[richwig83]

As the title says, leopard boots quiet slowly and pauses on a blue-screen before showing my desktop. Can someone with some knowledge please check out this log and see if there is anything that looks suspicious!!

Code:
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel npvhash=4095 
03/01/2008 19:18:14 com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist 
03/01/2008 19:18:14 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight 
03/01/2008 19:18:14 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kextd[10] 398 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel PAE enabled 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel vm_page_bootstrap: 249684 free pages and 12460 wired pages 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel mig_table_max_displ = 79 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel 96 prelinked modules 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled 
03/01/2008 19:18:15 kernel AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet) 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel calling mpo_policy_init for mb 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Seatbelt MACF policy initialized 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb) 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel MAC Framework successfully initialized 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel devfs_make_node: not ready for devices! 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3) 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel mbinit: done 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Security auditing service present 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel BSM auditing present 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: E653D3B1-82A3-39CE-880D-127F29AC2752 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict> 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 built-in now active, GUID 0017f2fffe6b5c74; max speed s400. 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT2@2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST98823AS Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Untitled@2 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start [] 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver::switchToHCIMode legacy 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel USBF: 2.199 CSRHIDTransitionDriver[0x2c7d880](IOUSBCompositeDevice) GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) returned NULL 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver... done 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel E:[AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController][FindInterfaces] mInt0InterruptMaxPacketSize = 16 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Jettisoning kernel linker. 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Resetting IOCatalogue. 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel GFX0: family specific matching fails 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel display: family specific matching fails 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Matching service count = 1 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Matching service count = 3 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Matching service count = 3 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Matching service count = 3 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Matching service count = 3 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Matching service count = 3 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel display: family specific matching fails 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel Previous Shutdown Cause: 0 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel GFX0: family specific matching fails 
03/01/2008 19:18:16 kernel ath_attach: devid 0x1c 
03/01/2008 19:18:17 kernel ath_descdma_setup: tx dd_desc_paddr = 0x30aa000, length 0x46500(288000) bytes 
03/01/2008 19:18:17 kernel ath_descdma_setup: beacon dd_desc_paddr = 0x337b000, length 0x90(144) bytes 
03/01/2008 19:18:17 kernel mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2 
03/01/2008 19:18:22 bootlog[36] BOOT_TIME: 1199387891 0 
03/01/2008 19:18:22 rpc.statd[19] statd.notify - no notifications needed 
03/01/2008 19:18:23 DirectoryService[32] Launched version 5.0 (v514) 
03/01/2008 19:18:23 fseventsd[28] bumping event counter to: 0x3355527 (current 0x0) from log file '0000000003355024' 
03/01/2008 19:18:23 kernel yukon: Ethernet address 00:17:f2:2d:b3:6f 
03/01/2008 19:18:23 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[24] Login Window Application Started 
03/01/2008 19:18:23 kernel AirPort_Athr5424ab: Ethernet address 00:16:cb:b8:dd:5c 
03/01/2008 19:18:24 kernel E:[AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController][StartInterruptPipeRead] there is alredy a pending read, skipping. 
03/01/2008 19:18:24 mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-164 (Nov  4 2007 13:23:04)[23] starting 
03/01/2008 19:18:24 kernel [InterruptReadHandler] Received kIODeviceNotResponding error - retrying: 1. 
03/01/2008 19:18:26 com.apple.SecurityServer[20] Entering service 
03/01/2008 19:18:26 /usr/sbin/ocspd[57] starting 
03/01/2008 19:18:26 mDNSResponder[23] SetDomainSecrets: mDNSKeychainGetSecrets failed error 0 CFArrayRef 00000000 
03/01/2008 19:18:26 kextd[10] writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym 
03/01/2008 19:18:29 configd[34] setting hostname to "richard-wigleys-macbook.local" 
03/01/2008 19:18:33 org.ntp.ntpd[14] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known 
03/01/2008 19:18:33 ntpdate[66] can't find host time.euro.apple.com
 
03/01/2008 19:18:33 ntpdate[66] no servers can be used, exiting 
03/01/2008 19:18:38 kernel display: Not usable 
03/01/2008 19:18:40 configd[34] setting hostname to "home.home" 
03/01/2008 19:18:44 loginwindow[24] Login Window Started Security Agent 
03/01/2008 19:18:44 SecurityAgent[79] User info context values set 
03/01/2008 19:18:44 SecurityAgent[79] Login Window done 
03/01/2008 19:18:44 loginwindow[24] Login Window - Returned from Security Agent 
03/01/2008 19:18:44 loginwindow[24] USER_PROCESS: 24 console 
03/01/2008 19:18:44 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[74]) Exited: Terminated 
03/01/2008 19:18:45 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[44] SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Richard Wigley's Public Folder) returned -14135

Thanks
Richard

[richwig83]

Also im running a macbook 2.0GHz 1st gen!

