....stuff happens... randomly and singularly sometimes...
That's for sure. It's baaaack....
This morning, after opening from the log-in window, the left side of the menu bar loaded but the right side stopped at the Sophos Icon. I waited a while but nothing further happened.
1) The right side menu bar stuff was working so I did a Shutdown - which took about two minutes to complete. On reboot, the log-in window was frozen.
2) I rebooted and after about 7 minutes of blue screen tried to force a shutdown using the AC button. After a few seconds the log-in screen appeared....but was frozen.
3) I held the AC until I got a complete shutdown and then unplugged the machine for about a minute.
4) A reboot got the chime...about 2 minutes until the blue screen...then, after 3 minutes of blue screen I tried to force a shutdown and got a repeat of #2 above.
5) I again did a forced Shutdown but rebooted using the Option key. I selected the main drive but still got to a frozen log-in window. I repeated Option key and tried booting from my backup drive. Frozen log-in window.
6) I started with an NVRAM clear but that didn't help.
7) I did a Safe Boot but the log-in window was still frozen.
8) I booted with Disk Warrior 4.3 and did a directory rebuild. NADA.
9) I tried booting with my grey iMac disk but after an interminably long time I gave up. Forced shutdown and rebooted with trackball button to eject disk.
10) Rebooted with Snow Leopard 10.6 and did a reinstall. Restart got me to my drive but the audio wasn't working. A check of the sound output showed it had been switched to "CD Spin Doctor Capture Support" rather than Internal Speakers.
My Mail program was no longer accepting Mail.
Everything else seemed to be working so I took the opportunity to delete Sophos using Clean App.
I figured things would improve if I got the system up to date so I did the entire 10.6.8 update. Mistake.
11) A reboot got me back to a frozen log-in window.
12) I did another re-install of SL 10.6 and was able to boot but there were a couple of curiosities.
Sophos was back. Have no idea how.
My mail port was set to the wrong number.
As the top right of the menu bar was loading a white block appeared as if it was the second item loading, and then went away.
I am now operating with SN 10.6 and have no intention of shutting off the machine until I finish a project that has to get out the door by end of day tomorrow.
Meanwhile I entered a few Terminal commands (per earlier in this thread) not knowing whether they'll be helpful or not. I guess they can't hurt.
ryck
Terminal Command: defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitemsSessionItems = {
Controller = CustomListItems;
CustomListItems = (
{
Alias = <00000000 00ce0003 00010000 c752ba30 0000482b 00000000 00a4dd3e 00043eb8 0000c5e4 4d740000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 000c00a4 dd3e009f 2fb1009f 2622000e 00220010 00450079 00650054 00560020 00480065 006c0070 00650072 002e0061 00700070 000f001a 000c004d 00610063 0069006e 0074006f 00730068 00200048 00440012 00324c69 62726172 792f4170 706c6963 6174696f 6e205375 70706f72 742f4579 6554562f 45796554 56204865 6c706572 2e617070 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>;
CustomItemProperties = {
"com.apple.loginitem.HideOnLaunch" = 1;
"com.apple.loginitem.legacyprefs" = {
Hide = 1;
Path = "/Library/Application Support/EyeTV/EyeTV Helper.app";
};
};
Icon = <496d6752 00000108 00000000 4642494c 000000fc 00000002 00000000 00000000 00ec0003 00000000 c752ba30 0000482b 00000000 00043ec1 000b3282 0000c74e c3f40000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 00180004 3ec10004 3eb90004 3eb800a4 dd3e009f 2fb1009f 2622000e 0016000a 00650079 00650074 0076002e 00690063 006e0073 000f001a 000c004d 00610063 0069006e 0074006f 00730068 00200048 00440012 00504c69 62726172 792f4170 706c6963 6174696f 6e205375 70706f72 742f4579 6554562f 45796554 56204865 6c706572 2e617070 2f436f6e 74656e74 732f5265 736f7572 6365732f 65796574 762e6963 6e730013 00012f00 ffff0000>;
Name = "EyeTV Helper";
},
{
Alias = <00000000 00fa0003 00010000 c752ba30 0000482b 00000000 0002c700 0002c701 0000bdc6 d06a0000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 00100002 c7000002 c6fe0002 c6fd0000 00f0000e 00300017 004d0069 00630072 006f0073 006f0066 00740020 00410055 00200044 00610065 006d006f 006e002e 00610070 0070000f 001a000c 004d0061 00630069 006e0074 006f0073 00680020 00480044 0012004c 4170706c 69636174 696f6e73 2f4d6963 726f736f 66742041 75746f55 70646174 652e6170 702f436f 6e74656e 74732f4d 61634f53 2f4d6963 726f736f 66742041 55204461 656d6f6e 2e617070 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>;
