Clicking "Displays" ion system prefernces causes a crash
Just recently noticed this but when I try to access "Displays" through system preferences I get the beachball of death for about a minute and then get a crash report.
This is pretty annoying since I want to change my display preferences!
I've done software update, checked and repaired permissions and no change
any suggestions?
Process: System Preferences [78054]
Path: /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences
Identifier: com.apple.systempreferences
Version: 7.0 (7.0)
Build Info: SystemPrefsApp-1750100~6
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [291]
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
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I have a client with a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro. He was having crashes with Lion so I upgraded him to Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The crashes did not go away.
I troubleshooted and with the help of gfxCardStatus noticed that every time his machine went to use the discrete graphcis he got the gray hard crash screen and system had to restart. Back then I tried a beta of 10.8.3 and it didn't help.
I noticed that if I created another user account (profile) it would not crash when the discrete graphics card was called upon.
So, I re-installed the OS (to 10.8.2), created a new profile and manually migrated pictures, documents, keychain, mail, movies, music and re-installed the relevant Applications. Everything was working fine and my client went on a trip to Europe and soon the crashes began again. Then he upgraded to 10.8.3 and the crashes got even more frequent (it seems 10.8.3 puts more applications on the discrete graphics list so it switches even more).
I am wondering what could have caused the crashes to begin. It was before he upgraded to 10.8.3. Some application or something he was using must have changed a setting or corrupted something to cause the crashing to begin. I haven't done this yet, but I'm sure if I create another user account it won't crash on it.
Any ideas where to turn my attention to see what is causing the shift from his working user account to a crash-causing one?
He has iLife, Office 2011, Final Cut Pro X, iPhoto Library Manager, VLC, Audacity, DropBox, FileMaker Pro 11, Flip4Mac Player, Fuze, GotoAssist, Handbrake, Skype, iSkySoft DVD Creator, iSkySoft Video Convertor, Onyx and Skype.
I know there are *MANY* others having problems with the automatic graphics card switching and it seems some are having more problems when gfxCardStatus is installed?
- Elanis this your MacBook:
TS4088- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010): Intermittent black screen or loss of video
Take a copy of the article with you when you go for service. They need to run a SPECIAL diagnostic to decide whether you have this problem. Do not leave until they run the special diagnostic. The "overnight run" does not detect this problem.
If they confirm you have the problem, they will replace the graphics chip, which is part of the motherboard. be prepared to hand over your Mac for depot repair. (Your backups must be up-to-date). -
Is there a way to track down the cause of crashes in SAFARI?
Not long ago I was able to eliminate one type of crash I had been having in SAFARI by following a suggestion made in this forum. Those crashes, however, were of the type that generated a 'crash report.' So they left a kind of 'paper trail' as to what was causing them.
More recently I have been having frequent crashes that don't result in such reports. These crashes occur apparently randomly when I mouseclick on a link. The spinning beach ball appears on-screen and never leaves.
Is there a way to find out exactly what is causing these crashes?
Thanks.Hello Michael:
I have not yet seen a
good approach to using that information (short of
deleting the account).
better search some yourself Barry <G>
if something runs fine in another account - one can isolate the cause to one of the plist files in the main acct Home/Library/Preferences/ or possibly an add-on in Home/Library/Internet Pug-Ins or ...Input Managers for example.
If there is the same problem in the new acct - you can discount anything with the main acct user library - plists,caches,plugins,input managers, the whole lot.
A useful tool is Console - found in Applications/Utilities/ keep it running while the 'problem' in question crops up & see if any messages pop up in either the system log or console log. Sometimes these will point straight at the problem area, other times no help at all. -
Remote Resources: "A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: End of file"
Hi, I am trying to use "Remote Resources" on the current version of the Microsoft Remote Desktop for Android app, I can input the webfeed and it even shows the apps that I have configured on the server for "Remote App", sadly whenever
I try to load any of the RemoteApps, I receive an error stating " A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail. End of File".
I don't know what I can do to fix this, I've tried many things to no avail, also, normal Remote Desktop connections from the Microsoft Android app work flawlessly to the server.
