped working
after last update first.
jasonwryan > I saw that, but honestly I don't really understand what it says and
what are the consequencies. Since it's from July and my system was working fine
in November I thought it was unrelated. What is this supposed to mean ? I
suppose the "redirecting stderr also breaks rootless login" explains that I
failed when I attempted to redirect startx output with 2&> as a user ?
rebootl > My laptop has NVIDIA Optimus, so when I got my it a year ago I tried to
follow the wiki about Bumblebee. I don't really remember how well I did and the
nvidia-settings in .xinitrc might well be superstition. /etc/X11/xorg.conf
exists and is empty.
When I startx as a user, I can't find any proper log
file. ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log is created (correct date) but empty. I
get a black screen and the only way I found to get away is to killall Xorg.bin
from another tty. When I am back on the user tty after I killed Xorg.bin, I can
read something like that (not 100% accurate since I can only retype it so far...)
X.Org X Server 1.16.3
Release Date: 2014-12-20
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.17.4-1-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux lu-tze 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64
Kernel command line: initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/sdb6 rw
Build Date: 20 December 2014 01:34:48PM
Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/home/nbrr/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 25 02:15:32 2014
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
No Protocol specified.
waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
No protocole specified
No protocole specified
No protocole specified
No protocole specified
No protocole specified
No protocole specified.(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(EE) Server terminated succesfully (0). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server : Resource temporarily unavailable
xinit: server error -
[Solved] Nautilus (desktop) autostart in KDE?
How is this possible?
- not in ~/.config/autostart nor ~/.kde4/Autostart/
- ran as user when checked with ksysguard
Last edited by algorythm (2010-02-15 17:01:24)Uhhhh... it went away with just re-enabling (disable -> enable) _GNOME_ autostart programs with 'gnome-session-properties'... This is like the crazyest thing.
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HOWTO: Startup/Shutdown Sounds in Openbox
In this tutorial, I will show you how to add startup and shutdown sounds with Openbox, a light-weight window manager. In theory, this should work with any window manager that uses a startup script (or, if you use the startx command, .xinitrc could be used for the same effect); however, I will be focusing on Openbox, so you will have to adapt these instructions for use with other window managers.
We'll start with a quick background story: I was in a "tweaking" mood a few days ago, and I figured I'd try to set up some startup and shutdown noises for use with Openbox. After a few minutes of messing around, I got it working. I searched to see if there were any tutorials like this, and since there weren't, I figured I would share my knowledge--that's what tutorials are for, right?
NOTE: I originally posted this on ubuntuforums.org; therefore, there may be some differences (I tried to fix most of them). Even though I did this on Arch originally, I wrote it targeted toward Ubuntu users. I didn't get much of a response--there must not have been too many Ubuntu/Openbox users looking for that. Please point out any inconsistencies, and I'll fix them as soon as possible.
Now that we have that out of the way, let's get started.
Step 1: Installing the necessary application(s).
First off, we will be using a commandline program called play. It is part of the sox package, so let's install that first (you likely have most of its dependancies already).
# pacman -S sox
If you'd like, you can cd to a directory with music in it and type play name-of-sound-file.extension to test that it is working. If you don't have any files to try it on, you can do this later after downloading your desired sound files in step 3.
I also have sudo set up; you will need to set this up to run the shutdown commands from a script as I have them. There is a section in the ArchWiki that will help in setting it up if you want. As for the commands with sudo in them, you can just run them in a root terminal.
In addition to that, I will be working with obmenu, a program for editing Openbox's menu from a GUI; however, it will work just as well to edit the menu by hand. I assume you already have a preferred method of editing your menu, but if you want to try obmenu, it's only a pacman command away:
# pacman -S obmenu
Step 2: Setting up shutdown privileges.
For this section, I will be adapting a section from a great guide written by urukrama here. We're going to be running a shutdown command from a script, so we need to have it set up to work without any interaction--in this case, that means removing the need for a password for the shutdown command.
To do this, type in the following command into the terminal:
sudo visudo
This will open up the sudoers file, which is used to specifiy user permissions for actions that require root priveleges. For those of you unfamiliar with Vim (I'm with you ), just press i on your keyboard to enter interactive mode, which allows you to edit the file. Then, enter the following line at the end of the file:
%wheel ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown
Then press escape to exit interactive mode. Lastly, type in :wq followed by pressing enter to save and exit. Now you can use the sudo shutdown command without entering a password.
Step 3: Getting the desired sound files.
Now we come to the fun part of the guide--finding the sounds that we want.
There are plenty of startup and shutdown noises floating around the web; I went to gnome- and kde-look to check out theirs (the same are available at both sites). Here's a link to the System Sounds section at gnome-look. You can look through and download the ones that interest you; once you have listened to a few and found one that you like, go on. Just for reference, I chose the Dream pack. It fits very nicely with my current setup and theme.
Step 4: Setting up the shutdown/startup scripts.
