Console.app and Terminal freezing the system.

Dear Apple Inc.,
Recently I noticed opening Terminal takes 3-4 minutes, with system completely frozen at that time. Trying to open Console and check system logs freezes system completely on each log update - I could not use any software (including the Console itself) until I exit Console.app.
I tried to check & fix hard drive errors, fix permissions, disable/clear Spotlight index and other similar "common to check" fixes. Nothing helped.
Mac Model: MacBook 6,1
OS version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D578) All updates are installed (up to date 2010-05-17).
Here is short workaround to the bug that is STILL not fixed: http://www.webapper.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/26/consoleapp-freezes-on-launch-t erminalapp-slow-to-launch/
Please note that bug appears even on SMALL log sizes, like several megabytes, and makes the system completely unusable.

macjack wrote:
Deleting logs in /private/var/log/asl/* helped.
How did it help?
Console and Terminal start instantly and work without problems.
Btw, during these freezes most applications start to write error reports to the logs...
great share the salient portions with us.
But you're not telling us what you've tried...
Did you try deleting the plists?
Did you try starting in Safe Mode?
Give us some stuff to go on....
Deleting plists: no.
Starting in Safe mode: no, but I started in Single user mode to run fsck just to be sure. It reported no errors. And terminal was working just fine.
Unfortunately I deleted the logs that were causing the problems. Next time it happens I will try all suggested actions and post results. Hope it happens again so I could help.

Similar Messages

  • Error Running Oracle Apps and Discoverer at the same time

    Hello,
    We are having trouble running Oracle Apps and Discoverer at the same time on certain user's machines. Here are the specifics:
    The user opens Oracle Apps in Internet Explorer. The user then opens Discoverer in another Internet Explorer windows and receives the following error: Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe abnormal program termination
    As a work around, I installed Firefox on those user's machines. These users run Oracle Apps in Internet Explorer and run Discoverer in FireFox. This has solved the problem in 99% of the cases. However, there is one user who is having FireFox using Discoverer freeze when running Oracle Apps in Internet Explorer.
    Can anyone provide any insight on how I can solve these conflict issues so users can run Oracle Apps and Discoverer at the same time?
    Thanks in advance for your help,
    Carlos

    Hi Michael,
    I agree with you completely. It is reccommended to run 10g on a separate physical server unless you have sufficient resources to run on the same server (which even most large clients do not) Even then, I would recommend a separate server.
    I should have put my comment in context :-)
    a.) I was only stating that it was possible
    and
    b.) whether 10g is installed on the same physical server or separate should not affect the client browser crashing issue that was posted.
    I do have an install with EBS11i and Discoverer 10g on the same physical server and it works fine (this is sandbox/ TEST). Most of my large customers have 10g installed on multiple physical servers due to load balancing (capacity).
    I do work for Oracle. I try to help out on the forum when I can, but it is hit or miss :-(
    I would be glad to discuss anything privately.
    As for the issue at hand, I can reproduce the problem and here is what is occuring.
    I have EBS 11i configured with Jiniator 1.3.24
    I have Discoverer 10g configured with Sun Java plugin 1.4.2_06
    1. If you launch EBS 11i apps and a form with MS IE, then the browser launches the form using Jiniator JRE 1.3.xx (whatever you have configured in AutoConfig for EBS11i)
    2. Next, the user navigates to EBS 11i SSWA and launches a Discoverer workbook.
    What occurs is a child IEXPLORE.exe process is spawned from the parent IEXPLORE.exe process and Discoveer Plus is launched. The parent iexplore.exe process will be attached to the Jiniator JVM. Now if Discoverer is configured with
    a.) Sun Java Plugin or
    b.)a version of Jinitiator that is a different version from what EBS 11i is configured with
    then you may get this conflict.
    It really is an MS IE/JRE conflict with Jinitiator and Sun Java Plugi and the way the broswers attaches to the JVM (IMHO) as this behaviour could be reproduced with other non-oracle java applets.
    You can workaround the situation by:
    a. configure EBS11i and Discoverer to use the same version of Jiniator 1.3.xx
    b. educate the users to open one MS IE browser to connect to EBS11i and then open a second MS IE browser to login to EBS11i SSWA or Discoverer 10g Plus directly to launch workbooks. They need to to this by clicking on the icon and not using File >> New browser. Clicking on the icon will spawn a new parent iexplore.exe process that can attach to a second/different JVM. File >> New Window will spawan a child of the parent.
    c. As you did use two browser versions. MS IE for EBS11 connection and FireFox for Disocverer 10g connection.
    I would choose optoin b, so that you can use Sun Java Plugin with Discoverer.
    Open to any comments. I hope that helps you workaround the problem. The ideal solution is to have EBS 11i use/cerified with the 1.4 or 1.5 JRE. In poking around, I see there is a related post to this on one of Oracle's EBS 11i Product Managers Blog.
    See:
    http://blogs.oracle.com/schan/2006/04/18#a23

