There are a few threads on discussions.apple that address issues regarding 10.5.6 across multiple host (mac pro, imac, MBP).
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8670807
I am at wits end here with this POS update that has caused my once rock stable Imac to be a crash puppy worthy of something from Redmond.
The only hint I see in the system.log is an odd message that can end up repeating hundreds of times a minute:
ex:
Dec 28 10:10:54 miata-2 kernel[0]: AppleFWOHCI_AsyncTransmit::waitForDMA - context not going inactive.
Dec 28 10:12:35 miata-2 kernel[0]: AppleFWOHCI_AsyncTransmit::waitForDMA - context not going inactive.
Dec 28 10:17:14 miata-2 kernel[0]: AppleFWOHCI_AsyncTransmit::waitForDMA - context not going inactive.
Some others are reporting this error with sleep issues, or erratic
behavior. If its FW related, then I have a single FW device which
is my Timemachine drive, connected at FW400 and I usually leave it powered off, and only backup on demand.
I have tried to fix permissions, re-installed the combo update, and also reset SMC per apples instructions. No success so far.
When I see this message being repeated in the logs, that seems to coincide with the system not being able to be wake from sleep, causing a hard reset.
Although its a journaling FS, but this is no way to use a computer: I have had to hard reset the imac over 10 times now. In the previous year, I reset it maybe twice.
Anyone else experiencing this? Is there an easy way to go back to 10.5.5 (I think that is a rhetorical no, but I have never had to backdate any OS update, so not much experience here).
cheers,
- b
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8670807
I am at wits end here with this POS update that has caused my once rock stable Imac to be a crash puppy worthy of something from Redmond.
The only hint I see in the system.log is an odd message that can end up repeating hundreds of times a minute:
ex:
Dec 28 10:10:54 miata-2 kernel[0]: AppleFWOHCI_AsyncTransmit::waitForDMA - context not going inactive.
Dec 28 10:12:35 miata-2 kernel[0]: AppleFWOHCI_AsyncTransmit::waitForDMA - context not going inactive.
Dec 28 10:17:14 miata-2 kernel[0]: AppleFWOHCI_AsyncTransmit::waitForDMA - context not going inactive.
Some others are reporting this error with sleep issues, or erratic
behavior. If its FW related, then I have a single FW device which
is my Timemachine drive, connected at FW400 and I usually leave it powered off, and only backup on demand.
I have tried to fix permissions, re-installed the combo update, and also reset SMC per apples instructions. No success so far.
When I see this message being repeated in the logs, that seems to coincide with the system not being able to be wake from sleep, causing a hard reset.
Although its a journaling FS, but this is no way to use a computer: I have had to hard reset the imac over 10 times now. In the previous year, I reset it maybe twice.
Anyone else experiencing this? Is there an easy way to go back to 10.5.5 (I think that is a rhetorical no, but I have never had to backdate any OS update, so not much experience here).
cheers,
- b