Strange console message: "starting J o y ! p e f f p w "

In my console I have several of these errors:
2006-09-09 10:06:32.948 DashboardClient[247] com.apple.widget.weather: Fetching data failed, no <adc_Database>
2006-09-09 10:06:32.971 DashboardClient[248] com.apple.widget.weather: Fetching data failed, no <adc_Database>
followed by:
starting
J o y ! p e f f p w
err: 0
err: 0
ret: 1
gomodinit_funcpos reinitialized
call modinitfunction
Does anyone know what this message is from? Is it something to do with the Dashboard (as the errors preceeding are)?
My installed non-default Dashbboard widgets:
BBC Weather
BitMemo
Countdown Plus
Digital World Clock
EggTimer
minipatience(0.9.5)
Notepad
Picker
qwickCONVERT
SimpleTimer
(Not all of these are "running" in the Dashboard...)
iMac G5
Mac OS X 10.4.7

Amber,
Great question. The first thing to do would be to disable the weather widget using the "Widgets" widget to uncheck only the weather one.
Then post back if the messages still are happening.
If so - you might have to enable/disable the widgets to narrow down the culprit (if indeed a widget is making that message). Are you familiar with a binary search? Assuming you know how to make the message appear - it should be the fastest way to find the one widget.

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I have a weird console messages relating to an app I recently installed, but installed. I have looked for pref files but cannot find any, and the helper is also not running in Activity Monitor. Any ideas? Thanks!
In Console, it's under "DATABASE SEARCHES">"All messages"
2011/06/03 5:17:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21327]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21327]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:17:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2011/06/03 5:17:16 PM          Finder[126]          CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
2011/06/03 5:17:16 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21328]) open("/Library/Logs/iDocument/Launchd.log", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:16 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21328]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:16 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21328]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:17:16 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2011/06/03 5:17:26 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21329]) open("/Library/Logs/iDocument/Launchd.log", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:26 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21329]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:26 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21329]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:17:26 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2011/06/03 5:17:36 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21331]) open("/Library/Logs/iDocument/Launchd.log", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:36 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21331]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:36 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21331]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:17:36 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2011/06/03 5:17:46 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21332]) open("/Library/Logs/iDocument/Launchd.log", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:46 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21332]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:46 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21332]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:17:46 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2011/06/03 5:17:56 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21333]) open("/Library/Logs/iDocument/Launchd.log", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:56 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21333]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:17:56 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21333]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:17:56 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2011/06/03 5:18:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21335]) open("/Library/Logs/iDocument/Launchd.log", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:18:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21335]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iDocument/iDocumentHelper", ...): No such file or directory
2011/06/03 5:18:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper[21335]) Exited with exit code: 1
2011/06/03 5:18:06 PM          com.apple.launchd[1]          (com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

You apparently have installed iDocument in the past, and it now seems to now be incompletely uninstalled, leaving behind a "launch agent" or "launch daemon" which is still active.
If you are currently running iDocument and want to keep it, I would re-install it.
If you don't want it, try to find out if the vendor provides an uninstaller for it.
If you don't want it and can't obtain an uninstaller, then I would look in these three folders:
Home (yourUsername) > Library > LaunchAgents
HD > Library > LaunchAgents
HD > Library > LaunchDaemons
for this file:
com.icyblaze.iDocumentHelper.plist
If you find that file, trash it and restart.