If you haven't already (in the last step), extract the sound files from the package that they downloaded in. Then, look through the files and find the startup and shutdown noises. For me, they were titled Dream Intro.ogg and shutdown.ogg, respectively. Move these files into their own folder. I chose ~/.startup--on my Arch install, it was empty. You may want to put it into a different folder/sub-folder, preferably somewhere in your home folder. You can now remove all the other sound files--hypothetically speaking, it probably wouldn't be too hard to get other sounds (such as minimize, maximize, etc., if provided in the sounds package you chose) working with Openbox, but that is beyond the scope of this tutorial. Now, go to the folder in which you placed the startup and shutdown noises. For simplicity's sake, we're going to place the scripts in this same folder.
We're going to be making two scripts here--one for reboot and one for shutdown. Open up your text editor of choice here and enter the following line (replacing the "/path/to/file.extension" with the path to your shutdown sound):
play /path/to/file.extension && sudo shutdown -r now
For me, it looked like this:
play ~/.startup/shutdown.ogg && sudo shutdown -r now
What this does is play the sound file specified and, once that is done, moves on to the reboot process (that's what && does). Save this as reboot.sh. Now make a new file, this time for the actual shutdown. It will be the same as the first except the shutdown command will now be sudo shutdown -h now. Here's what mine looks like:
play ~/.startup/shutdown.ogg && sudo shutdown -h now
Save that one as shutdown.sh. At this point, we have completed the scripts for both shutdown commands. Next, open up your Openbox autostart script (should be in /home/<user>/.config/openbox/autostart.sh, where <user> is your username) with the text editor of your choice. You probably already have a few different things in here; if not, it doesn't really matter. Just add the following line to your autostart file (as you can see, I used quotes around this one because this file had a space in its name--you'll want to do the same. You can also use a backslash before the space):
play "/home/<user>/.startup/Dream Intro.ogg"&
Make sure you keep the ampersand (&) in tact; otherwise, the script will wait until the sound is done playing before completing the rest of the processes. I recommend that you place the sound file at the beginning of the script so that it starts first--the way I have it set up, everything is ready to go by the time the login sound ends (sooner, actually). Now that we've come this far, we're almost done.
Step 5: Adding the shutdown options to the Openbox menu.
At this point, the login sound will be working; however, we still need to set up the shutdown sounds. To do this, we will add a section to the Openbox menu that runs the two scripts we made in the last step.
Either open up obmenu or use your preferred text editor and open up menu.xml (should be in ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml). As I said, we will be adding two items: one for rebooting and another for shutting down. In obmenu, you can add a new submenu wherever you want (I chose the bottom of the menu) and name it Power (or whatever else you'd like). The first we'll add is named Restart. For the execute line, add the following:
bash /path/to/reboot.sh
For me, this path is ~/.startup/reboot.sh. As for the second, name it Shut Down and for the execute command put the following:
bash /path/to/shutdown.sh
Again, for me this is ~/.startup/shutdown.sh. Here is what the section in my obmenu looks like:
As for the pure XML, here it is (I replaced my name with <user> ):
<item label="Restart">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>bash /home/<user>/.startup/reboot.sh</execute>
</action>
</item>
<item label="Shut Down">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>bash /home/<user>/.startup/shutdown.sh</execute>
</action>
</item>
With obmenu, just save it, and your menu will be refreshed. When hand-editing the menu.xml file, you have to remember to Reconfigure Openbox (it will be in your menu unless you've removed it).
And with that, you should have working startup and shutdown sounds. You can test it by right clicking on your desktop and selecting one of your new shutdown options. You should have a sound play followed by the normal shutdown routine. Then when your computer starts back up, you will have a pleasant noise after logging on.
I hope that helped you! Please point out any errors that you see, and I'll correct them as soon as possible.Nice tutorial. I was wondering, I noticed you have a games tab. Do you know how to properly execute games. I am trying to get steam games working also Call of duty 4 as tabs under obmenu. Could you help me out?
Thanks! -
Mavericks runs slow on MacBook Pro 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I installed Mavericks OS X on my 15" MacBook Pro. Since then, it is running very slow: applications start up very slow, I often need to force quit them and Chrome is working extremely slow lately. I did an EtreCheck on my laptop in the hope that anyone could help me...