  • I'm having problems with FlashPlayerPlugin and plugin-container. They keep starting up and bogging down the system. This has been a recent occurrance. I've made sure that I have the latest version. I notice the problem when I am opening some applicatio, a

    I'm having problems with FlashPlayerPlugin and plugin-container. They keep starting up and bogging down the system. This has been a recent occurrance. I've made sure that I have the latest version. I notice the problem when I am opening some applicatio, and it freezes. If I go to Task Manager, I can see the two Adobe apps sucking up CPU cycles. If I end the processes, then the other apps continue. Today, I uninstalled FlashPlayerPluginqand plugin-container. All day since I have had no freezing of an app. What should I do to correct the problem?

    Here's an explanation of what those processes are. 
    Inside Flash Player Protected Mode for Firefox
    I'm curious about what you did to uninstall just those.

  • Glxinfo/glxgears freeze the system like hell

    I am running the latest updated Archlinux 64 bit box:
    [arnuld@gnu ~]$ pacman -Q mesa
    mesa 7.0.1-1
    [arnuld@gnu ~]$ pacman -Q xorg-server
    xorg-server 1.4-5
    I am using openchrome and X runs fine. NO freezes in normals runs but as soon as I type glxinfo or glxgears it freezes the system an I can not do anything. keyboard, mouse all stop responding as if my system is dead, the only solution is Manual Reset button on my cabinet.
    [arnuld@gnu ~]$ lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
    00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
    00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
    00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
    00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
    00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
    00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
    00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
    00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
    00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
    00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
    00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
    00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
    00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
    00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
    00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
    00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter (rev 01)
    [arnuld@gnu ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "X.org Configured"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    EndSection
    Section "Files"
    RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    EndSection
    Section "Module"
    Load "dri"
    Load "glx"
    Load "record"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "xtrap"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "type1"
    EndSection
    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver "kbd"
    EndSection
    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse0"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "auto"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
    EndSection
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName "Monitor Model"
    HorizSync 30 - 70
    VertRefresh 50 - 160
    Option "DPMS"
    DisplaySize 269 201 # 96 DPI @ 1024x768
    EndSection
    Section "Device"
    ### Available Driver options are:-
    ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
    ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
    ### [arg]: arg optional
    #Option "PrintVGARegs" # [<bool>]
    #Option "PrintTVRegs" # [<bool>]
    #Option "I2CScan" # [<bool>]
    #Option "VBEModes" # [<bool>]
    #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
    #Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
    #Option "ExaNoComposite" # [<bool>]
    #Option "ExaScratchSize" # <i>
    #Option "HWCursor" # [<bool>]
    #Option "SWCursor" # [<bool>]
    #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
    #Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
    #Option "VideoRAM" # <i>
    #Option "ActiveDevice" # [<str>]
    #Option "BusWidth" # [<str>]
    #Option "Center" # [<bool>]
    #Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
    #Option "ForcePanel" # [<bool>]
    #Option "TVDotCrawl" # [<bool>]
    #Option "TVDeflicker" # <i>
    #Option "TVProgressive" # [<bool>]
    #Option "TVType" # [<str>]
    #Option "TVOutput" # [<str>]
    #Option "DisableVQ" # [<bool>]
    #Option "DisableIRQ" # [<bool>]
    #Option "EnableAGPDMA" # [<bool>]
    #Option "NoAGPFor2D" # [<bool>]
    #Option "NoXVDMA" # [<bool>]
    #Option "VbeSaveRestore" # [<bool>]
    #Option "DisableXvBWCheck" # [<bool>]
    #Option "MaxDRIMem" # <i>
    #Option "AGPMem" # <i>
    Identifier "Card0"
    Driver "via"
    VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
    BoardName "Unknown Board"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    EndSection
    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Card0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 1
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 4
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 8
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 15
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 16
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 24
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
    EndSection
    [arnuld@gnu ~]$
    I found one other thread with the same problem as mine but nobody replied to his 2nd question:
    http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39667
    BTW, just out of curiosity , I only watch Bruce Lee's movies and do internet. I do not play games etc. So, is there any use of DRI for me ?

