Unexplained system beep at logout/restart/shutdown

For some time now, whenever I logout, restart, or shutdown my iMac, the system beep would sound. Is this normal? Why does it do this? Other than that, everything seems fine.

Mine does this too, not sure why.. Also, how to post discussions?

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Richard Saunders wrote:
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Hi,
i am a beginer in SAP administration, users are getting this error message and i have done all my research and not able to resolve this issue. Here are the details
SAP Version :ideas 4.7
Database :Oracle
OS : windows 2003
Module user is working on MM
user working on it is a Super user with all the permissions
SAP is configure to run under the European date and decimal format.
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name of the runtime error : system_core_dumped
below are the details of the error message and its resoltion as suggested by sap help :
========
Runtime Errors         SYSTEM_CORE_DUMPED
       Occurred on     01.02.2008 at 07:52:19
Process terminated by signal " ".
What happened?
The current ABAP program had to be terminated because the
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The current ABAP program "SAPLCLSC" had to be terminated because the ABAP
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What can you do?
                                                                                Make a note of the actions and input which caused the error.
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Error analysis
An SAP System process was terminated by an operating system signal.
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1. Internal SAP System error.
2. Process was terminated externally (by the system administrator).
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                                                                                Component............ "Taskhandler"
Place................ "SAP-Server server1_DEV_00 on host server1 (wp 1)"
Version.............. 1
Error code........... 11
Error text........... "ThSigHandler: signal"
Description.......... " "
System call.......... " "
Module............... "thxxhead.c"
Line................. 9555
How to correct the error
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Save this file under another name.
If you cannot solve the problem yourself, please send the
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SAP Release.............. " "
Application server....... " "
Network address.......... " "
Operating system......... " "
Release.................. " "
Hardware type............ " "
Character length......... " " Bits
Pointer length........... " " Bits
Work process number...... " "
Short dump setting....... " "
Database server.......... " "
Database type............ " "
Database name............ " "
Database owner........... " "
Character set............ " "
SAP kernel............... " "
Created on............... " "
Created in............... " "
Database version......... " "
Patch level.............. " "
Patch text............... " "
Supported environment....
Database................. " "
SAP database version..... " "
Operating system......... " "
User, transaction...
Client.............. " "
User................ " "
Language key........ " "
Transaction......... "ME41 "
Program............. "SAPLCLSC"
Screen.............. "SAPMM06E 0320"
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Hi
   follow correction method suggested in this dump,
" The SAP System work directory (e.g. /usr/sap/c11/D00/work ) often
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have you done this?
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