CustomItemProperties = {
"com.apple.loginitem.legacyprefs" = {
Hide = 0;
Path = "/Applications/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft AU Daemon.app";
};
};
Icon = <496d6752 00000136 00000000 4642494c 0000012a 00000002 00000000 00000000 011a0003 00000000 c752ba30 0000482b 00000000 009f4025 009f4062 0000c696 debb0000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 0018009f 4025009f 4023009f 4022009f 25b6009f 2573009f 2572000e 0038001b 00470065 006e0065 00720069 00630041 00700070 006c0069 00630061 00740069 006f006e 00490063 006f006e 002e0069 0063006e 0073000f 001a000c 004d0061 00630069 006e0074 006f0073 00680020 00480044 0012005b 53797374 656d2f4c 69627261 72792f43 6f726553 65727669 6365732f 436f7265 54797065 732e6275 6e646c65 2f436f6e 74656e74 732f5265 736f7572 6365732f 47656e65 72696341 70706c69 63617469 6f6e4963 6f6e2e69 636e7300 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>;
Name = "Microsoft AU Daemon.app";
},
{
Alias = <00000000 01060003 00010000 c752ba30 0000482b 00000000 0057ae71 0057ae72 0000c8eb a0410000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 00100057 ae710057 a8560057 a8550000 00f0000e 003c001d 00410064 006f0062 00650052 00650073 006f0075 00720063 00650053 0079006e 00630068 0072006f 006e0069 007a0065 0072002e 00610070 0070000f 001a000c 004d0061 00630069 006e0074 006f0073 00680020 00480044 0012004c 4170706c 69636174 696f6e73 2f41646f 62652052 65616465 722e6170 702f436f 6e74656e 74732f53 7570706f 72742f41 646f6265 5265736f 75726365 53796e63 68726f6e 697a6572 2e617070 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>;
CustomItemProperties = {
"com.apple.loginitem.HideOnLaunch" = 1;
"com.apple.loginitem.legacyprefs" = {
AliasData = <00000000 01060003 00010000 c752ba30 0000482b 00000000 0057ae71 0057ae72 0000c8eb a0410000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 00100057 ae710057 a8560057 a8550000 00f0000e 003c001d 00410064 006f0062 00650052 00650073 006f0075 00720063 00650053 0079006e 00630068 0072006f 006e0069 007a0065 0072002e 00610070 0070000f 001a000c 004d0061 00630069 006e0074 006f0073 00680020 00480044 0012004c 4170706c 69636174 696f6e73 2f41646f 62652052 65616465 722e6170 702f436f 6e74656e 74732f53 7570706f 72742f41 646f6265 5265736f 75726365 53796e63 68726f6e 697a6572 2e617070 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>;
Hide = 1;
Path = "/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app";
};
};
Icon = <496d6752 0000001c 00000000 5359534c 00000010 00000000 4150504c>;
Name = AdobeResourceSynchronizer;
}
);
};
}
Terminal Command: kextstat |grep -v com.appleIndex Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>
106 0 0x2e782000 0x5000 0x4000 com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport (1.5) <98 5 4 3 1>
Terminal Command: defaults read /System/Library/Extensions/CDSDAudioCaptureSupport.kext/Contents/Info CFBundleDevelopmentRegion = English;
CFBundleExecutable = CDSDAudioCaptureSupport;
CFBundleGetInfoString = "Version 1.5";
CFBundleIdentifier = "com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport";
CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion = "6.0";
CFBundleName = CDSDAudioCaptureSupport;
CFBundlePackageType = KEXT;
CFBundleShortVersionString = "1.5";
CFBundleSignature = "????";
CFBundleVersion = "1.5";
IOKitPersonalities = {
CDSDAudioCaptureSupport = {
AudioEngines = (
{
BlockSize = 8192;
Description = "CD Spin Doctor Capture Support";
Formats = (
{
IOAudioStreamAlignment = 1;
IOAudioStreamBitDepth = 32;
IOAudioStreamBitWidth = 32;
IOAudioStreamByteOrder = 0;
IOAudioStreamDriverTag = 0;
IOAudioStreamIsMixable = 1;
IOAudioStreamNumChannels = 2;
IOAudioStreamNumericRepresentation = 1936289396;
IOAudioStreamSampleFormat = 1819304813;
}
);
NumBlocks = 2;
NumStreams = 1;
SampleRates = (
44100,
48000,
96000
);
}
);
CFBundleIdentifier = "com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport";
IOClass = "com_hzsystems_driver_CDSDAudioCaptureDevice";
IOMatchCategory = "com_hzsystems_driver_CDSDAudioCaptureDevice";
IOProviderClass = IOResources;
IOResourceMatch = IOBSD;
IOUserClientClass = CDSDUserClient;
};
};
OSBundleLibraries = {
"com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily" = "1.5";
"com.apple.kpi.bsd" = "8.0";
"com.apple.kpi.iokit" = "8.0";
"com.apple.kpi.libkern" = "8.0";
"com.apple.kpi.mach" = "8.0";
};
}