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 20:46:52
Disk Information:
ST9320325ASG disk0 : (320,07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319,21 GB (44,12 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.intego.BackupAssistant.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
[loaded] com.sonos.smbbump.plist
[failed] com.torch.update.agent.plist
[failed] com.vmware.launchd.tools.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
[loaded] org.opensc.pcscd.autostart.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.intego.backupassistant.agent.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
[failed] com.vmware.launchd.vmware-tools-userd.plist
[failed] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
RightZoom
BlackBerry Device Manager
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Growl
Java
MacFUSE
Internet Plug-ins::
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.2f2 - SDK 10.6
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0 - SDK 10.5
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.1
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
User Internet Plug-ins::
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
BackupAssistantAgent: Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5
/Library/StartupItems/Intego Backup Assistant/BackupAssistantAgent.app
DMSLaunch: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DMSLaunch.app
DivX Converter: Version: 10.0.0 (Build 10.0.0.60) - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX Converter.app
DivX Player: Version: 10.0.0 (Build 11.2.0.81) - SDK 10.5
/Applications/DivX Player.app
DivXMediaServer: Version: 10.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXMediaServer.app
DivXTransferWizard: Version: 10.0.0 (Build 10.0.0.21) - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXTransferWizard.app
DivXUpdate: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXUpdate.app
FacebookVideoCalling: Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5
/Users/viktorvanbeersel/Library/Application Support/Facebook/video/1.2.0.158/FacebookVideoCalling.app
Intego Backup Assistant: Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/Intego Backup Assistant.app
SLLauncher: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
TomTomHOMERunner: Version: 2.9.5.1974 - SDK 10.4
/Users/viktorvanbeersel/Library/Application Support/TomTom HOME/TomTomHOMERunner.app
Wondershare Helper Compact: Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5
/Users/viktorvanbeersel/Library/Application Support/Helper/Wondershare Helper Compact.app
XLD: Version: 20131102 - SDK 10.4
/Applications/XLD.app
iSkysoft Helper Compact: Version: 2.2.5.6 - SDK 10.5
/Users/viktorvanbeersel/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 256.20 GB
Destinations:
LaCie [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 372.61 GB
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 372.61 GB < (Disk used 256.20 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
117% PluginProcess
22% (NML2NDeviceObser)
14% NML2NDeviceObserver
11% uTorrent
9% WindowServer
Top Processes by Memory:
246 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
227 MB PluginProcess
143 MB Safari
78 MB Google Chrome
78 MB iTunes
Virtual Memory Statistics:
30 MB Free RAM
1.16 GB Active RAM
1.15 GB Inactive RAM
835 MB Wired RAM
2.05 GB Page-ins
215 MB Page-outsFirst, back up all data immediately unless you already have a current backup. If you can't back up, stop here. Do not take any of the steps below.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}' | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
Run Software Update. If there's a firmware update, install it.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a portable computer, check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
Step 3
When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for User, System, and Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the Memory tab. What value is shown in the bottom part of the window for Swap used?
Next, select the Disk tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in andWrites out.)
Step 4
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long. -
Hello All,
I have a 15" i7 Macbook Pro from early 2011. The past few weeks, it has been getting increasingly difficult to get on my computer. It takes the mac laptop two or three tries to boot successfully. It would turn on, show gray screen, shut down, turn on again, show gray screen, shutdown, and then turn on, show gray screen, before it can finally get to the dark gray log-in screen. Even when I finally get logged in to start working, thinking it would be okay now, it shuts down randomly.
I've ruled out the possibility of a software problem because I've just done a clean re-install of Mac OS X Mavericks on my computer just yesterday.
I did upgrade the RAM recently, about a month and a half ago, from 4GB to 16GB, I went to the apple store four days after that upgrade to have them do a hardware test, and clean the inside of my laptop, which helped with previous heat issues. When they did the hardware test, the hardware was all registered as fine from their system.
I've tried resetting the SMC, PRAM, and doing the internet recovery hardware test, but to no avail. I thought I could at least find out what parts needed to be replaced from the hardware test but it seems that when the hardware test is almost finished, the computer just shuts down, So I am unable to see the results.
My computer is also having battery issues, under battery condition, it says "replace now," parts have been ordered, waiting for arrival. But if the battery health is low, it should still boot up fine, it would just hold a significantly less charge.
Could this be a hard drive issue?
Has anyone had similar symptoms and how was it resolved?
Does anyone know what I can do to alleviate this issue?
I haven't had time to take it to Apple because I'm currently taking a 21 credit semester academically. I'm an art and design student so my computer is basically the bane of my existence. Help! Any constructive advice is welcomed!
Thank you so much for your input!
-Christina C.Problem description:
The Hard Disk is failing.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 4, 2014 at 7:59:28 AM EST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:3:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
HDV4 (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.30 GB (712.10 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned
[loaded] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned
[loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.userinit.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.init.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.uninstall.plist Support
[loaded] com.avast.update.plist Support
[invalid?] com.perion.searchprotectd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[invalid?] com.avast.home.userinit.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[invalid?] com.jdibackup.ZipCloud.autostart.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
None
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
TroviNPAPIPlugin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Avast Online Security
Trovi Search for Safari
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
None
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
16% mds
7% WindowServer
1% loginwindow
1% fontd
1% com.avast.daemon
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
120 MB com.avast.daemon
86 MB Google Chrome
52 MB Finder
52 MB WindowServer
41 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
13.45 GB Free RAM
1.34 GB Active RAM
944 MB Inactive RAM
1.43 GB Wired RAM
1.11 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs -
My 10.8.3 update did not install properly citing an 'Unknown Error'. Now, my Mail and Mac App Store aren't working. What went wrong and how do i fix it ?