Strange Console message: GetMenuRefTable not found in header

I noticed many references to "GentMenuRefTable" in console.log. I did search this string in Google, but came up empty. Has anyone else seen this? Is this a problem? I think that only Apple's applications are writing this message, so I'm afraid it could be serious.
<pre>
Mail[266]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Property List Ed[281]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Property List Ed[281]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Safari[301]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Safari[301]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Keynote[391]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Keynote[391]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Keynote[394]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Keynote[394]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Pages[398]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Pages[398]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Keynote[402]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Keynote[402]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
System Profiler[467]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
System Profiler[467]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
System Profiler[494]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
System Profiler[494]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
iTunes[498]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
iTunes[498]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
iTunes[498]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Property List Ed[527]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Property List Ed[527]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Finder[731]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Finder[731]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Finder[731]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Finder[731]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Console[1225]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
Console[1225]: [FC] GetMenuRefTable not found in header
</pre>
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi, BanzaiMan. Welcome to the Discussions.
I've not seen the GetMenuRefTable message and, like you, I've been unable to find any documentation for it.
1. It's possible that the cause is related to some errant Startup or Login Item, perhaps some third-party code you've installed. My "Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items" FAQ can help you pin that down if such an item is causing the problem.
2. Check asl.log (available under the /var/log list in the Logs list in Console) to see if there are any corresponding entries containing GetMenuRefTable. If so, the Level value will tell you if this is a problem.
For example, the system.log message:
Dec 17 10:24:10 PMG5 lookupd[435]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sun Dec 17 10:24:10 2006
has the following corresponding entry in asl.log:
[Time 2006.12.17 16:24:10 UTC] [Facility netinfo] [Sender lookupd] [PID 434] [Message lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sun Dec 17 10:24:10 2006] [Level 5] [UID -2] [GID -2] [Host PMG5]
The time stamps are different as messages recorded in asl.log are posted in GMT (Zulu) time, not local time.
The [Level 5] value indicates it is a Notice type message, i.e. a normal but significant condition, sort of a "strong FYI." Generally, messages with a Level of 5 or more can be ignored. The value of Facility may also provide more info concerning what is generating the message.
Note that messages recorded in console.log may not have a corresponding entry in asl.log, but it's worth a look.
Note that some of the information above is from the "System Logging"" appendix of my book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X, Tiger Edition.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

Strange Console message after boot.

Hi there,
Everytime, when I start Leopard, the Console reports following messages.
I must say that I get these messages since I restored the system via Time Machine.
19/12/07 18:43:45 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:43:45 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:45:25 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:45:25 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:45:56 com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
19/12/07 18:45:57 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
19/12/07 18:45:57 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
19/12/07 18:45:57 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Path monitoring failed on "/var/spool/postfix": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:02 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:02 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:19 org.ntp.ntpd[14] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
19/12/07 18:46:29 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:29 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:29 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:29 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:42 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[112]) Exited: Terminated
19/12/07 18:46:47 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
19/12/07 18:46:47 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master) Failed to count the number of files in "/var/spool/postfix/maildrop": No such file or directory
Has anybody out there any idea what it does mean ?
Thanks alot in advance fot thr help.

Most of these messages are probably inconsequential. Things fire up at different speeds when you boot and log in, and sometimes portions of the system are not ready for requests from other portions. The system is good about retrying stuff, but it puts out messages indicating that it had to do things like that. The characteristics of booting on your restored system may be just enough different from your original system that you see different messages.
However, if you have done a full system restore from Time Machine, I have two recommendations for you:
First, Restart the computer and log in (to get things in a fresh state). Then go to Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility. Select the line in the column on the left which has the name of your main hard drive (the one you boot from). Then click on Repair Permissions in the panel on the right. You will need to enter your Administrator password.
Be patient. This will take a long time (30 minutes or perhaps longer), and the progress bar will NOT advance to indicate how things are going. You will likely see HUNDREDS of permission repair lines. The vast majority of these are inconsequential -- Disk Utility just tidying things up. For example, you will likely see a file ownership or group correction for every help file in every language for every Lexar printer the computer has in its library. But some of the corrections ARE meaningful. Don't worry that it is doing so much. If there's a problem you NEED to worry about it will tell you that the Permissions Repair failed.
When that finally completes, Quit Disk Utility and Shut Down the computer. Now reset Parameter memory (PRAM). PRAM holds copies of certain system settings for rapid access. We just want to be sure it is in sync with the full system restore you did. To reset PRAM, locate the 4 keys Apple-Option-P-R. Hold down those 4 keys continuously and, while doing so, press and release the power button to reboot. Keep those 4 keys held down until you hear the SECOND startup chime, then release them. Your system will then continue to boot up normally.
You may still see boot up and log in related messages in the console, but these steps may cure any actual operational problems you are having.
EDITED TO ADD: This post should have been made as a response to Rodger instead of to Curt.
--Bob
Message was edited by: BobP1776

Strange Console Messages from Long Gone Application.

