Need advice on catching thorny hang
site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Two events are happening fairly regularly: * * * David I know this is a bit off-topic for this group, but I need some serious help, and I'm sure that if anyone can help me they will be a member of this group. I have a MacBook Pro that apparently crashes, and my regular bug reports have not resulted in anything I can do to assist Apple in tracking down the reason. My computer is used mostly in a "closed lid" mode, with occasional use in portable mode. I never seem to have problems with it in closed-lid mode - its always a result of going to portable mode (ie I use it untethered). I am using Time Machine, so before I unplug the computer I unmount the Time Machine disk, then do a "Sleep" from the finder. 1) When the machine gets re-plugged into all the cables needed for closed lid mode, it never wakes up, and I have to use the power switch to shut it down for real, then reboot it. When this happens, the fan is going. 2) Last night, the machine just froze. I was in Xcode typing away when the trackpad and keyboard went dead. I have the clock in the menu bar show seconds, so I can see if the Window Manager is running, but it was stopped too. Apple had suggested I try to ssh into the machine, which I have, but its non-responsive (I cannot get a login prompt). When the machine does reboot, there is nothing in the log - no crash report, nothing at all. Its like it never happened. So, the purpose of this post: what else can I do to try and track down what is going on? Is the some additional logging or reporting I can enable? Can I build a debug kernel and use it to catch the problem? My fear is that this is a Leopard issue - I just never had a problem in the 6 months it was running Tiger. The problems started happening when I installed Leopard (fresh install). PS: I run Permissions Repair and Disk verify all the time, the disk itself is clean. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com
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David Hoerl