I tried this and still have the same problems. If I open Address book or the Mac App Store I get the library rebuild popup and a hang. I created a fresh user and then things are better apart from the printing issue. Its clearly some 3rd party software issue but the crash logs are meningless to me. I used the excellent Etre check app from http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck so I have a list of what is being loaded and can compare clean and crashed user info but as I cant work out which of the startup items, launch agents, launch daemons etc that are causing the problem.
I have eliminated Dropbox, Mac Keeper and Witness, and it isnt related to my exterrnal LED cinema dispay or my external thunderbolt drives, or any USB devices if thats any help to anyone else. Info from Etrecheck follows -
Kernel Extensions:
com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 Version: 1.28.7
com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn Version: 6.0.2
com.rogueamoeba.InstantOnCore Version: 6.0.2
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower Version: 1.5.3
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[not loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
[not loaded] com.dymo.pnpd.plist
[not loaded] com.intego.BackupManagerPro.daemon.plist
[not loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
[not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[not loaded] com.orbicule.witnessd.plist
[not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool.plist
[not loaded] com.stclairsoft.AppTamerAgent.plist
[not loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
[not loaded] pcloudd.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
[loaded] com.lacie.raidmonitor.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.lacie.safemanager.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
[loaded] com.orbicule.WitnessUserAgent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] .DS_Store
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
[loaded] com.digitalrebellion.SoftwareUpdateAutoCheck.plist
[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.propaganda.dejavu.dvmonitor.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
[loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Synergy
TomTomHOMERunner
Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Déjà Vu
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
GR-55
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X
Perian
Printopia
TechTool Protection
Witness -
3 error messages in console slow down mavericks
mavericks is a lot slower than snow leopard, sometimes programs even stop working for approx. 30 seconds.
below the console messages
and below that the printout from etreCheck.
1) systemstatsd complains once per minute "assertion failed" - I don't have the faintest idea, which module failed
2) Excel2008 and office 2008 (database daemon) let me know, that something is deprecated and will be removed soon
Excel latest update was done 2 days ago . Can I stop these messages or remove the daemon?
Any help or idea is apppreciated very much
PS: is there a manual on how to interpret system messages? I could not find anything.
here the console messages
06.12.13 01:46:53,820
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:48:01,378
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:48:16,303
ntpd[209]
FREQ state ignoring +0.000498 s
06.12.13 01:48:52,776
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:49:57,354
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:51:00,958
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:52:09,737
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:52:22,000
kernel[0]
nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1386291144
06.12.13 01:52:22,325
com.apple.mtmd[40]
Set snapshot time: 2013-12-06 01:52:24 +0100 (current time: 2013-12-06 01:52:22 +0100)
06.12.13 01:52:56,601
ntpd[209]
FREQ state ignoring +0.000923 s
06.12.13 01:53:18,333
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:54:23,823
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:55:24,336
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:56:27,889
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:57:27,334
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:58:21,771
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 01:59:23,413
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:00:24,842
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:01:24,622
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:02:29,136
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:03:25,547
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:04:31,225
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:05:32,797
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
06.12.13 02:06:10,780
Microsoft Excel[872]
OTAtomicAdd32 is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:17,787
Microsoft Database Daemon[874]
OTAtomicAdd32 is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:18,307
Microsoft Excel[872]
OTAtomicAdd8 is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:18,307
Microsoft Excel[872]
OTCompareAndSwap8 is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:18,325
Microsoft Database Daemon[874]
OTAtomicAdd8 is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:18,325
Microsoft Database Daemon[874]
OTCompareAndSwap8 is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:22,371
Microsoft Excel[872]
OTInetGetInterfaceInfo is unimplemented and will be removed soon. Please stop using it.