A few years ago, I used to use a broadband dongle on my MacBook. It rarely worked so I stopped using it.
By chance I've just noticed the messages below on Console. Internet Everywhere was the name of the application. However, the application and preference file have long since been removed.
Any ideas on how I can stop these messages/processes?
24/9/11 11:21:17          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2236]) Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:4194 (24498):2
24/9/11 11:21:17          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2236]) posix_spawn("/Users/Paul/Applications/Internet Everywhere.app/Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Launchd Skript", ...): No such file or directory
24/9/11 11:21:17          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2236]) Exited with exit code: 1
24/9/11 11:21:17          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
24/9/11 11:21:27          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2249]) Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:4194 (24498):2
24/9/11 11:21:27          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2249]) posix_spawn("/Users/Paul/Applications/Internet Everywhere.app/Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Launchd Skript", ...): No such file or directory
24/9/11 11:21:27          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2249]) Exited with exit code: 1
24/9/11 11:21:27          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
24/9/11 11:21:37          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2262]) Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:4194 (24498):2
24/9/11 11:21:37          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2262]) posix_spawn("/Users/Paul/Applications/Internet Everywhere.app/Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Launchd Skript", ...): No such file or directory
24/9/11 11:21:37          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere[2262]) Exited with exit code: 1
24/9/11 11:21:37          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137]          (WTG Internet Everywhere) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul C.

Looks like there's still a file left in one of the following;
~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchAgents
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/System/Library/StartupItems
~/ refers to your home folder.
Also, check in System Preferences > Accounts > your account > Login Items
If there's an entry there, highlight it and click the minus sign below the window. (you'll probably need to unlock the account to get to login items)

How to solve strange Console messages

Hi,
as the backup takes ages I opened the Console and found (among others) the following messages:
6/10/10 7:31:14 PM com.apple.backupd[885] 2010-06-10 19:31:14.561 diskimages-helper[889:1603] Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
6/10/10 7:31:14 PM com.apple.backupd[885] /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
6/10/10 7:31:14 PM com.apple.backupd[885] 2010-06-10 19:31:14.562 diskimages-helper[889:1603] Cannot find function pointer VRPreviewCFPlugInFactory for factory 20D1C6B2-6A02-11D7-B5A6-000393D45566 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x520160 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
A little background:
Installed TM 2TB in early Spring. Had a System Crash (which I solved by Restoring) about a month ago. After that Backing up ALWAYS takes a looooong time.
Once I had my computer running for a week but the backup is still in the "Preparation" stage. Tried to Restart TM, also checked the Bundle using the Disk Utility. Crashed twice but the third time it ran through and did not report anything. Since One and a half hours I try to backup again.....
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!
Simon

Simon Ginsburg wrote:
6/10/10 7:31:14 PM com.apple.backupd[885] 2010-06-10 19:31:14.561 diskimages-helper[889:1603] Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
6/10/10 7:31:14 PM com.apple.backupd[885] /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
There's clearly a problem with that plug-in. "Wrong architecture" indicates it's for a different operating system than the one you're running. I seem to recall a similar problem some months ago with someone running Windoze, but now of course I can't find it.
Are you (or have you ever) run any of Norton's <expletive deleted> stuff? If so, see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10400162&#10400162
On the other hand, this thread has the same messages: http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2387964&tstart=165 and was solved by a log out/in.
If none of those helps, I'd suggest a Restart of your Mac, and a "full reset" of Time Machine, per #A4 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
Verifying your internal HD per #A5 in Troubleshooting might help, too.

Strange console message???

Hi all,
I'm having a few problems with my mac recently - with a Kernel Panic today. Anyway I looked through my console to see if anything sticks out that could have affected the machine and I did notice this - this maybe totally harmless, I don't know, but just because it say 'Bug' it has me thinking there's a problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
16/05/2014 19:14:05.927 com.apple.launchd: System: Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:10206 (26200):0
16/05/2014 19:14:05.927 com.apple.launchd: System: This API can only be used by a process running within an Aqua session.
16/05/2014 19:14:05.927 osascript: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=5 label=[0x0-0x29029].com.apple.systemevents path=/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app/Contents/MacOS/System Events flags=0
16/05/2014 19:14:06.012 com.apple.launchd: System: Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:10206 (26200):0
16/05/2014 19:14:06.012 com.apple.launchd: System: This API can only be used by a process running within an Aqua session.
16/05/2014 19:14:06.012 osascript: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=5 label=[0x0-0x2a02a].com.apple.systemevents path=/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app/Contents/MacOS/System Events flags=0
16/05/2014 19:14:06.016 com.apple.launchd: System: Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:10206 (26200):0
16/05/2014 19:14:06.016 com.apple.launchd: System: This API can only be used by a process running within an Aqua session.
Mike

Mike,
I would guess that it isn’t normal, but since no information was provided about the particular API which was used to trigger that message, there’s nothing that we can do to investigate that further. A full kernel panic report will be more informative to all of us who don’t have access to Apple’s source code.