The relevant log is the following:
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): ----- BEGIN ACTIVE CONNECTION -----
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): Final rdp configuration used: memory bookmark [
label
hostname DIAZSERVER
port 3389
loadbalanceinfo
ui.swapmousebutton false
remote.program ||ZWaveUtil
remote.workingdirectory
remote.name ZWave Adapter Utility
remote.args
rail true
soundmode 0
connect_to_console false
redirectsdcard true
performance_flags 134
arc.sessionid 0
anonymous_username
authentication_level 2
use_redirection_server_name false
username administrator
gateway [
host = DIAZSERVER
port = 443
bypass = false
connect info[
hostnames = [localhost]
gatewayHost = DIAZSERVER
gatewayPort = 443
routingToken = Cookie: mstshash=administrator
redirectionGUID =
proxyHost = 200.5.68.10
proxyPort = 8080
sessionId = -1
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): Using HttpConnect proxy at 200.5.68.10:8080
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): Using Basic Authentication with username ''
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): Protocol state changed to: ProtocolConnectingNetwork(1)
AsioEndpointContext (0): startup(): starting up down context
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): Resolved '200.5.68.10' to '200.5.68.10' using NameResolveMethod_DNS(1)
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:54] RDP (0): Resolved '200.5.68.10' to '200.5.68.10' using NameResolveMethod_DNS(1)
ASIOSocketAdapter (9): readSomething error. message: End of file. instance: 0x5d39d5c0
RpcOverHttp (9): Stream error in endpoint 0x5abbc170 : A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: End of file
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:55] RDP (0): Error message: A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: End of file
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:55] RDP (0): Error message: A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: End of file
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:55] RDP (0): Protocol state changed to: ProtocolDisconnected(8)
ASIOSocketAdapter (9): handleRead(): exception: Exception in file '/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/rc-android-app/workspace/rdp-layer/library/jni/librdp/private/httpendpoint.cpp' at line 489
User Message : Failed to read from channel: -1. instance: 0x5d39d5c0
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:55] RDP (0): Disconnect initiated by client
RpcOverHttp (9): Exception in endpoint 0x5abbc170 : Exception in file '/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/rc-android-app/workspace/rdp-layer/library/jni/librdp/private/httpendpoint.cpp' at line 489
User Message : A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: Failed to read from channel: -1
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:55] RDP (0): Exception caught: Exception in file '/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/rc-android-app/workspace/rdp-layer/library/jni/librdp/private/httpendpoint.cpp' at line 489
User Message : A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: Failed to read from channel: -1
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:55] RDP (0): Exception caught: Exception in file '/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/rc-android-app/workspace/rdp-layer/library/jni/librdp/private/httpendpoint.cpp' at line 489
User Message : A problem with the system proxy caused the connection to fail: Failed to read from channel: -1
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): shutting down context
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): context shut down
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): shutting down context
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): context shut down
[2014-Jan-09 04:40:57] RDP (0): ------ END ACTIVE CONNECTION ------My problem is that the "proxy" is the proxy set up by my 3G configuration so, I tried connecting to the remote resources through my work wifi and I get the following:
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:13] RDP (0): ----- BEGIN ACTIVE CONNECTION -----
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:13] RDP (0): Final rdp configuration used: memory bookmark [
label
hostname DIAZSERVER
port 3389
loadbalanceinfo
ui.swapmousebutton false
remote.program ||chrome
remote.workingdirectory
remote.name Google Chrome
remote.args
rail true
soundmode 0
connect_to_console false
redirectsdcard true
performance_flags 134
arc.sessionid 0
anonymous_username
authentication_level 2
use_redirection_server_name false
username Administrator
gateway [
host = DIAZSERVER
port = 443
bypass = false
connect info[
hostnames = [localhost]
gatewayHost = DIAZSERVER
gatewayPort = 443
routingToken = Cookie: mstshash=Administrator
redirectionGUID =
proxyHost =
proxyPort = 0
sessionId = -1
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:13] RDP (0): Not using any proxy
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:13] RDP (0): Protocol state changed to: ProtocolConnectingNetwork(1)
AsioEndpointContext (0): startup(): starting up down context
ASIOSocketAdapter (9): handleResolve(): boost error: Host not found. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the host.. instance: 0x5d474090
RpcOverHttp (9): Stream error in endpoint 0x5d46b678 : Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): Protocol state changed to: ProtocolDisconnected(8)
ASIOSocketAdapter (9): handleResolve(): boost error: Host not found. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the host.. instance: 0x5d445158
RpcOverHttp (9): Stream error in endpoint 0x5d49fa30 : Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): Disconnect initiated by client
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): shutting down context
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): context shut down
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): shutting down context
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): context shut down
[2014-Jan-14 16:58:17] RDP (0): ------ END ACTIVE CONNECTION ------
Now, I know the host can be resolved because: if I connect to the same host but on a full remote desktop (as opposed to just RemoteApp on it) I have no trouble either through 3G OR through my work connection.
Moreover, I also tried directly inputting the IP as opposed to the web address of my server, I get the same error, that is the Remote Resources tab is able to access the feed (because it shows the available RemoteApps) but when I click an app it says it can't
find the Host, here's the log for the connection directly to the IP address/rdweb/feed/webfeed.aspx :
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:27] RDP (0): ----- BEGIN ACTIVE CONNECTION -----
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:27] RDP (0): Final rdp configuration used: memory bookmark [
label
hostname DIAZSERVER
port 3389
loadbalanceinfo
ui.swapmousebutton false
remote.program ||chrome
remote.workingdirectory
remote.name Google Chrome
remote.args
rail true
soundmode 0
connect_to_console false
redirectsdcard true
performance_flags 134
arc.sessionid 0
anonymous_username
authentication_level 2
use_redirection_server_name false
username administrator
gateway [
host = DIAZSERVER
port = 443
bypass = false
connect info[
hostnames = [localhost]
gatewayHost = DIAZSERVER
gatewayPort = 443
routingToken = Cookie: mstshash=administrator
redirectionGUID =
proxyHost =
proxyPort = 0
sessionId = -1
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:27] RDP (0): Not using any proxy
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:27] RDP (0): Protocol state changed to: ProtocolConnectingNetwork(1)
AsioEndpointContext (0): startup(): starting up down context
ASIOSocketAdapter (9): handleResolve(): boost error: Host not found. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the host.. instance: 0x5d372f28
RpcOverHttp (9): Stream error in endpoint 0x5dd6b168 : Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): Protocol state changed to: ProtocolDisconnected(8)
ASIOSocketAdapter (9): handleResolve(): boost error: Host not found. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the host.. instance: 0x5d378de0
RpcOverHttp (9): Stream error in endpoint 0x5e9cc1f0 : Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): Disconnect initiated by client
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): Error message: Unable to connect to remote PC. Please provide the fully-qualified name or the IP address of the remote PC, and then try again.
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): shutting down context
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): context shut down
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): shutting down context
AsioEndpointContext (0): shutdown(): context shut down
[2014-Jan-14 17:09:31] RDP (0): ------ END ACTIVE CONNECTION ------
I'm really puzzled here, I've tried checking if ports where open, and ports 443 and 3389 are wide open, I don't know what else it could be. -
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