Rich

[Cold Warrior]

Do you have any nonstandard software installed?
Did it do this under 10.4?
What type of Leopard installation did you do -- upgrade, archive-install, or erase-install?

[richwig83]

It didn't do it with 10.4 and i did an erase and install as there was a problem with the way that 10.4 had been installed so i couldnt upgrade.

What is classed as non-standard software?


Rich

[Big Mac]

It looks like a SharePoints share of your public folder is failing.

[Cold Warrior]

Originally Posted by richwig83 

What is classed as non-standard software?

Sorry, I could have picked a better word. I should have said 3rd-party software, like Logitech software/drivers, Norton AV, etc. Software that may hook into your system at some level and have the potential to mess things up.

[richwig83]

I think ive got HP print drivers, various bits of software like adium, azurez, office 2004

Surly if anything was causing a problem it would be in the log, right??

Thanks for your help,
Rich

[richwig83]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

It looks like a SharePoints share of your public folder is failing.

MIght be a silly question but what is/are Sharepoints???

[Big Mac]

It points to your public folder. I'd take everything out of it and see if that helps at all.

[zombiecx]

the same thing happens to me too: the delay by a blue screen. I also did a fresh install of leopard. I am using 2.0 C2D macbook, 2GB ram, and 80 GB HD. Please help. Thanx.

[richwig83]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

It points to your public folder. I'd take everything out of it and see if that helps at all.

Only thing in that folder was another folder called Drop Box with nothing in it. I deleted it and the problem remains!

Anymore ideas?

Thanks
Rich

[Big Mac]

What happens if you create a new user? If you auto-login to it (I assume you auto-login to your current user), is it any faster?

[richwig83]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

What happens if you create a new user? If you auto-login to it (I assume you auto-login to your current user), is it any faster?

Tried that to no avail... still stalls on a blue screen for about 4 seconds!

[Big Mac]

4 seconds? That's all?

[analogika]

[HitchHiker]

You seem to be losing a whole lot of time when it gets to setting up your network. -

03/01/2008 19:18:29 configd[34] setting hostname to "richard-wigleys-macbook.local"
03/01/2008 19:18:33 org.ntp.ntpd[14] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
03/01/2008 19:18:33 ntpdate[66] can't find host time.euro.apple.com

03/01/2008 19:18:33 ntpdate[66] no servers can be used, exiting
03/01/2008 19:18:38 kernel display: Not usable
03/01/2008 19:18:40 configd[34] setting hostname to "home.home"

I'm not that familiar with my iMac and OS X yet but cna you stop it querying the NTP server (where it gets the current time off the net)?
Or change which server it uses because it's not seeing the Apple one.

Hitch.

[silver]

Originally Posted by HitchHiker 

You seem to be losing a whole lot of time when it gets to setting up your network. -



I'm not that familiar with my iMac and OS X yet but cna you stop it querying the NTP server (where it gets the current time off the net)?
Or change which server it uses because it's not seeing the Apple one.

Hitch.

Under the Date/Time System Preferences, tick the box next to set date & time automatically. Also you can select from 3 different servers.


Cheers

[richwig83]

Originally Posted by HitchHiker 

You seem to be losing a whole lot of time when it gets to setting up your network. -



I'm not that familiar with my iMac and OS X yet but cna you stop it querying the NTP server (where it gets the current time off the net)?
Or change which server it uses because it's not seeing the Apple one.

Hitch.

Tried disabling the auto time.... still the same.

RIch

[richwig83]

[Cold Warrior]

Four seconds? My MBP C2D 2.16 w/ 2GB RAM, which I consider to run quickly and perfectly well, sits on the blue screen for five seconds. I rebooted just for you to time it, and my machine is only rebooted for long-distance travel or system updates.

I'm going to say this is normal.

[richwig83]

ok cool, thanks for that!


