Mac hangs up on shut down

Question

Hi everyone. I'm experiencing a hang up issue as I'm attempting to shut down or restart my Mac. I've attempted numerous fixes including verifying permissions, running fsck -fy, creating a new user account, but with no luck. When you click shut down, it basically removes everything from the screen except the background and after about 3 seconds, the grey wheel will spin and it hangs at that point. I've left it spinning for hours. I did snoop around in the log, but I'm not sure how to go about fixing the problem. I also downloaded Onyx and cleaned up a bunch of stuff, but to no avail. When I attempt to shut down, no other programs are running, other than Finder. The Mac will shut down if I push the switch in the back, but that's not a good way to shut down obviously.
Here is the log file from the point of shut down. There were no logs in the "Crash Reporter" folder. The problem may be something involving launchctl or launchd, but I'm not sure. Please help. Thanks a bunch!
6/26/09 3:31:33 PM com.apple.loginwindow43 Shutdown NOW!
6/26/09 3:31:33 PM com.apple.loginwindow43 System shutdown time has arrived
6/26/09 3:32:59 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
6/26/09 3:32:59 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.adobe.versioncueCS3) Unknown key: ServiceDescription
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.usbmuxd) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cups-lpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
6/26/09 3:33:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
6/26/09 3:33:10 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ftpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.CoreRAID52 CoreRAIDServer can only be instantiated by launchd, sorry.
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM org.ntp.ntpd32 Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash63 dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _CRGetHostUUID
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash63 Referenced from: /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash63 Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CrashReporterSupport.framework/Versions/A/Cra shReporterSupport
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash63 dyld: Symbol not found: _CRGetHostUUID
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash63 Referenced from: /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash63 Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CrashReporterSupport.framework/Versions/A/Cra shReporterSupport
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet69 dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _CRGetHostUUID
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet69 Referenced from: /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet69 Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CrashReporterSupport.framework/Versions/A/Cra shReporterSupport
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet69 dyld: Symbol not found: _CRGetHostUUID
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet69 Referenced from: /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash
6/26/09 3:33:15 PM com.apple.ReportCrash.SafetyNet69 Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CrashReporterSupport.framework/Versions/A/Cra shReporterSupport
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow102) Exited: Terminated
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua112 launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/machinit_peruser.d/com.adobe.versioncueCS3.monitor.plist
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM com.apple.launchd109 (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM com.apple.launchd109 (org.x.startx) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM UserEventAgent118 Error loading /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/ACRRDaemon.plugin/Contents/MacOS/ACRRDaemon: dlopen(/System/Library/UserEventPlugins/ACRRDaemon.plugin/Contents/MacOS/ACRRDa emon, 262): Symbol not found: _CRGetHostUUID
Referenced from: /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/ACRRDaemon.plugin/Contents/MacOS/ACRRDaemon
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CrashReporterSupport.framework/Versions/A/Cra shReporterSupport
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM UserEventAgent118 Cannot find function pointer UserEventAgentFactory for factory FB86416D-6164-2070-726F-70735C216EC0 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x1052b0 </System/Library/UserEventPlugins/ACRRDaemon.plugin> (bundle, not loaded)
6/26/09 3:33:37 PM UserEventAgent118 Error: Unable to get plugin interface
6/26/09 3:33:38 PM com.apple.ATSServer122 FODBCheck: New annex file created
6/26/09 3:34:11 PM Dock120 _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed 268435459
6/26/09 3:34:18 PM com.apple.launchd109 (0x100ef0.VersionCueCS3monitor) Failed to check-in!
6/26/09 3:35:01 PM com.apple.dyld98 updatedyld_sharedcache98 regenerated cache for arch=x86_64

Answer 1

You may be able to repair this with the 10.5.7 Combo Update This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
-mj