Coldfusion automatically restarted - tracking the cause

Coldfusion is automatically restarting, a lot. It comes in waves, everything seems fine for a while then the server struggles for a few minutes, restarts a lot then settles down again.
I have Fusion Reactor installed, but when CF goes down FR stops logging so it's not really helping. Looking through the archived logs just shows gaps in the logs.
These are all the occourances of the phrase "Coldfusion started" today.
    [root@server2 logs]# grep -i "Coldfusion started" server.log | grep "11/27/12"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:49:35",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:50:46",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:52:39",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:54:08",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:55:12",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:56:29",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:57:36",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:58:57",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","01:59:56",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:01:38",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:03:11",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:04:41",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:07:53",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:10:45",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:11:49",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:13:09",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:14:18",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:15:44",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:17:06",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","02:34:19",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","03:01:20",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","05:25:59",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","06:30:48",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","06:36:20",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:34:07",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:35:39",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:36:41",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:39:15",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:40:42",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:42:55",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:44:23",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:46:18",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:47:35",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:48:53",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:50:04",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:51:51",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:53:05",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:54:24",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:55:28",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:56:38",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:58:03",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","09:59:03",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","10:04:37",,"ColdFusion started"
    "Information","main","11/27/12","12:04:02",,"ColdFusion started"
I've been looking at the live server metrics in FR on a second screen all day, the CPU, Memory and requests all seemed fine about 12 midday, then the server rebooted.
Looking at the logs for the hour between 9am and 10am (more than 15 restarts in the hour), the CPU never went over 44% usage and the Memory never exceeded 53% usage - in the recorded stats at least.
There is no JDBC tracking at the moment, so I'll add that to tracking and see if it's MySQL causing a problem, but can anyone help me narrow down the problem, what would cause Cold Fusion to auto restart, and I'm assuming the auto restart is only happening because Fusion Reactor is installed.
It's a Red Hat 5 LAMP stack running Coldfusion 9 and Fusion Reactor 4.5.2

I don't have a cfusion-out.log file in {CF_INSTALLATION_DIR}/runtime/logs, but I do have coldfusion-event.log (and archived version).
How much of the logs should I paste up, they're obviously all huge?
There is nothing in the application.log after 3:26 this morning, the server rebooted at 06:28 and at 09:15 so I can't see application.log having anything useful
Here's 50 lines of the cfserver.log, with the 09:15 restart in the middle:
11/28 09:09:17 Information [jrpp-16] - HTTP request completed {Status Code=200 ,Time taken=54 ms}
11/28 09:09:17 Information [jrpp-3] - Starting HTTP request {URL='http://www.nissan.co.uk:80/flash/navAS3_HTML_V2/en_GB/vehicles/links.xml', method='get'}
11/28 09:09:17 Information [jrpp-3] - HTTP request completed {Status Code=200 ,Time taken=27 ms}
11/28 09:09:50 Information [jrpp-11] - Starting HTTP request {URL='http://www.nissan.co.uk:80/flash/navAS3_HTML_V2/en_GB/vehicles/links.xml', method='get'}
11/28 09:09:50 Information [jrpp-11] - HTTP request completed {Status Code=200 ,Time taken=47 ms}
11/28 09:13:42 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620790
11/28 09:13:42 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620791
11/28 09:13:43 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620792
11/28 09:13:43 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620794
11/28 09:13:44 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620795
11/28 09:13:45 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620796
11/28 09:13:46 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620797
11/28 09:13:46 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620799
11/28 09:13:47 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620801
11/28 09:13:48 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620802
11/28 09:13:48 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620803
11/28 09:14:55 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620804
11/28 09:14:56 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620850
11/28 09:14:57 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620851
11/28 09:14:58 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620853
11/28 09:14:58 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620854
11/28 09:14:59 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620855
11/28 09:14:59 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620856
11/28 09:15:00 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620858
11/28 09:15:01 error Cannot create cookie: , CFID = 10620861
11/28 09:15:29 Information [jrpp-0] - Starting HTTP request {URL='http://www.nissan.co.uk:80/flash/navAS3_HTML_V2/en_GB/vehicles/links.xml', method='get'}
11/28 09:15:29 Information [jrpp-0] - HTTP request completed {Status Code=200 ,Time taken=69 ms}
autorestart: Restarting process
Starting Macromedia JRun 4.0 (Build 108858), coldfusion server
11/28 09:16:40 warning Unable to open /opt/coldfusion9/runtime/lib/license.properties
11/28 09:16:40 info JRun Naming Service listening on *:2932
11/28 09:16:42 info No JDBC data sources have been configured for this server (see jrun-resources.xml)
11/28 09:16:42 info JRun Proxy Server listening on *:51800
11/28 09:16:42 info Deploying enterprise application "Adobe_ColdFusion_9" from: file:/opt/coldfusion9/
11/28 09:16:42 info Deploying web application "Adobe ColdFusion 9" from: file:/opt/coldfusion9/
11/28 09:16:43 INFO License Service: Flex 1.5 CF Edition enabled
11/28 09:16:43 INFO Starting Flex 1.5 CF Edition
11/28 09:16:43 user FusionReactor Framework Host Manager - Initializing
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Initializing framework.
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Loading Framework Configuration from /opt/fusionreactor/instance/coldfusion.cfmx9.server2/osgi/fr-osgi.conf
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO Logging at level INFO
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: FusionReactor - Copyright (C) Intergral GmbH. All Rights Reserved
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Revision: fusionreactor-core 4.5.2
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/28 09:16:43 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Installing AutoStart bundles.
11/28 09:16:43 error There is no web application configured to service your request
11/28 09:16:43 user NoWebappServlet: init
11/28 09:16:44 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Installing Plugin bundles.
11/28 09:16:44 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Bootstrap: Ascending to runlevel 2
11/28 09:16:44 user INFO FusionReactor FW: Bootstrap: Runlevel 2 achieved.
11/28 09:16:44 error There is no web application configured to service your request