06.12.13 02:06:24,875
Console[877]
setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
06.12.13 02:06:45,315
systemstatsd[358]
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb
and here the etreCheck printout
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 12:11:10
Disk Information:
WDC WD7500BPVT-00A1YT0 disk0 : (750,16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
mac HD (disk0s2) /: 749,3 GB (199,3 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.4)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.4)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.4)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.4)
com.google.filesystems.fusefs (2.2.1)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.actualtechnologies.odbcmanager.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
AirPlayitServerManager
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Java
MacFUSE (Tuxera)
MenuMeters
Internet Plug-ins::
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.152 - SDK 10.6
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Silverlight: Version: 4.1.10329.0
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Bad Fonts:
None
Old applications:
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.4 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
Microsoft-Fehlerberichterstattung: Version: 2.2.8 - SDK 10.4
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
VoodooPad Lite: Version: 4.3.6 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/VoodooPad Lite.app
VoodooPad Pro: Version: 4.3.6 - SDK 10.5
/Applications/VoodooPad Pro.app
WiFi Analyzer: Version: 1.0.2 - SDK 10.0
/Applications/WiFi Analyzer.app
Wondershare Helper Compact: Version: 2.2.5.6 - SDK 10.5
/Users/greiff/Library/Application Support/Helper/Wondershare Helper Compact.app
iSkysoft Helper Compact: Version: 2.2.6.4 - SDK 10.5
/Users/greiff/Library/Application Support/Helper/iSkysoft Helper Compact.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
mac HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 512.22 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine-Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 698.32 GB
Total number of backups: 16
Oldest backup: 2013-05-22 07:27:44 +0000
Last backup: 2013-12-02 09:57:34 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 698.32 GB < (Disk used 512.22 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
7% VirtualBoxVM
7% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
1% Safari
1% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
2.65 GB VirtualBoxVM
172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
172 MB Mail
139 MB softwareupdated
131 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Statistics:
175 MB Free RAM
2.19 GB Active RAM
1.92 GB Inactive RAM
3.42 GB Wired RAM
448 MB Page-ins
9 MB Page-outs
Thanks for your help
Rudolfsolved partially
I switched router and WLAN off and after a minute on again (software reset did not solve the problem) and all error messages are gone now.
exept the sytemstatsd message which is still there once a minute
assertion failed: 13A603: systemstatsd + 3361 [63F86D0F-34D4-3013-B8CC-78A5A4B559A3]: 0xb -
Before I begin, let me post my system specs real quick:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB51.007D.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.32f8
Serial Number (system): W8******1B0
Hardware UUID: 90146DFB-93C5-5699-AB59-05403BEC071C
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Storage:
Available: 61.79 GB (61,793,218,560 bytes)
Capacity: 255.2 GB (255,200,755,712 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk0s2
Volume UUID: 2DA6DBEC-85AD-3415-81FA-B6979712E3E5
Physical Drive:
Media Name: V4-CT256V4SSD2 Media
Medium Type: SSD
Protocol: SATA
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
So, a while ago I decided to get a SSD and upgrade to 4GB of RAM when I was still using Snow Leopard. Great investment, totally worth it. Well, for a while. Boot times were good at first. But they got sluggish. So of course I decided to upgrade to Mountain Lion because that would speed up my mac, right? Wrong. It takes my computer ten seconds from the time I push the power button to respond and begin booting. It takes anywhere from one to two and a half minutes to get to the login screen. On the login screen it won't respond to any input from keyboard, trackpad, or mouse for ten seconds more. When I type in my password, it's another thirty seconds to a minute before the spinning beach ball of death disappears and what should be my desktop appears. Instead I'm greeted by my desktop picture and nothing else. One to one and a half minutes later, my desktop, dock, and menu bar are all there in front of me. But we're not out of the woods yet. It takes about two or three more minutes before my computer becomes even remotely usable- if I just start clicking I'll get the beach ball of death and have to wait longer, watching my once-swift Google Chrome browser bounce endlessly up and down, never opening.
TL;DR: It takes way too long for my computer to start up given its specifications.
You might be poised at your keyboard right now, telling me to repair disk permissions, clear caches, reset PRAM and SMC, etc... but I've already done that. I have about 75GB free space on my solid state drive, so that's not an issue. I've used Onyx and CleanMyMac2 to clean up anything that could be causing the problem, and it hasn't fixed slow boot times and general sluggishness.
I've scoured the forums far and wide to find the answer that will transform my computer into the speed-demon it once was. That is why I have turned to you, dear internet, to aid me in my quest.
I'm not a digital dummy- I can follow just about any advice you give me if you're clear enough in explaining steps required. The OP in almost every thread I've visited thus far was clueless and simply needed routine maintenace or a hardware upgrade to fix the problem, and I know that can't be the issue... so what can?
(PS I did select the SSD as my startup disk after installing it)
<Edited By Host>Here's the results of etrecheck:
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
360ControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/360ControlDaemon
ParallelsDesktopTransporter - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter
System Software:
OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0 days 1:39:57
Disk Information:
V4-CT256V4SSD2 disk0 : (256.06 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Ben's New Hard Drive (disk0s2) /: 255.2 GB (61.63 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBDevices (4.4.3)
com.orderedbytes.driver.ControllerMateFamily (4.4.3)
com.Cvnt.nke (2.1.2)
com.Cvnt.driver.CvntDriver (2.1.2)
com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.3)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.Cvnt.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.Cvnt.start.plist
[loaded] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
Covenant Eyes
Caffeine
HP Scheduler
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
GamePadCompanionPrefPanel
Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
7% HP Device Monitor
7% WindowServer
3% Google Chrome
2% EtreCheck
0% mds
0% Dock
0% fontd
0% ps
0% blued
0% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
135 MB Google Chrome
106 MB mds
57 MB HP Device Monitor
45 MB WindowServer
44 MB Google Chrome Helper
33 MB coreservicesd
29 MB CalendarAgent
29 MB SystemUIServer
29 MB Finder
29 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Statistics
1.89 GB Free RAM
1.15 GB Active RAM
230 MB Inactive RAM
486 MB Wired RAM
793 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs -
Trackpad and trackpad button often unresponsive in Mavericks
This is an offshoot of discussion about a mouse right click not always working since upgrading to Mavericks.
