Reboot issue affecting Apple Mac Pro

[Darryl Ramm]

Oops. Not good to have Avid user problems reported in Variety Magazine.

I initially thought this was going to be about the mystery plugin licensing issues a few folks here have been having. But this sounds much worse... (but I would not be surprised if it is related).

https://variety.com/2019/digital/new...ood-1203347033

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21057157

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ADMIN EDIT: Please see https://www.avid.com/92419issue
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[Obsidian Dragon]

I just saw this on Facebook:

Avid is aware of the reboot issue affecting Apple Mac Pro devices running some Avid products, which arose late yesterday. This issue is top priority for our engineering and support teams, who have been working diligently to determine and resolve the root cause. As we learn more, we will immediately publish information—directly to our customers and via our community forums and social media platforms—in order to resolve this issue for all affected customers and prevent any further issues.

[Sardi]

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?p=2538969


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[Eric Lambert]

I didn't see mention of ProTools, but this issue with other Avid products is very serious. Anyone have any insight?

https://variety.com/2019/digital/new...od-1203347033/

[justinhill]

I have no idea if my experience is anything to do with this but... after my system suddenly stopped randomly falling over with 9173s the other day and went back to working normally I decided to shut it down for the first time in several weeks yesterday so I could hoover out the cooling intakes at the bottom of the machine, which I could see had some fluff building up round them.

To do this I had to unplug all the cables of course. After I plugged everything back in again the Mac would not boot. Repeated attempts to get it started got me nowhere. It would chime but go no further.

In the end I got it working by connecting just one display and no other peripherals at all, then adding the other displays, external storage, audio interface etc one at a time without re-starting. I haven't dared shut it down since.

[jeffro]

Originally Posted by justinhill

...I got it working by connecting just one display and no other peripherals at all, then adding the other displays, external storage, audio interface etc one at a time without re-starting. I haven't dared shut it down since.

Doesn't sound like the same issue.

Anyone seeing "License Error" dialogs today please check your User Account in System Prefs to see if you have lost Admin access. If having these symptoms please don't reboot the machine - run "sudo sysdiagnose" in the Terminal then provide the logs back to Avid through a support case. Thanks.

[daeron80]

Wacked. My trashcan running Sierra has been doing fine today so far, knock on wood. But I will do all I can to avoid restarting, just in case.

[kuldeepnc]

Originally Posted by justinhill

I have no idea if my experience is anything to do with this but... after my system suddenly stopped randomly falling over with 9173s the other day and went back to working normally I decided to shut it down for the first time in several weeks yesterday so I could hoover out the cooling intakes at the bottom of the machine, which I could see had some fluff building up round them.

To do this I had to unplug all the cables of course. After I plugged everything back in again the Mac would not boot. Repeated attempts to get it started got me nowhere. It would chime but go no further.

In the end I got it working by connecting just one display and no other peripherals at all, then adding the other displays, external storage, audio interface etc one at a time without re-starting. I haven't dared shut it down since.

This happens to me too. For me it’s just a usb peripheral that causes it not to boot, I unplugged them all and it booted. Then I shut it down and plugged in usbs 1 by 1 til I found the offending usb. It was my motu 8 ch midi to usb. Does this for both of my rooms.

[SD2]

I had this exact issue today (Mac Pro 2012, Yosemite, Pro Tools HD 12.7), the Mac Pro started and shut down without reason.
I tried to restart several times with the same result.
Tried the usual tips and tricks, nothing worked.
Since recovery didn’t work either (cmd+alt+maj+R), thanks to Apple (service unavailable), I ended up starting the MacPro with my MacBook in Target mode and reinstalled the OS (Yosemite) usiing an installer I had stored.
Lost half a day of work.
I’ll leave the MacPro on until the end of the week (in the middle of different works) and will try restarting next week.
Fingers cross....

[mix109]

So Far , i had to restore my
Laptop (10.12.6) PTHD 12.7
Laptop (10.10.5) PTHD 10

(2) MacPros (2010) on 10.10.5
(1) imac (10.10.5 )with Logic ,but with ilok based plugins.

What tomorrow will bring..we shall see ;-)