Rich

[all2ofme]

FWIW I get much longer delays (30 seconds or more) on my Mac Pro sometimes.

Nothing ever seems to be wrong afterwards, but it's a bit unnerving. Will post a log here next time it happens in case it's the same issue.

[compuphonic]

I started getting these long blue screen pauses recently.

ie my MacBook Pro (CoreDuo) had been fine for a couple of months running Leopard, which had been installed as an in place upgrade to TIger, and recently boots started taking a very long time.

The pauses could be several minutes or more in length, and were guaranteed to be there on every boot.

I remembered that I'd added this computer to my Win2K3 Active Directory using the Directory Utility app in the utilities folder. Trying to bring up the properties of this binding caused the spining beach ball for the same period as I usually see the blue screen on boot...

On removing the binding I received an error message, but seemed to go ok - also had to remove manually any mention in search orders etc.

Anyway, for me this has completely solved the problem, boot times are normal.

I'm unsure why the AD binding failed, will re-add the machine and see if the problem re-appears.

As always, this may or may not work for your configuration... let me know if it does...

[Tabaruba]

Our G5 early-2005 dual 2.0 was basically condemned by an Apple specialist (it was left in an office corner and we bought a new machine to replace it).

Bluescreens (non-temporary) would happen minutes, even seconds after a complete write-all-zeros and fresh install — what was attempted dozens of times during weeks in a row before “putting the machine to rest”.

This week we heard of a brand new MacBook that had very similar issues and, after a crazy thought, we decided to try downgrading to Tiger on the G5 and it is running straight after 5 days without any bluescreen issues.

Adding to this the fact that zero-alls and fresh installs did solve (even if for a short time) the bluescreen issues, there seems to be a very strong case for Leopard been the cause of certain specific conflicts that may cause bluescreens by itself — no app enhancer was ever install in this machine, as well as, during the last dozen or so tries, not even third party software was installed.

[Cold Warrior]

You might have also tested the HD for bad sectors/blocks, done a hardware test and a RAM test, and also tried booting Leopard in safe mode. I wouldn't tried those before downgrading.

[Tabaruba]

Cold Warrior,

When adding this same comment to some other discussion groups I added some extra info regarding this.

For both our friend's MacBook and ours, initially the hard-drive was blamed and they were replaced. For our G5, we also replaced the RAM and the SuperDrive. Even tough these replacements would "solve" the bluescreen temporarily, it would be a matter of time before re-occurrence. In the end (in our case), the motherboard (an investment of almost a thousand bucks) was blamed.

Considering that doing zero-all disk erases and fresh system installs did solve (even if for a short time) the bluescreen issues, there seems to be a very strong case for Leopard been the cause of certain specific conflicts that may cause bluescreens by itself — no app enhancer was ever install in this machine, as well as, during the last dozen or so tries, not even third party software was installed.

It is hard to believe that this is indeed a hardware problem.

After the downgrading to Tiger we have not have BSOD issues.

This just added to our suspicion that this cannot be a hardware issue and it is related to Leopard.

[Cold Warrior]

OK. So you guys did what I would've done. Sounds like you're on top of it. Please let us know if you manage to track it to a Leopard-specific issue.

[Tabaruba]

I will keep you posted. Hope Apple gets a little more pro-active.

[all2ofme]

FWIW mine's stopped doing it (Mac Pro - I posted above that I'd had the same problem).

I've swapped out a RAID 0 array that I was using for storage and now use a single 1TB disk, and I've also replaced my X1900XT in the last while. Wish I'd been more scientific about the changes so I could have tracked it down to something, but hey - it's happy as Larry now.

Mind you, not all of you lot have Mac Pros, so it may be totally unrelated

[badpup]

I have been suffering much of what has been described above with a revision a macbook (core duo) and leopard.

Managed to fix it in the end.

After going through testing with tech tool pro 4 and swapping out memory and hdd's, even running leopard from a USB external drive I was stumped.

Many solutions point to the removal of third part softwares, but in my case this the problem persisted even with a fresh 'erase and install' of Leopard and no software installed.

It wasn't until I tried to access single user mode upon booting (apple + s) that I noticed an error relating to the firewire port. So I disabled it by deleting all '.kext' entries mentioning IO firewire in /system/library/extensions and the machine now works fine

Although I currently have no firewire, the machine works beautifully again with leopard and no unpredictable behaviour/pauses on the blue screen when logging in

Hope this is of some help.