    Welcome to the world of Unichrome. Via's integrated graphics chips open gl support in Linux is very poor. I have KM400 and I got GL working with it somehow. When libgl was updated to version 7.0.1 in extra-repo installing it broke the opengl on my system. X simply locked up when ever I tried to start any opengl software. I found from the openchrome.org:
    "The 3D driver that complements the openchrome driver can be obtained from the DRI project. For now you should use the Mesa-6.4 branch; the last version known to work sort of reliably is Mesa-6.4.1."
    I built libgl, unichrome-dri and mesa -packages with ABS from Mesa-6.4.1-branch and installed latest openchrome -driver from svn. Now opengl with my unichrome chip works pretty "stable". Of course it can't run the latest opengl -stuff but atleast I can run Blender with my laptop.

  • I want to update my phone, but i purchased many apps and music on the phone. it won't let me authorize my computer so i cannot update. i don't want to deauthorize all my computers. how can i find out which 5 computers i have authorized?

    i want to update my phone, but i purchased many apps and music on the phone. it won't let me authorize my computer so i cannot update. i don't want to deauthorize all my computers. how can i find out which 5 computers i have authorized? also how can i update the software?

    This is a tedious solution, which is stupid!  And some users report an inability to reauthorize a computer after an "en masse” deauthorization.  I can’t believe Apple doesn’t provide a list or menu to find out which computers you’ve authorized! Obviously, APPLE knows (or else they couldn’t tell us how many computers we have authorized)--so why can’t they give us access to that information about our own computers??!!!
    And for an already-authorized computer with a hard drive that’s since been replaced and upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite, would it be recognized as a “new computer” and require authorization? Would its previous incarnation (i.e., with the old hard drive and OS) be considered a separate computer? Some users report they can’t authorize a computer after an OS upgrade because of that. Can’t believe we have to do such a bass-ackwards kludge!

  • When I sync my iPhone 4S to my computer, where is the baseline data and documents coming from? Is the iPhone's set of apps and data the default set or are the apps and data on the computer (in the backup? in iTunes?) the default set?

    I am having a great deal of trouble with the upgrade to ios 7 on my 4S. The syncing and the software updates always leave generic icon apps that I have downloaded in the past but have deleted from my phone. But they keep reappearing. A restart of the phone fixes the icons but they are loaded not at the last page of the home screen but on completely random pages, screwing up my app and folder layout.
    I want to completely wipe the phone and restore the apps one by one, but I am concerned about whether the data and documents for those apps that I reinstall will be intact. Does the syncing for the apps on the phone retrieve the data from the last backup on the computer? If so, does it only sync the apps on the phone or does it try and reinstall all the apps that there is data for in the backup? In other words, does the resulting set of apps and data reflect the current state of the phone or the saved state of the backup?

    Apple guys are deleting posts. I have found my posts have been deleted. Apple should MUST let us downgrade at least to previous release from current which was working fine.

  • I have CC for work and my PC to do work at home. At home I switched from PC to Mac this weekend. I want to redownload my apps for the iMac but it's telling my I'm using a 30 day free trial. I need to discontinue the PC apps and download to the new compute

    I have CC for work and my PC to do work at home. At home I switched from PC to Mac this weekend. I want to redownload my apps for the iMac but it's telling my I'm using a 30 day free trial. I need to discontinue the PC apps and download to the new computer.

    YOu need to sign out of the PC thru the CC manager and then sign in on the Mac.

  • I want to give my old iPhone 4 to my grandson to use like an iPod Touch. Wifi only. How do I deactivate my info..so he can buy his own apps. and not have the cloud pushing all of my data to the old phone?

    I want to give my old iPhone 4 to my grandson to use like an iPod Touch. Wifi only. How do I deactivate my info..so he can buy his own apps. and not have the cloud pushing all of my data to my old phone?
    Just turning off Cloud will not prevent him from turning it back on.
    Rignt now, if he uses the App store, iTunes thinks it's talking to me.

    First, turn off iMessage, FaceTime & delete the iCloud account, while your sim is still in the phone. Then: Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content & Settings. Give it to your grandson & he gat then set it up as he wants.
    Important your turn iMessage & FaceTime off to disassociate the phone from your Apple ID. Apple "claims" to have fixed this with iOS 6.0, but until I can absolutely confirm such, I still recommend you turn all of that stuff off first.

  • TS1702 I purchased and app and it was the wrong app.  Not only that but it didn't download.  How do I get my money back?

    I purchased an app and it was the wrong app.  Not only that but it didn't download.  How do I get my money back?

    Contact iTunes Customer Service and request assistance
    Use this Link  >  Apple  Support  iTunes Store  Contact

  • In Adobe Creative Cloud, I go to Apps and I get the error message undefined and I cannot download anything, I am using windows 7 64 bit.

    I am using Adobe Creative Cloud, I go into Apps and I get the error message undefined.  I cannot download anything.  I try to refresh application, nothing.  I can even see what I downloaded previously.  I am using windows 7, 64 bit. 
    This worked fine for me for until this morning. 