I said using the trackpad and trackpad button on my MBP often doesn't effect the computer; I have to repeat those actions multiple times before anything happens.
Drew Reece offered some suggestions for my issues:
First, I came to Mavericks from Snow Leopard because I'd tried Lion and Mt. Lion but found my old laptop (early 2008 MBP v4.1) ran way, too slow.
Before going whole hog on Mavericks I read a lot, then installed it on an external drive (spinning, connected with FW800) and played with it for a few days. I used Migration Assistant to make the move, which segregated software that was not compatible. Mavericks was slow for a few days, but did gradually speed up. However, that was when I first ran into the issue with the trackpad and button not registering with the computer's display. I also ran into the problems with Mail not liking my 3 Gmail accounts but actually solved that using by booting in safe mode, thanks to another poster here. Not sure why - I attributed it to Spotlight indexing the drive - everything about the computer was very slow and extremely funky while in safe mode; no way I would want to judge the OS based on performance during that boot. It was awful.
I did update a lot of applications to Mavericks-ready versions while I was using 10.9 on that external drive.
When I felt comfortable, I wiped my NBP hard drive and did a clean install of Mavericks, followed by repeating the same software updates. Then used Super Duper to just bring over User folders from that external drive. Because SD restores the Spotlight state there was no "break-in" period so Mavericks ran reasonably fast right away. I wasn't ready for iCloud deleting my Address Book data but, fortunately, I replaced everything from the external drive's Users/me/Library/Application Support/Address Book folder.
So, per Drew's suggestion, I ran EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
GeForce 8600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Tor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Tor
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:53:59
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS542520K9SA00 disk0 : (200.05 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Power 10 (disk0s2) /: 199.71 GB (71.1 GB free)
USB Information:
Apple Inc. iPod
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Other World Computing OXFORD IDE Device 1 400mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Banksy (disk3s2) /Volumes/Banksy: 299.21 GB (180.6 GB free)
Other World Computing OXFORD IDE Device 1 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Got Your Back (disk1s2) /Volumes/Got Your Back: 319.73 GB (196.91 GB free)
OWC Mercury Elite Pro 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Video (disk4s2) /Volumes/Video: 1 TB (561.34 GB free)
Repechage (disk4s3) /Volumes/Repechage: 1 TB (513.06 GB free)
Wayback (disk4s4) /Volumes/Wayback: 999.39 GB (108.82 GB free)
OWC Mercury Elite unknown_device 800mbit - 800mbit max
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Check It! (disk2s2) /Volumes/Check It!: 1 TB (513.38 GB free)
The Shed (disk2s3) /Volumes/The Shed: 300 GB (180.43 GB free)
Space (disk2s4) /Volumes/Space: 697.3 GB (558.43 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4050)
com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn (6.0.3)
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
[not loaded] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.1F60888F-BFED-41C0-85FC-E077C4E6162C.plist
[not loaded] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] org.glimmerblocker.proxy.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
[loaded] com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
[loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
[loaded] org.glimmerblocker.updater.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] ca.madefresh.BodegaAgent.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[not loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
[not loaded] com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist
[not loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
GrowlHelperApp
GrowlMenu
KeyCue
SizeUp
BookMacster
MagiCal
Caffeine
Dates to iCal 2
iTrashGhost
Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper
Aurora Wakeup Helper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
A Better Finder Preferences
Akamai NetSession Preferences
EarthDesk
Fan Control
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
GlimmerBlocker
MacFUSE (Tuxera)
MenuMeters
Perian
TechTool Protection
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivX Web Player.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
SheepSystemsNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO
Volumes being backed up:
Banksy: Disk size: 299.21 GB Disk used: 118.61 GB
Destinations:
Wayback [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 999.39 GB
Total number of backups: 85
Oldest backup: 2012-11-13 14:09:20 +0000
Last backup: 2013-11-10 12:12:44 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 999.39 GB > (Disk size 299.21 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
18% firefox
6% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
2% Finder
1% SystemUIServer
0% Little Snitch Agent
0% Little Snitch Network Monitor
0% fontd
0% Aurora Wakeup Helper
0% Little Snitch Daemon
Top Processes by Memory:
616 MB firefox
365 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
160 MB Finder
127 MB WindowServer
98 MB Mail
94 MB mds_stores
86 MB Dock
78 MB AdobeAcrobat
49 MB Contacts
45 MB soagent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
696 MB Free RAM
1.73 GB Active RAM
1.05 GB Inactive RAM
552 MB Wired RAM
517 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
I don't see anything that mentions software - good or bad. And I don't see anything else that indicates a problem but maybe I just don't know how to read this report?