Strange Console Messages

Any idea what these mean? I'm getting a lot of them.
7/2/08 8:52:13 PM iCalExternalSync[19901] [ICalExternalSync ]Warning: first save failed in syncing changes: Multiple validation errors occurred.
7/2/08 8:52:13 PM iCalExternalSync[19901] [ICalExternalSync ]Alarm/p4331 failed insert validation - Alarm must have either a trigger date or a relative trigger duration
I also get them from Mail:
7/2/08 8:52:13 PM [0x0-0x15a15a].com.apple.mail[11528] 2008-07-02 20:52:13.935 iCalExternalSync[19901:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]Alarm/p4337 failed insert validation - Alarm must have either a trigger date or a relative trigger duration

Hi Jon,
It looks like you have a corrupted alarm in your calendar data. Unless you'd know which event it is attached to the easiest thing would be to refresh all your calendar data
Before you start, back up your iCal database (File > Back up iCal...) in case you need to revert. Then with each calendar in turn: Select the calendar from the calendar list. Export it (File > Export...). Delete it from the calendar list. Re-import it.
The above process should catch and fix/remove your broken alarm.
Best wishes
John M

IDVD crashing. Strange system console message.

Dec 8 17:56:58 www-metallic-hydrogen-com crashdump[1201]: crash report written to: /Users/eroche/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ScreenSaverEngine.crash.log
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSCreateDictionary is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSDictionary is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSPutIntegerForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSPutElementForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSDictionarySetObjectForKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSPutCStringForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSCreateArray is obsolete. Use of this function may cause an overall degradation in the performance of this application, or of the system as a whole.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSAddElement is obsolete. Use of this function may cause an overall degradation in the performance of this application, or of the system as a whole.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSImage is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance. Use the public CGImage API instead.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSIsKnownCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSDictionaryObjectForKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSGetCStringForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSGetElementForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
Dec 8 19:58:22 www-metallic-hydrogen-com /Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/MacOS/iDVD: The function CGSGetIntegerForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.

Hi Edward:
You console message has nothing to do with the iDVD program.
It simply means that the function CGSCreateDictionary will be different in future versions of OS X. In other words, it's only a message for the computer programmers the wrote iDVD and not anything to worry about.
What you need to do is run a disk repair and permissions repair and try again.
Sue

Strange Error Message at start up of FCE

Hello all. I've got a strange error message at the Startup of FCE 3.5.1 on a MacBook Pro 2.33 C2D.
It's this--
"Unable to locate the following External devices:
"Built-in Audio
But FCE runs fine. I'm not sure what it's asking for. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro 2.33 C2D with 2GB of RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9) FCE 3.5.1, attached to LaCie 500GB drive and using Sony A1P camera

Try uninstalling your MobileMe control panel.

TimeMachine Console messages lie!?