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7. Never install any commercial AV or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they are all worse than useless. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free security apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial AV products?
☞ To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. This technique is a proven failure, as a major AV software vendor has admitted. Most attacks are "zero-day"—that is, previously unknown. Recognition-based AV does not defend against such attacks, and the enterprise IT industry is coming to the realization that traditional AV software is worthless.
☞ Its design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere. In order to meet that nonexistent threat, commercial AV software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
☞ By modifying the operating system, the software may also create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
☞ Most importantly, a false sense of security is dangerous.
8. An AV product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," has the same drawback as the commercial suites of being always out of date, but it does not inject low-level code into the operating system. That doesn't mean it's entirely harmless. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An AV app is not needed, and cannot be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful, if at all, only for detecting Windows malware, and even for that use it's not really effective, because new Windows malware is emerging much faster than OS X malware.
Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else. A malicious attachment in email is usually easy to recognize by the name alone. An actual example:
London Terror Moovie.avi [124 spaces] Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe
You don't need software to tell you that's a Windows trojan. Software may be able to tell you which trojan it is, but who cares? In practice, there's no reason to use recognition software unless an organizational policy requires it. Windows malware is so widespread that you should assume it's in every email attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, ClamXav or a similar product from the App Store may serve a purpose if it satisfies an ill-informed network administrator who says you must run some kind of AV application. It's free and it won't handicap the system.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have all the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
10. As a Mac user, you don't have to live in fear that your computer may be infected every time you install software, read email, or visit a web page. But neither can you assume that you will always be safe from exploitation, no matter what you do. Navigating the Internet is like walking the streets of a big city. It can be as safe or as dangerous as you choose to make it. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

Trying to update MacBook Pro, OS X. Yosemite from 10.10.2 to 10.10.3 (Recovery Update 1.0). After downloading the update, the Mac flips to automatically restarts and launches "Software UpdateLauncher." The Mac doesn't respond to any command.

Once I download the update (OS X Yosemite, 10.10.3, Recovery Update 1.0), after the system automatically restarts, the launch page is "Software Update Launcher." Looks like a typical menu bar, and the rest of the screen is blank. None of the commands work, though. Even trying to shut down via the menu doesn't work, and the only way to get past the page is a hard shutdown and restart. Once restarting, everything works as it should EXCEPT the update did not install.
This same thing happened with the previous Yosemite update, and I wound up taking the laptop to the Genius bar where no one was familiar with the error. After running virtually every diagnostic, removing a suspected out of date security application (Intego), the decision was to restore the Mac to factory pristine state. OUCH.
We have a MacBook Air, which has the same OS version and security and other third party software as the Pro, and it has not experienced this problem.
I've made another appointment at the Genius Bar, but I sure as heck don't relish the idea of having to wipe my Pro clean again and having to start all over. Time Machine backups are great, but they don't restore my system as though nothing happened.
Any suggestions or proven remedies??
Thanks.

Another thing that is probably relevant now that I think of it:
I forgot that the xcode_3.2.6_and_ios_sdk_4.3.dmg file would not open on it's own. It would get all the way through the verification process and then display "invalid checksum". I had selected Skip to bypass the verification process in the hopes that it would install anyways. Just ejected it and tried to verify it again, same "invalid checksum" error.
I've looked for solutions online and everybody just says to keep downloading it/have a wired connection and to use Safari... I've downloaded the thing 5 times now meeting both of those requirements and the exact same issue occurs every time.

When Firefox freezes, how can I shut it down, and re-start it without it automatically going to the site which caused the problem in the first place ?

I have Firefox set so that when I start up, I have it set so that it automatically goes to my home page. However when it freezes, which it does on a daily basis, and I have to shut it down and re-start, it automatically goes to the site which caused the problem in the first place.
If I was a hacker, I would probably find it quite fun to design a virus to reintroduce bugs after they had been exterminated - except that Firefox seem to have got there first.