Sorry about the length of this but I wanted to addres all Drew's suggestions. And I'm still seeing those intermittent trackpad/button issues.
- thanksI'll try to break down each of these sections & point out any bad signs below.
Hopefully the color helps…
Alex Machi wrote:
Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Tor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Tor
Kernel Extensions:
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4050)
com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn (6.0.3)
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0)
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
[not loaded] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.1F60888F-BFED-41C0-85FC-E077C4E6162C.plist
[not loaded] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] org.glimmerblocker.proxy.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
[failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
[loaded] com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
[loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
[loaded] org.glimmerblocker.updater.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] ca.madefresh.BodegaAgent.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[not loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
[not loaded] com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist
[not loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
GrowlHelperApp
GrowlMenu
KeyCue
SizeUp
BookMacster
MagiCal
Caffeine
Dates to iCal 2
iTrashGhost
Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper
Aurora Wakeup Helper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
A Better Finder Preferences
Akamai NetSession Preferences
EarthDesk
Fan Control
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
GlimmerBlocker
MacFUSE (Tuxera)
MenuMeters
Perian
TechTool Protection
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivX Web Player.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
SheepSystemsNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Red items are loaded at the system level
Blue items are loaded at the user level
The other stuff gets loaded into apps like Safari - they are internet plugins.
Cleanup:
All the usual caveats apply, backup before you modify the system, delete the items (or move them to another disk or folder if you are worried about deleting the wrong thing) but ensure the originals are gone or updated.
Use the Finders "Go menu > Go to Folder…" to open the hidden ~/Library (your users library).
Reboot for the system changes to take effect.
How to find updates:
The critical launchd jobs & kernel extensions use reverse domain notation e.g.
at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist means look at http://obdev.at for 'LittleSnitch' updates
You want to try to update or remove all the system level items.
Startup Items: Stored in /Library/StartupItems/
Startup Items have been discontinued by Apple since Mac OS 10.4. They are responsible for making changes at a system level. Remove them all or spend time ensuring ALL related software is up to date. You need a very good reason to have anything installed in here.
Kernel Extensions: Stored in /Library/Extensions/
Kernel Extensions also load third party code, but they insert it into the 'core' of the OS. These can be safe, however you must ensure the related tools or apps are up to date, otherwise the system is basically built upon quicksand. Remove them all & see if the OS works better.
Your LittleSnitch is out of date for example, how about hardware monitor or Rogueamoeba's software?
Launchd jobs: several types
LaunchAgents - Stored in /Library/LaunchAgents
LaunchDaemons - Stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons
User LaunchAgents - Stored in ~/Library/LaunchAgents
These are all background jobs, they are not necessarily bad, but if they are loading old code it could be doing untold damage to the performance & stability of the entire OS. Focus on the System level jobs (the ones inside /Library - the system level) also remove ['failed'] jobs.
EtreCheck gives a status on launchd jobs…
[loaded] - a running job
[not loaded] - jobs that are set not to run, basically harmless, remove them unless you plan to use the associated software (if it is up to date)
[failed] - jobs in a crashed or unknown state, it could be forking processes or using all the system resources, remove these.
User login items:
Applications and helpers that are managed inside 'Systems Preferences > Users and groups > Login Items tab'.
These are loaded at the 'User level', consider removing all of them whilst you troubleshoot. When you decide to re-add them ensure the software is up to date.
3rd Party Preference Panes: & Internet Plug-ins:
/Library/PreferencePanes/ and ~/Library/PreferencePanes/
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
Once again these items all must be up to date, or remove them from your system. If the prefpanes manage additional software use the uninstaller or see the developers site for uninstall instructions.
Read the list of Internet plug-ins carefully, there are often duplicate Flash player versions that won't help stability, it's just wasted space too.
Don't forget to also update Safari's extensions in it's preferences (if you have any).
Re-run EtreCheck after cleaning up to see if items have returned (some apps will reload the background jobs when re-opened, so either update or remove the software).
Hope that isn't too daunting, the OS should be better if there are less old items running at the system level. -
Mavericks freezing for a few seconds in intervals
I've just upgraded to Mavericks and I'm having an issue with it freezing for a few seconds at random intervals. happens almost everytime I switch desktops too.
