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WTF is UserEventAgent??? Why is it hogging the CPU!
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WTF is UserEventAgent??? Why is it hogging the CPU!
I am using OS X 10.5.8 and frequently UserEventAgent is in the 90% for its CPU stat inside Activity Monitor. Everything runs slow when this is occurring. Eventually it goes away, but I was wondering what it was doing and if it needs to do this even?
Thanks.
I am using OS X 10.5.8 and frequently UserEventAgent is in the 90% for its CPU stat inside Activity Monitor. Everything runs slow when this is occurring. Eventually it goes away, but I was wondering what it was doing and if it needs to do this even?
Thanks.
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You don't give any indication on what research you have done and what you already know or don't know.
Why should we reiterate information, when it is readily available just because this is a community?
The information is out there.
Either tell us what you already know and have tried, so we can properly help you, or you don't. If the latter is the case, you will normally be pointed to information available to all members of the free www.
Why should we reiterate information, when it is readily available just because this is a community?
The information is out there.
Either tell us what you already know and have tried, so we can properly help you, or you don't. If the latter is the case, you will normally be pointed to information available to all members of the free www.
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I appreciate the links but my problem is not 'UserEventAgent not responding'. I clearly stated in my question that it is hogging my CPU activity and I was wondering what I could do about it.
I was hoping someone could point me to some information or someone has had a similar problem, was able to solve it and could pass on that experience. Sorry if I didn't ask the question thoroughly enough for you. I felt I did. I gave my OS X version, what is occurring, and how my system is responding to it. I gave as much as I know about it (that's why I'm coming here).
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Wow.
As you didn't really state what kind of research you have done, it was the obvious choice to link to already existing threads and articles about the process you have a problem with.
PS: If you don't have a problem contacting a member on this board, maybe you could contact "calderone" and ask her or his advice, as I think s/he is quite knowledgable regarding the inner workings of Mac OS X, and though I butted heads with this poster, I respect his or her knowledge.
Have a good day.
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For details on what is happening with your system, go to: /var/log/system.log
Are you using any USB keyboards? Some have found this to be a cause of UserEventAgent pegging the CPU and becoming unresponsive.
Hogging CPU activity and "not responding" are frequently one in the same. When CPU activity is dominated by a process, the process may become unresponsive and the entire system slows down.
Also, post #15 in the first link that simsaladimbamba posted offers a method of possibly isolating the problem.
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Thanks for taking the time to answer--I appreciate the info!
I am not using a USB keyboard.
Thanks so much!
I am not using a USB keyboard.
Thanks so much!
Yep Same problem Here...
i've read somewhere it started with the latest os upgrade and from december.... if you change the date of the system to let's say nove,ber.. and kil the process in the activity monitor it will stop eating your mac... but this is no great solution since a lot of stuff is date dependant and i simply can't afford to have the system running with the wrong date...
i would REALLY apreciate if some guru could share a better solution... for example: how can i kill for good a process? if i do kill that particular what's gonna be for the rest of the stuff... is the system going to have other problems?
tnx