Mac OS 10.6.8 on a MacBook Pro 13"
I have just spent an incredibly frustrating week trying to solve what I now believe to be a non-problem on my machine, caused by the messages TimeMachine writes (or, perhaps, doesn't write) to the Console log. I would like to understand what was actually going on, and am hoping someone out there can help fill in the blanks.
A friend with a 15" MBP, also running 10.6.8, was having severe TimeMachine problems -- backups taking 2 hours to complete after minimal changes to the disk. We discovered how to filter Console messages so that we were only seeing TM messages (File->New Database Search then "Sender Contains backupd" in the Database Search window). Initially we found that TM was copying 165,000+ files for a total backup size in the KB or at biggest, a few MB. I started using my MBP as a temporary staging disk in extracting backups in trying to solve the problem on his machine.
In the end we reformatted his disk and reinstalled the system off his DVD. After the initial, expected long backup we did another one, just to see what was transferred that time. No more huge numbers of files...sighs of relief. One further backup, just to make sure, and...uh-oh: the numbers of files being transferred in both manual backups were identical. For a machine which contains upwards of 700,000 files, this did not seem reasonable, so we considered that the problem had only been reduced in severity.
Then I decided to run a quick pair of backups on my machine, just to check that this behaviour was not somehow being transferred to mine during the extraction of backups mentioned above. Whereas the Console messages for previous backup runs (from other days) reported different numbers of files, suddenly my machine was also exhibiting this strange behaviour of transferring the same numbers of files on every backup. The numbers of files differed depending on the machine, but the pattern was constant for a given machine. The usual pattern was that x number of files was transferred in the first backup pass (it appears that TM nearly always performs two passes, even though its window in System Prefs does not always show this) and then y number of files was transferred in the second pass. An immediate subsequent backup would again show x files in the first pass and y files in the second. And so on. Sometimes the quantity of bytes transferred also followed this pattern, but not always.
The reason that I say "usual", "sometimes" and "always" above is that at that point we discovered that one can restore a system "wholesale" from a TM
backup, via the item in the Utilities menu when the machine is started up from the system DVD. We had known clean backups to go back to, and our days then devolved into a pattern of (1) reformatting the HD, then (2) doing a wholesale restore from a clean backup, and then (3) trying to migrate files changed since that backup without triggering the strange behaviour (and failing, thus starting all over again).
After several days of this, and a migration attempt performed with pairs of backups after each change migration, and migrating the changes as "manually" as possible (i.e. not copying or moving files in the Finder, but instead opening the newer version, copying the contents, opening the older version, replacing the contents, then saving) and finding that even that did not prevent the strange behaviour, we started looking for utilities which operate on TM backups. We found TimeTracker and BackupLoupe, and finally were able to see what was actually in the backups.
Imagine our surprise to find that for a backup which produced the following Console messages:
17/08/12 11:12:22 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Starting standard backup
17/08/12 11:12:22 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Backing up to: /Volumes/Rugged/Backups.backupdb
17/08/12 11:12:23 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          No pre-backup thinning needed: 5.06 GB requested (including padding), 495.96 GB available
17/08/12 11:12:29 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Copied 1160 files (3 KB) from volume Nickee's MacBook.
17/08/12 11:12:30 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          No pre-backup thinning needed: 5.06 GB requested (including padding), 495.96 GB available
17/08/12 11:12:36 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Copied 1160 files (164 bytes) from volume Nickee's MacBook.
17/08/12 11:12:39 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Starting post-backup thinning
17/08/12 11:12:40 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Deleted backup /Volumes/Rugged/Backups.backupdb/Nickee’s MacBook Pro/2012-08-16-151757: 495.96 GB now available
17/08/12 11:12:40 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
17/08/12 11:12:40 am          com.apple.backupd[1751]          Backup completed successfully.
that the actual contents appear to be this: (both programs report the same contents, so either they are both wrong or they are both right)
If we assume that both programs are right, then one must inescapably conclude one of the following two things about the TM messages in the Console:
(1) they are lies
(2) they are not the whole truth: that TM is indeed transferring those numbers of files, and then for some reason deleting most of them (and not reporting this)!
This begs the questions:
(a) If the files really are being transferred, then why is it the same number of files every time, the same pattern to each backup, when the backups are being initiated one after the other, i.e. surely there isn't the time for such numbers of files to be changed, and surely it isn't possible that it's exactly the same numbers of files every time?
(b) If the vast majority of files transferred are being deleted, why? And why are they being transferred in the first place?
(c) If this is happening, why is the Console not advising of this? TM appears to fulsomely report its behaviour -- why would it not report this?
(d) What on earth are these files in any case?
Any help in getting closer to an understanding of this phenomenon would be gratefully received. Having just lost literally a week of our lives to it, it would be satisfying to at least know what it was!

The number of files is always somewhat high. We suspect it's counting metadata (such as permissions, extended attributes, etc.) separately. Ordinarily that doesn't indicate a problem.
And yes, Time Machine often makes a second "pass," if changes were made during the first one. Often it's so quick you won't see the messages on the preferences window, or if the sizes are about the same, you may not realize that they changed.
However, if you frequently get file counts in the area of many thousands, with only a few KB or MB, that take extremely long, you may have a problem that seems unique to some users running 10.6.8. A few of them were able to solve it by re-installing Snow Leopard, but only going back to 10.6.7, not 10.6.8, via the "combo" update. See Installing the ''combo'' update and/or Reinstalling OSX.
If you do go back to 10.6.7, be aware of the 3rd item in #D5 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

A strange error when starting up Oracle database

When I was starting up an Oracle DB instance on HP-UX B.11.23 U ia64 host, a strange error message was encountered as follows:
======================================================
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production on Sat Sep 1 21:50:05 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
SQL> Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 320290568 bytes
Fixed Size 724744 bytes
Variable Size 285212672 bytes
Database Buffers 33554432 bytes
Redo Buffers 798720 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-01122: database file 11 failed verification check
ORA-01110: data file 11: '/u01/CADDB/data/cwmlite01.dbf'
ORA-01251: Unknown File Header Version read for file number 11
SQL> Disconnected from Oracle9i Release 9.2.0.8.0 - 64bit Production
JServer Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
Database "GPRS" warm started.
======================================================
To my surprise, the file /u01/CADDB/data/cwmlite01.dbf is a data file of the tablespace CWMLITE from another Oracle DB instance named "CADDB". Who can tell me why that? What is the purpose of the tablespace CWMLITE in a DB?

