Exc_bad_access (sigbus)

[basslik]

Happy Father's day to all,


I been getting this crash lately?, can anyone help me figure out what is happening and help me resolve this. I didn't do anything as far as installing software or and has been running fine, but now I'm having PT crash and this is what I get. theres more to it if that would help. Thanks all







Process: Pro Tools [218]
Path: /Applications/Digidesign/Pro Tools/Pro Tools.app/Contents/MacOS/Pro Tools
Identifier: com.digidesign.ProTools
Version: 9.0.6 (9.0.6f82)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [114]

Date/Time: 2012-06-17 12:01:22.735 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 476318 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 19
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 382205 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 19
Anonymous UUID: 0D1EC0C6-7C6F-420A-ADD1-DE9AF558F357

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 ??? 0000000000 0 + 0
1 com.apple.framework.IOKit 0x92c2826d IODispatchCalloutFromMessage + 39
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9499f702 __CFMachPortPerform + 338
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9499b46b __CFRunLoopRun + 6523
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x949993f4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x94999221 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x954f0e04 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x954f0bb9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x95679084 _AcquireNextEvent + 54
9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9566ed40 RunApplicationEventLoop + 228
10 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x032a70b1 DFW_EventLoop::RunApplicationEventLoop() + 11
11 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x0318e5ef TApplication::Run() + 45
12 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x01eebfc6 LaunchProTools + 2365
13 com.digidesign.ProTools 0x0000f4a3 0x1000 + 58531
14 com.digidesign.ProTools 0x0000e4cb 0x1000 + 54475
15 com.digidesign.ProTools 0x0000e3f9 0x1000 + 54265

Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94d0c382 kevent + 10

[daeron80]

I got that error several times when I first set up my new Mac. I was having a number of other non-PT problems, too. Making a new user account solved it all. It's some obscure bug in SL.

[basslik]

I often wonder if it's the upgrade memory I bought from OWC?, since the upgrade entails 2gig stick and 1 4gig stick, seems odd for not matching?, I tried zapping the PRAM and it seems fine for now, will wait and see. Thanks for chiming in bud.

[Eric Klinger]

I got a million of those errors, crashes etc using Harrison Mixbus. I suppose it could be hardware related, I imagine it is a pretty broad error though - I got the error on two different macs, one a brand new Mac Pro that was only one day old... so thought you may get ppl tell you its a hw or ram thing - I have my doubts.

[daeron80]

I suspected RAM at first (I have two identical 4GB sticks in mine, though). Googling around convinced me otherwise. People who have had it have fixed it by doing things like upgrading to Lion or making a new user account or wiping and reinstalling the OS. If it were a RAM problem, those solutions wouldn't have worked.

[basslik]

Originally Posted by daeron80

I suspected RAM at first (I have two identical 4GB sticks in mine, though). Googling around convinced me otherwise. People who have had it have fixed it by doing things like upgrading to Lion or making a new user account or wiping and reinstalling the OS. If it were a RAM problem, those solutions wouldn't have worked.

Thanks for chiming in daeron80,

Hey maybe you could answer this?, I lost my original tiger disks, but over the couple of years I've since upgraded to Leopard & Snow Leopard and if I ever had to do a clean install of the OS will I need my original disk?, I think last year I was able to do a full install with Leopard then upgraded to Snow? THANKS

[Eric Klinger]

you don't need the original discs for installing the os, you just need a disc for the os you want to install, obviously.

PS - I would never run an "upgrade" to a new os, I'd bite the bullet and do a fresh install. There could be issues there as well. Do you have a Core Duo, or Core 2 Duo iMac?

[basslik]

Originally Posted by Eric Klinger

you don't need the original discs for installing the os, you just need a disc for the os you want to install, obviously.

PS - I would never run an "upgrade" to a new os, I'd bite the bullet and do a fresh install. There could be issues there as well. Do you have a Core Duo, or Core 2 Duo iMac?

Eric thanks for chiming also bud, very much appreciate it, I believe I had no problems until updated to PT 9.0.6, on 10.6.8, and I have core 2 duo Imac 2.0, am I OK, or do I have issues headed my way?


Also I just found out a person stole my original disks about a couple months ago, believe this of all things. He came over so I could fix his mix!, well I knew his partner, but not him who stole it. anyway THANKS AGAIN ERIC

[daeron80]

Oh, there are problems with every version. Maybe just use Disk Utility every few days to keep problems from getting out of hand. Sorry about the stolen disks, though. That's a bummer. Sooner or later, an error will crop up on your system disk. The only way I know to fix those is with the install CD. You may need to borrow or buy another set eventually.

Meanwhile, when an error occurs, I always take a pic of the message with my phone so I can remember it to google the exact wording of it. Then I resign myself to reading tech forum posts for an hour or so. There's usually somebody out there who has found an answer that applies to me. I had to do that this morning for my wife, who has the latest version of Lion on her Macbook Pro and runs only office software. These fancy machines are awesome but they do reflect their makers' finitude from time to time.

[basslik]

Thank you both for the info. Seems I'll be doing a lot of reading and less tracking. maybe it will be worth buying one if those small newer mac mini.