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From: Jolly Roger on 16 Mar 2010 09:52
In article <vilain-7D308E.21061915032010(a)news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <4b9ef811$0$31260$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>,
> bbcda <office8(a)eml.bbcda.de> wrote:
>
> > Hey, JR!
> >
> > > Here's what a user-initiated shutdown looks like with Mac OS X 10.6 on
> > > my Mac Pro:
> > >
> > > Mar 15 15:31:52 macpro shutdown[40845]: halt by jr:
> > > Mar 15 15:31:52 macpro shutdown[40845]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1268685112 917917
> > > Mar 15 15:31:53 macpro mDNSResponder[16]: mDNSResponder
> > > mDNSResponder-214.0.2 (Dec 15 2009 16:58:04) stopping
> > > Mar 15 15:31:53 macpro PubSubAgent[40812]: rlsCancel notifycancel():
> > > (ipc/mig) server died
> > >
> > > You might try searching for "halt" or "mDNSResponder" to see if you can
> > > find the spot where the shutdown happened.
> >
> >
> > Thanks! I tried searching for "halt" - nothing! Also "SHUTDOWN_TIME"
> > didn't appear one single time in my current log (which extends at least
> > over one complete day, so that it should cover the shutdown from today
> > around lunch...). The mDNSResponder appears very often - but not in the
> > time frame in question (over my lunch break)... Strange! Very strange!
> > Okay, I have found that the mDNSResponder still tries to connect to
> > mobileMe (I once had a test account - though that's more than a month
> > ago and deleted... wonder why the system still tries to connect to the
> > service, though it is switched off...). But that's another problem only
> > - and likely doesn't have anything to do with this :-D Anyway.
> >
> > Hm. Does anybody have any other suggestion about the possible reasons
> > of this curious auto-shut down - or how to find out about them? Any
> > other possible terms to search for in the log file? I will keep an eye
> > on it - I suspect that the problem will occur again tomorrow during the
> > lunch break :-D
> >
> >
> > Thanks, JR, for Your suggestions! This seems to be a very strange
> > behaviour...
> >
> > Best,
> > Bj�rn
>
> JR's recommendations for log files assumes there was a software directed
> shutdown.

It has to be a software shutdown, because he's mentioned that very often
applications prevent the shutdown.

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From: Jolly Roger on 16 Mar 2010 22:35
In article <4ba03856$0$31263$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>,
bbcda <office8(a)eml.bbcda.de> wrote:

> However, today over lunch, shutdown was invoked again, and since I
> closed my nagging Mail application, i now have quite a "clean" log file
> that I can show You. I chose not to clean it too much, so don't be
> afraid: there is still some repetition (particularly the CUPS-error
> from VMware that comes every five minutes). However, it is relatively
> simple-structured, and thus - although long - relatively easy to see
> through. I will give You the part between my last login before lunch (I
> usually lock my user account when I leave the computer) - when I closed
> Mail (so that it wouldn't complain every 10 seconds about the missing
> connection to the Mail server) - and the last part will be where I
> logged into the system again (to find the messages from the
> applications about the termination of the shut down). Somewhere in the
> mean time, there should be a hint for the shutdown reason - but I don't
> find it... So, here is the log:

(snip)

I see nothing in that log indicating shutdown.

Take a look at the console log (/Applications/Utilities/Console) and see
if anything shows up indicating shutdown there. It seems like if this is
an automated event, it should be logged in either the system log of
console log!

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From: bbcda on 17 Mar 2010 00:16
Hey!

> I see nothing in that log indicating shutdown.
>
> Take a look at the console log (/Applications/Utilities/Console) and see
> if anything shows up indicating shutdown there. It seems like if this is
> an automated event, it should be logged in either the system log of
> console log!

Thanks! Another good tip, it seems (I am really new to those UNIX-log
files...).
Unfortunately, the Console Log seems to be purged already by the system
(it is now 10 to 11 hours ago that the last shut down was invoked...).
I will wait till tomorrow lunchtime (for me: in about 13 hours - close
to NY), and will report again as soon as I find time from my work...

Cheers (and good night!),
Bj�rn

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