[jerryskate]

Im on an iMac G5, 2Ghz with 1 Gb ram running 10.4.6.
After an application froze I rebooted (been a while).

When it came back up again all looked good until the finder suddenly re-launched.
And it kept at it! It does it about every 3 seconds or faster. I have tried to hold down alt + apple + P + R, reboot a million times and all that.

The problem is user specific. I share this box with my wife and it’s all-good on her side. So not hardware (I guess)?

I got hold of the crash log and I searched for the error, but as you might have guessed, I found no good solution.

HELP ME! I’m having abstinences … I need me mac! :-)

E are some logs:

Mac OS X Version 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
2006-05-28 11:35:36 +0200
2006-05-28 11:35:38.740 ChronoSyncBackgrounder[89] ChronoSync Backgrounder v3.1.0 is running.
2006-05-28 11:35:41.868 SystemUIServer[79] lang is:nb
May 28 11:35:42 imac-3 configd[35]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24, secErrStr=User interaction is not allowed. ) (current= doderlein)
DigiCoreAudioDriver> Found 9 entries in 'SupportedApps.txt'.
May 28 11:35:47 imac-3 VersionCueCS2Daemon[203]: warning: VersionCueCS2Daemon not started by mach_init process (parent pid: 1)
May 28 11:35:48 imac-3 crashdump[120]: Finder crashed
May 28 11:35:50 imac-3 crashdump[222]: Finder crashed
May 28 11:35:51 imac-3 crashdump[120]: crash report written to: /Users/DRD/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
May 28 11:35:51 imac-3 crashdump[222]: crash report written to: /Users/DRD/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
May 28 11:35:52 imac-3 crashdump[226]: Finder crashed
May 28 11:35:54 imac-3 crashdump[226]: crash report written to: /Users/DRD/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
May 28 11:35:55 imac-3 crashdump[231]: Finder crashed
May 28 11:35:56 imac-3 crashdump[231]: crash report written to: /Users/DRD/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log
May 28 11:35:57 imac-3 crashdump[237]: Finder crashed
May 28 11:35:57 imac-3 crashdump[237]: crash report written to: /Users/DRD/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log

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Host Name: imac-3
Date/Time: 2006-05-28 11:38:39.530 +0200
OS Version: 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
Report Version: 4

Command: Finder
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Parent: WindowServer [61]

Version: 10.4.5 (10.4.5)
Build Version: 2
Project Name: Finder_FE
Source Version: 5292600

PID: 390
Thread: 3

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000020

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b0a8 mach_msg_trap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000affc mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907e3b78 __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907e347c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9321d980 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9321d014 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 380
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932620e4 AcquireNextEventInMode + 72
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93261ed4 RunApplicationEventLoop + 132
8 com.apple.finder 0x000070b4 0x1000 + 24756
9 com.apple.finder 0x00004cdc 0x1000 + 15580
10 com.apple.finder 0x000932ac 0x1000 + 598700
11 com.apple.finder 0x00093154 0x1000 + 598356

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002edcc kevent + 12
1 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9288a2b0 TFSNotificationTask::FSNotificationTaskProc(void*) + 56
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bc9260 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90030bec pthread_cond_wait + 480
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bc9450 MPWaitOnQueue + 224
3 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x9288a92c TNodeSyncTask::SyncTaskProc(void*) + 116
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bc9260 PrivateMPEntryPoint + 76
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

Thread 3 Crashed:
0 com.apple.finder 0x0016c070 0x1000 + 1486960
1 com.apple.finder 0x0016b6b0 0x1000 + 1484464
2 com.apple.finder 0x0016e4cc 0x1000 + 1496268
3 com.apple.finder 0x0016ab90 0x1000 + 1481616
4 com.apple.finder 0x00083b18 0x1000 + 535320
5 com.apple.finder 0x000832d8 0x1000 + 533208
6 com.apple.finder 0x00073e70 0x1000 + 470640
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90030bec pthread_cond_wait + 480
2 com.apple.finder 0x00250d34 dyld_stub_OpenADefaultComponent + 363396
3 com.apple.finder 0x00083518 0x1000 + 533784
4 com.apple.finder 0x00073e70 0x1000 + 470640
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

Thread 3 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x000000000016c070 srr1: 0x100000000200f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x24000402 xer: 0x0000000000000000 lr: 0x000000000016c060 ctr: 0x00000000900036b8
r0: 0x0000000001807f78 r1: 0x00000000f0203790 r2: 0x0000000000000000 r3: 0x0000000000000001
r4: 0x0000000000000000 r5: 0x0000000000000000 r6: 0xffffffffffffffff r7: 0x0000000000000004
r8: 0x0000000000000004 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000701045 r11: 0x0000000044000402
r12: 0x00000000900036b8 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x0000000000000000 r19: 0x0000000000000000
r20: 0x0000000000000000 r21: 0x0000000000000000 r22: 0x0000000000000000 r23: 0x00000000f02039f0
r24: 0x0000000000000000 r25: 0x00000000f02039f0 r26: 0x00000000f02037d0 r27: 0x00000000006820f0
r28: 0x0000000000000051 r29: 0x0000000075647461 r30: 0x0000000001807f80 r31: 0x0000000001838e00

[angelmb]

Do you by any chance have any item in our desktop?, if so, try to move it to another folder or move it to the Trash.

Sure, it sounds like a silly suggestion, but I have read about similar issues where doing that, did help.

[jmiddel]

While in your wife's side, download 'applejack' here: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596 and install. Try rebooting in your user holding down Command-S as you do it. You should see a black screen with light text, at the bottom you will see the applejack text, type applejack,. hit return and then run the task numbers 1, 2, 3, 5 following the instructions which will also show you how to restart. If you can't boot at all in your user, try doing the same thing from your wife's side.

[JKT]

What happens if you hold the shift key down as you log in to your account (to disable any third party log-in apps and clear the font and other caches)?

My guess would be that you have a third party contextual menu item, installed in your account only, that is the source of the problem. What do you have in ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items?

If anything, move them to the desktop and log out then back in to see if that solves the problem.

P.S. When posting your crash logs, include the list of installed frameworks at the end as this can help people spot third-party hacks or software that is incompatible with the version of the OS you are running.

[JKT]

Btw, if you are contemplating upgrading to 10.4.6 at any time, uninstall Version Cue before you do - it is incompatible with 10.4.6 and causes a lot of problems.