Hm, what does this have to do with "Community Feedback and Suggestions"?
Please move your post to a more apropriate forum such as General Database Discussions

Strange error messages in cosole

Hi all!
As i am using MkConsole, i can see console messages on the desktop, which is really useful for me. So now i see, that there are some error messages that keep appearing. The one is with the mDNSresponder the other one has to do with SyndicationAgent. They keep repeating about every 5-10 minutes.
I don't know why i get these error messages and what they mean.
Any ideas? Or is there something i should do about this?
Mac OS X Version 10.4.5 (Build 8H14)
2006-02-16 13:07:58 +0100
2006-02-16 13:08:11.942 MkConsole[296] -[MKConsoleWindowController start]
2006-02-16 13:08:14.792 SystemUIServer[234] lang is:de
2006-02-16 13:08:15.453 MkConsole[296] -[MKConsoleWindowController start] ok
Feb 16 13:08:18 proX mDNSResponder: ERROR: Only name server claiming responsibility for "UV4345FGPLG.ttp4daemon.tcp.482313276450665." is "."!
Feb 16 13:08:18 proX mDNSResponder: ERROR: unknown result in regservice_callback: -65538
Feb 16 13:08:23 proX mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Feb 16 13:08:23 proX mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Feb 16 13:08:24 proX mDNSResponder: ReceivePortMapReply: response too short (12 bytes)
Feb 16 13:08:25 proX mDNSResponder: NAT Port Mapping (LLQ event port.): timeout
Feb 16 13:08:33 proX /Applications/MailCountX.app/Contents/MacOS/MailCountX: CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Invalid colorspace type
2006-02-16 13:09:07.948 Mail[319] Installing HTTPMail Preferences panel
2006-02-16 13:09:07.949 Mail[319] Installing HTTPMail Account Setup Assistant
2006-02-16 13:09:08.163 Mail[319] enabling global exception handler
2006-02-16 13:09:08.163 Mail[319] Daniels httpmail plugin loaded
2006-02-16 13:09:08.164 Mail[319] Checking OS version
2006-02-16 13:09:08.164 Mail[319] registering account type
2006-02-16 13:09:08.321 Mail[319] registered account type
2006-02-16 13:09:09.074 Mail[319] Loaded PGP PGP Desktop 9.0.5 (Build 5050)
2006-02-16 13:10:21.128 SyndicationAgent[325] Error: could not create directory '/Library/Application Support/Syndication'
2006-02-16 13:10:21.129 SyndicationAgent[325] WARNING: SyncController: Couldn't create .mac dir /Library/Application Support/Syndication
Feb 16 13:22:45 proX mDNSResponder: ERROR: Only name server claiming responsibility for "UV4345FGPLG.ttp4appl.tcp.482313276450665." is "."!
Feb 16 13:22:45 proX mDNSResponder: ERROR: unknown result in regservice_callback: -65538
2006-02-16 13:25:16.576 SyncServer[373] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2006-02-16 13:25:21.997 SyndicationAgent[374] Error: could not create directory '/Library/Application Support/Syndication'
2006-02-16 13:25:21.998 SyndicationAgent[374] WARNING: SyncController: Couldn't create .mac dir /Library/Application Support/Syndication
PowerBook G4 1.33 GHz, iMac G5(isight) 2.1 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I don't have any help for you yet but I'd like to chime in.
I've got the same messages. I believe these started yesterday after upgrade to 10.4.5. It happens after an attempt to "sync" when .Mac servers is executed...
2006-02-17 05:00:21.924 SyndicationAgent[24865] WARNING: SyncController: Couldn't create .mac dir /Library/Application Support/Syndication
2006-02-17 05:15:17.734 SyncServer[24993] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2006-02-17 05:15:19.330 SyndicationAgent[24994] Error: could not create directory '/Library/Application Support/Syndication'
2006-02-17 05:15:19.331 SyndicationAgent[24994] WARNING: SyncController: Couldn't create .mac dir /Library/Application Support/Syndication
2006-02-17 05:30:17.652 SyncServer[25123] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2006-02-17 05:30:19.299 SyndicationAgent[25124] Error: could not create directory '/Library/Application Support/Syndication'
2006-02-17 05:30:19.299 SyndicationAgent[25124] WARNING: SyncController: Couldn't create .mac dir /Library/Application Support/Syndication
2006-02-17 05:45:17.668 SyncServer[25254] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2006-02-17 05:45:19.287 SyndicationAgent[25255] Error: could not create directory '/Library/Application Support/Syndication'
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 1MB L3 cache - 1 GB DDR SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Safari hangs at startup - weird console message - help?

