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Console is not responding. Any suggestions?

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Moof1904

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May 20, 2004
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I'm trying to track down an unrelated issue with my ISP's mail server but when I went to Console to look at some log files, all I get is a spinning beach ball forever.

I did a tail command in Terminal to see the last 100 entries in the System log but it's not clear to me what this is telling me, if anything relevant.

Can someone please take a look at the log entries and see if they explain why Console is not responding?

tail -100 /var/log/system.log
MacBook:~ laura$ tail -100 /var/log/system.log
May 1 18:58:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[470]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:58:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 18:59:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[471]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 18:59:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[471]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:59:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 18:59:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[472]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 18:59:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[472]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:59:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 18:59:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[473]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 18:59:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[473]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:59:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 18:59:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[474]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 18:59:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[474]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:59:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 18:59:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[475]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 18:59:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[475]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:59:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 18:59:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[478]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 18:59:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[478]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 18:59:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:00:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[480]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:00:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[480]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:00:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:00:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[481]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:00:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[481]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:00:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:00:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[482]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:00:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[482]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:00:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:00:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[483]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:00:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[483]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:00:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:00:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[484]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:00:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[484]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:00:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:00:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[485]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:00:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[485]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:00:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:01:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[486]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:01:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[486]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:01:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:01:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[487]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:01:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[487]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:01:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:01:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[488]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:01:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[488]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:01:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:01:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[489]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:01:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[489]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:01:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:01:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[490]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:01:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[490]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:01:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:01:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[491]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:01:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[491]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:01:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:02:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[492]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:02:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[492]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:02:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:02:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[493]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:02:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[493]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:02:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:02:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[494]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:02:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[494]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:02:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:02:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[495]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:02:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[495]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:02:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:02:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[499]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:02:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[499]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:02:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:02:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[500]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:02:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[500]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:02:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[501]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:03:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[501]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:03:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:07 MacBook login[401]: DEAD_PROCESS: 401 ttys000
May 1 19:03:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[503]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:03:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[503]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:03:12 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[504]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:03:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[504]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:03:22 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[506]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:03:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[506]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:03:32 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[507]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:03:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[507]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:03:42 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:48 MacBook /usr/sbin/spindump[508]: process 505 is being monitored
May 1 19:03:50 MacBook /usr/sbin/spindump[508]: process 505 is being force quit
May 1 19:03:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[509]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:03:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[509]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:03:52 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:03:53 MacBook com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x2d02d].com.apple.Console[505]): Exited: Terminated
May 1 19:04:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[513]): posix_spawnp("/Library/PreferencePanes/PowerController.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PowerManagerDaemon", ...): No such file or directory
May 1 19:04:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon[513]): Exited with exit code: 1
May 1 19:04:02 MacBook com.apple.launchd[1] (com.sanity.powercontrollerdaemon): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
May 1 19:04:10 MacBook login[514]: USER_PROCESS: 514 ttys000
MacBook:~ laura$
 
Jethryn Freyman said:
Try deleting Console preferences, and then clearing out all all your logs.
Click to expand...

Thank you for your response. I deleted the Console prefs, to no avail, but I'm not sure how I delete the logs? How do I do that (remember that the Console is unresponsive, so if I have to delete them through there, I'm hosed).

I just searched online and found that there are no discrete Console log files under Leopard. What now?!?!?

Quoting:

"The console and system log messages are stored in the log database in the ASL.db file. The console log messages come from applications run by the current user."
 
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