"you shut down due to a problem" info box after boot from normal shutdown

Question

After a normal shut down, (eject external drive, Click Shut Down from Apple menue).
Normal start up routine (push power button on back) results in Info Box telling me that I shfut down due to a problem ( i did not) and if I want to open windows open at time of shut down I should selct the check box and let it start up.
Where do you suppose this came from?  and what do I do about troubleshooting ??
Thanks Roger

Answer 1

Now ere talking. no user Diogs (notl ogged in), but system reports going back to mid NOV.  
This is the latest: this morn at 0530.  Only copied down thru the thtread that crashed:
Process:         xpcd [195]
Path:            /usr/libexec/xpcd
Identifier:      xpcd
Version:         300.1.17
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [1]
Responsible:     xpcd [195]
User ID:         502
Date/Time:       2013-12-26 05:57:47.528 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Report Version:  11
Anonymous UUID: 
Crashed Thread:  5  Dispatch queue: com.apple.xpcd.connection.267
Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: EXC_I386_GPFLT
Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: retain
Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-overcommit-priority
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff89464caa __sigsuspend_nocancel + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9d67e4 _dispatch_sigsuspend + 21
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9d67cf _dispatch_sig_thread + 45
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff89465662 kevent64 + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9ce43d _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 239
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9ce152 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 52
Thread 2:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.xpcd.connection.260
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff894646b6 __process_policy + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff89461983 proc_importance_assertion_complete + 76
2   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff910b5f79 _xpc_importance_assertion_end + 9
3   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff910af198 _xpc_serializer_clear_sent_descriptors + 65
4   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff910b1a85 _xpc_connection_mach_event + 430
5   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cfafe _dispatch_client_callout4 + 9
6   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9d03b8 _dispatch_mach_msg_invoke + 143
7   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9ce633 _dispatch_queue_drain + 359
8   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cf69e _dispatch_mach_invoke + 154
9   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9ce633 _dispatch_queue_drain + 359
10  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cf9dd _dispatch_queue_invoke + 110
11  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cdfa3 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 75
12  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cf193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
13  libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb1def8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
14  libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb20fb9 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff89464e6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb1df08 _pthread_wqthread + 330
2   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb20fb9 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 4:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x00007fff89464e6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb1df08 _pthread_wqthread + 330
2   libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb20fb9 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 5 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.xpcd.connection.267
0   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x00007fff89e7a097 objc_msgSend + 23
1   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00007fff8cbe3339 -[__NSDictionaryM setObject:forKey:] + 345
2   com.apple.AppSandbox                    0x00007fff912f5178 -[AppSandboxRequest compileSandboxProfileAndReturnError:] + 946
3   com.apple.xpc.support                   0x00000001047b3562 xpc_support_do_appsandbox + 1740
4   xpcd                                    0x000000010462304e 0x104620000 + 12366
5   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff910b3501 _xpc_connection_call_event_handler + 43
6   libxpc.dylib                            0x00007fff910b2123 _xpc_connection_mach_event + 2124
7   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cfafe _dispatch_client_callout4 + 9
8   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9d03b8 _dispatch_mach_msg_invoke + 143
9   libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9ce633 _dispatch_queue_drain + 359
10  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cf69e _dispatch_mach_invoke + 154
11  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9ce633 _dispatch_queue_drain + 359
12  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cf9dd _dispatch_queue_invoke + 110
13  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cdfa3 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 75
14  libdispatch.dylib                       0x00007fff8a9cf193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
15  libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb1def8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
16  libsystem_pthread.dylib                 0x00007fff8fb20fb9 start_wqthread + 13