herer's my system spec :
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
360ControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/360ControlDaemon
M-Audio Firmware Loader - Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-Audio Firmware Loader
MolCp3Startup - Path: /Library/StartupItems/MolCp3Startup
PACESupport - Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
tun - Path: /Library/StartupItems/tun
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 2 days 0:14:50
Disk Information:
ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (24.56 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)
com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1)
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9)
com.protech.NoSleep (1.3.1)
net.osculator.driver.OSCulatorIOKit (1.5.1)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.2)
com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard (1.6)
net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5)
com.vara.driver.VaraAudio (1.0.3)
com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector (1.6)
foo.tun (1.0)
com.logmein.hamachi (1.0)
com.aladdin.kext.aksfridge (1.0.2)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist
[loaded] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist
[loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist
[loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist
[loaded] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist
[not loaded] com.barebones.bbedit.plist
[loaded] com.bresink.system.securityagent3.plist
[loaded] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist
[loaded] com.github.GitHub.GHInstallCLI.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.leapmotion.leapd.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.hamachi.plist
[failed] com.opengarden.meshclient.plist
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
[failed] com.splashtop.streamer.SRServiceDaemon.plist
[failed] com.tidalpoolsoftware.macproxy.kext.plist
[loaded] com.tvmobili.tvmobilisvcd.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
[loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
[loaded] com.flipvideo.FlipShare.AutoRun.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.hamachimb.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
[loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
[failed] com.splashtop.streamer.SRServiceAgent.plist
[failed] com.tidalpoolsoftware.macproxy.application.plist
[loaded] com.tvmobili.artwork.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
[loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.akamai.client.plist
[loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
[failed] [email protected]
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.Caius.plist
[failed] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
[failed] net.sourceforge.tvshows.plist
[failed] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
3DconnexionHelper
Dropbox
Sony Ericsson Bridge Helper
KiesAgent
fuspredownloader
3rd Party Preference Panes:
3Dconnexion
Flash Player
MacFUSE
Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixICAClientPlugIn.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
Unity Web Player.plugin
WacomNetscape.plugin
WacomSafari.plugin
ZigJS.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
iGetterBundle.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 474.69 GB
Destinations:
Seagate Expansion Drive [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 999.86 GB
Total number of backups: 5
Oldest backup: 2012-10-28 09:00:40 +0000
Last backup: 2013-10-26 18:21:53 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 999.86 GB < (Disk used 474.69 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU:
348% Unity
6% Google Chrome
4% WindowServer
3% coreaudiod
2% Finder
1% EtreCheck
1% hidd
0% BBLaunchAgent
0% Dropbox
0% mds_stores
Top Processes by Memory:
1.12 GB Unity
1.02 GB Finder
279 MB Google Chrome
246 MB mds_stores
246 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
213 MB mono
164 MB softwareupdated
115 MB Sublime Text 2
115 MB WindowServer
82 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.13 GB Free RAM
6.36 GB Active RAM
3.53 GB Inactive RAM
1.97 GB Wired RAM
12.80 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsThanks for you post, I was under the impression that one of the new macbook pro's comes with 16GB RAM out of the box.
I'll try your solution although I feel like is rather utilise the RAM I've paid for.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/10462096123 Suggested that it's possibly the new memory compression causing the issues. This seems to fit, because I'm a game developer I tend to have quite a lot of memory intensive applications running.
Will report back if I find a solution, if there are any more suggestions I'm all ears. -
Macbook pro ( 13" mid 2009 ) keeps freezing every few minutes since downloading mavericks
Ever since downloading osx Mavericks , my mac book keeps on crashing every few minutes. Doesn't matter what application I am using, system hangs every few minutes. I have been looking at Activity monitor closely. Following programs end up using a lot of CPU and hang a lot:
SystemUIServer ( not responding -- several times )
Google Chrome ( not responding -- several times )
Google Chrome Helper ( not responding -- several times )
PepperFlashPlayer ( not responding -- several times )
Windows Server ( not crashing -- but using a lot of CPU resources - remains at top 5 CPU usage tasks. )
Looking at Console app .. following programs cause a lot of crashes: ( Console itself was not responding several times I was looking at it )
systemstatsd
GoogleChromeHelper
I also ran EtreCheck program .. here is the output:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
ChmodBPF - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 12:48:1
Disk Information:
FUJITSU MJA2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 159.18 GB (116.26 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.systemstatsd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist
[loaded] com.fitbit.galileod.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-sukhi_rs@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
iTunesHelper
Google Drive
3rd Party Preference Panes:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
EPPEX Plugin.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
PDF Browser Plugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
5% WindowServer
2% EtreCheck
1% Google Chrome
1% hidd
1% Activity Monitor
0% fontd
0% sysmond
0% notifyd
0% ocspd
0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
123 MB softwareupdated
115 MB Google Chrome
106 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
82 MB mds_stores
61 MB Activity Monitor
49 MB mds
49 MB Finder
41 MB WindowServer
33 MB Dock
33 MB Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Statistics:
4.87 GB Free RAM
1.50 GB Active RAM
673 MB Inactive RAM
738 MB Wired RAM
1.42 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Is there anything else you would like me to post?ChmodBPF - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
StartupItems can slow your Mac down.
Go to HD > Library > StartuItems
Remove this: ChmodBPF
Restart your Mac.
If it's still slow, open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login items
Remove Google Drive. (iTunes Helper should not be a problem)
Restart your Mac.
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