    I am on an hp experiencing a similar issue e.g., Creative cloud download error 'undefined'. On an hp. screengrab attached.

  • Need to enter invoice and payment in the system after a manual check issued

    Client Need to enter invoice and payment in the system after a manual check is issued for some urgent transactions.
    Please suggest few ways to do this .

    Hi,
    If client can maintain a separate check book sequence for manual issue, we can configure a separate payment document with the same sequence and later record the invoice and generate payment ....
    Regards,
    Ivruksha

  • I'm trying to use a madcatz controller on the mac but it turns on for 2 seconds and turns off. the system profiler picks it up as a xbox 360 gamepad but says its not been configured. how can i allow my self use this with my games.

    i'm trying to use a madcatz controller on the mac but it turns on for 2 seconds and turns off. the system profiler picks it up as a xbox 360 gamepad but says its not been configured. how can i allow my self use this with my games!

    I have exactly the same problem.
    I'm a little peed-off with Microsoft on this. The original wireless controller I have doesn't work either since the cable I'm using is 'just' the charge and play cable, so a direct connection to my Mac won't work with this cable. It's a cable for god's sake. Why on EARTH put any limitations on this!?!?
    Next I learn I need an additional USB wireless receiver from Microsoft to get my original 360 controller to talk to my Mac. As I certainly don't want to fork any more microsoft dollars on this, this is not an option.
    Next I think, yes! I have a MadCatz 360 wired USB controller. This should surely do the trick just plugging it in and the way I go. But oh no, for some reason I plug my MadCatz Xbox360 controller in, it flashes a few times then switches off and can't be turned on again.
    The System Profiles recognizes it as a MadCatz 360 device controller but that is about it, but the ontroller software I download for the System Prefs (360Controller, USBOverdrive etc) don't even recognize the controller as being plugged in.
    What the **** Is The Microsoft Deal with all of this!?!?
    PS: Oh, and I forgot to mention, there are No drivers for device 4716 that I can find on the MadCatz website, or am I going blind?
    If anyone has a link, it would be appreciated.
    Message was edited by: nostrawaggus

  • If i create a new itunes on a new computer and then connect my iphone to it will it clear my phone or simply copy all apps and items to the new itunes?

    If i create a new itunes on a new computer and then connect my iphone to that computer will it clear my phone or simply copy all apps and items to the new Itunes?

    Do not create a new iTunes account... accounts cannot be merged.
    Install iTunes on the new computer.
    Syncing of iDevices does not import content to a computer, the sync is one way from computer to iDevice.
    Moving iTunes Library: Mac
    Moving iTunes Library: Windows
    Moving iTunes Library: External Hard drive

  • Notification "Launch the app and go to the library" not working as expected

    Hello,
    we are sending notification "Launch the app and go to the library" - but it's not working as expected, it's still just launching app with last open folio.
    Whats wrong there? Do we need v30 app? We have V29, but this is not mentioned in documentation.
    Thanks
    Martin

    Ah.
    Ok, now it's clear.
    Anyway i would appreciate possibility to force viewer to switch to library view after new issue is detected, even without notification. Quite often requested feature - "there is new cover in Newsstand, but customer don't know how to download new publication easily".
    Martin

  • I try to download an app, and it says that there is an error in the app , Ive tried to download other apps and i get the same error. can someone help?

    I try to download an app, and it says that there is an error in the app , Ive tried to download other apps and i get the same error. can someone help?

    You need to reinstall the App Store.
    Use Lion Recovery to do that.

Maybe you are looking for

  • How to return marked values from the FM F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST

    Hello all. I'm using the FM F4IF_INT_TABLE_VALUE_REQUEST with multiple choise activated. My problem is: if I mark, for example - 2 choises from 5, and then press OK. If i go in to the same F4 button, I what to see the same marks like before.. At the

  • Letter of Credit amount information

    Hi guys, My client want the system should block delivery, when ever the amount of letter of credit below the invoice amount. Can we map  it in B1? what is calculation field? and how could it be done?

  • N95 Clock Unreliable

    The Clock on my N95 cannot be relied upon to keep accurate time. Sometimes it looses a few minuits or even an hour. It does not matter whether I activate the Network Operator Auto-Update. The SIM in my N95 is quite new Vodafone contract SIM. I am usi

  • Credit Score in the 400's and I'm feeling awful :(

    I went from a 700 credit score to now 490 and I'm not sure how or where to begin towards repairing my credit. I separated from my husband 2 years ago because our relationship was becoming extremely dysfunctional and I didn't want to expose my 2 year

  • I cannot upgrade any of my programs.

    Everytime I want to UPGRADE my programmes in my App Store - I get this message: "We could not complete your request. There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (20)" - this has been going on for about a month!!! I use to live in Tha