Here's how:
(1) In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste '''sess''' and pause while the list is filtered
(3) Double-click the '''browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes''' preference and enter 0 (that's a zero) and click OK.
When Firefox resumes after a crash, instead of resuming automatically, it will display a list of your previous windows and tabs and you can deselect problem pages.
(This assumes it wasn't a private browsing session.)

Everytime I try to use the video camera, my ipod automatically restarts???

Everytime I try to use the video camera, my ipod automatically restarts. I just need to bring the clicker to the Video section on the main menu for it to turn on and off again. I have to scroll over it really fast so it doesn't restart. My dad bought it a few months ago and I just opened it about a week ago. So far, I've synced it once, taken it out out without first ejecting it, and using it on a lamp iHome. Should restoring the ipod do the trick? Is this a common issue with the rest of you?

Try #2 and #3 in link below. If neither work, you most likely have a hardware issue.
Basic troubleshooting steps
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What is the cause of Master track volume resetting on it's own?

Ok, so you record a project. You create a Master track, adding volume automation to create a fade out at the end of the track. You adjust the volume the track plays at, using the Master track volume slider, until the playing track reaches the fade out region at the end of the Master Track. Correctly, the track fades. With cycling of the track, the track begins again, but the Master Track volume slider reverts to a lower volume, at which it remains throughout all subsequent cycles. This happens whether or not the master track is locked throughout. Why doesn't it stay at the volume you originally set?
The only time the volume should alter, surely, is when the automation curve tells it to reduce to zero, at the end of the track?
This thing is causing me a good deal of lost time.
Ontradio.

Nick,
I would recommend testing your counters in MAX using Test panels to help narrow the issue. Next I would then try and run one of the examples in LabVIEW that is doing the same counter operation you are performing in your application for example, simple event counting. Find out if you are still getting the same error. This will narrow in on where the error is occuring and why.

HT5639 When I start up in Boot Camp it says that updates weren't properly installed and the system is reloading. It then automatically restarts in Mountain Lion. What is wrong?

When I start up in Boot Camp it says that updates weren't properly installed and the system is reloading. It then automatically restarts in Mountain Lion. What is wrong?
I am currently using Windows 8 and also have Microsoft office installed but those are the only thing on my partitioned space. I don't know if I installed 32 or 64 version of Windows 8. Could that be the problem?

Can you deal with XP not being supported by Apple and Microsoft? no security etc?
Can you use Windows in a VM instead of natively?
All the drives other than the one with XP will need to be pulled.
Always have backups of your system, clone that you can boot from.
Boot Camp 3.0 was the last supported. You don't need OEM 10.4.6 DVD and your system with EFI and SMC updates (Aug/Sept 2007) may not like it.
32-bit version of Windows on EFI-32 will only get 1.9GB RAM.
Installing 64-bit Windows 7 is a bit harder. Vista pre-SP1 64-bit was the best match for install on my 1,1 and that was 2006-2007.
The new owner needs to deal with this, not you. And really they are better off with a $400 PC instead. Or use a VM.
the owner should put in a new SSD for the system and $44 buys 4 x 2GB RAM. Together it will run just fine. 500GB SSD now $250 / $135 250GB. Biggest issue is a video card on these.
The grey screen - you upgraded the graphic card perhaps.
Unplug everything. Hit power for 5-10 seconds. Reconnect cables for mouse/kb and power, and monitor. You just reset SMC. Yes there is a small button - pull drive #4 and any controller in top slot #4 to see the SMC motherboard reset button but you don't need to.
Any PCIe cards can also play a role and factor into XP or Windows not working.

How can I disable the system feature which automatically restarts applications i had open during a previous session ?

How can I disable the system feature which automatically restarts applications i had open during a previous session ?

When you log out, uncheck the box to reopen applications. If you're still using 10.7.3, then you will have to uncheck the back with each shutdown or restart.
10.7.4 update was suppose to fix it that when you uncheck the box, it should remain unchecked for restarts after that.
For the resume features, check this link:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20083707-263/managing-mac-os-x-lions-applic ation-resume-feature/?tag=mncol;title

I go onto ordinary websites and then all of a sudden this grey box appears on the middle of my screen, then it automatically restarts my computer. I am not really sure what to do and how to get it fixed

I go onto ordinary websites and then all of a sudden this grey box appears on the middle of my screen, then it automatically restarts my computer. I am not really sure what to do and how to get it fixed. Any help would be great. Thanks

what does the box say? Is is a black box with grey writing?

Every time i play a song in my i-tune 10.6, about up to half way mark, i-tune will automatically skip to the next track and playing it (next track) at the same time as the current track.

Every time i play a song in my i-tune 10.6, about up to half way mark, i-tune will automatically skip to the next track and playing it (next track) at the same time as the current track. i don't know if anyone has the same problem, but i haven't sync my ipod touch 4 gen to my i-tune playlist for the longest time, cus i was afraid to transfer the problem to it since i have a pc (win 7) but not MAC.

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