For some reason Safari started hanging on me yesterday when I start it up. The console messages I'm getting suggest that 1Password is related to the problem, but I think 1Password is having trouble accessing another resource in the OS that is broken. Can anyone help me?
Thanks, JZ
May 15 09:12:10 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: Activating Safari extension (version 6599) from '/Applications/1Password.app/Contents/Extensions/OnePasswdSafari.bundle'
May 15 09:12:36 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: SQL Error: SQLITE_BUSY[5.0]: database is locked in "PRAGMA user_version"
May 15 09:12:36 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: *** SQL error opening database: SQLITE_BUSY[5.0]: database is locked in "PRAGMA user_version"
May 15 09:14:36 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: IPC call returned (ipc/send) timed out (11,268435460) (Mach error 10000004)
May 15 09:14:36 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: Foundation::NetException "(ipc/send) timed out (11,268435460)" caught in static void PubSub::ClientCore::openClientSession()
May 15 09:14:36 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: std::exception "St9exception" caught in PSClient* +[PSClient clientForBundleIdentifier:](objc_object*, objc_selector*, NSString*)
May 15 09:15:01 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: SQL Error: SQLITE_BUSY[5.0]: database is locked in "PRAGMA user_version"
May 15 09:15:01 Macklur-2 Safari[11775]: *** SQL error opening database: SQLITE_BUSY[5.0]: database is locked in "PRAGMA user_version"

Thanks. Did my best to remove things, restarted, and I'm still hanging and getting this:
5/15/08 12:55:29 PM Safari[255] IPC call returned (ipc/rcv) timed out (11,268451843) (Mach error 10004003)
5/15/08 12:55:30 PM Safari[255] Foundation::NetException "(ipc/rcv) timed out (11,268451843)" caught in static void PubSub::ClientCore::openClientSession()
5/15/08 12:55:30 PM Safari[255] std::exception "St9exception" caught in PSClient* +[PSClient clientForBundleIdentifier:](objc_object*, objc_selector*, NSString*)
5/15/08 12:55:55 PM Safari[255] SQL Error: SQLITE_BUSY[5.0]: database is locked in "PRAGMA user_version"
5/15/08 12:55:55 PM Safari[255] *** SQL error opening database: SQLITE_BUSY[5.0]: database is locked in "PRAGMA user_version"

Meet with a strange error when starting up an Oracle DB instance

When I was starting up an Oracle DB instance on HP-UX B.11.23 U ia64 host, a strange error message was encountered as follows:
======================================================
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production on Sat Sep 1 21:50:05 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
SQL> Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 320290568 bytes
Fixed Size 724744 bytes
Variable Size 285212672 bytes
Database Buffers 33554432 bytes
Redo Buffers 798720 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-01122: database file 11 failed verification check
ORA-01110: data file 11: '/u01/CADDB/data/cwmlite01.dbf'
ORA-01251: Unknown File Header Version read for file number 11
SQL> Disconnected from Oracle9i Release 9.2.0.8.0 - 64bit Production
JServer Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
Database "GPRS" warm started.
======================================================
To my surprise, the file /u01/CADDB/data/cwmlite01.dbf is a data file of the tablespace CWMLITE from another Oracle DB instance named "CADDB". Who can tell me why that? What is the purpose of the tablespace CWMLITE in a DB?

What I know is that CWMLITE is to do with OLAP. This tablespace is used to store OLAPSYS schema.
<<To my surprise, the file /u01/CADDB/data/cwmlite01.dbf is a data file of the tablespace CWMLITE from another Oracle DB instance named "CADDB">>
If the file doesn't belong to your database then it could be that you are using a wrong controlfile.

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