Hi,

seti@home crashes always since some time. Graphics freeze, and on quit a message shows "graphics_app unexpected quit" (original message in german "graphics_app wurde unerwartet beendet")

Below is the report from the system.

I reset seti two times from the boinc manager, but to no result.

Yours,

Tobias (seti user since the very start)

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Date/Time: 2008-09-16 11:40:05.089 +0200
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: setigraphics_6.03_powerpc-apple-darwin
Path: ../../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/setigraphics_6.03_powerpc-apple-darwin
Parent: setiathome_6.03_powerpc-apple-darwin [4203]

Version: ??? (???)

PID: 4207
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000014

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 dyld 0x8fe056dc dyld::bindLazySymbol(mach_header const*, unsigned long*) + 84
1 dyld 0x8fe156d8 stub_binding_helper_interface + 56
2 <<00000000>> 0x0103749c 0 + 17003676
3 <<00000000>> 0x010dc660 0 + 17679968
4 <<00000000>> 0x010f817c 0 + 17793404
5 <<00000000>> 0x01042154 0 + 17047892
6 <<00000000>> 0x000049e8 0 + 18920
7 <<00000000>> 0x00005e5c 0 + 24156
8 <<00000000>> 0x0001c128 0 + 114984
9 <<00000000>> 0x0001bbcc 0 + 113612
10 <<00000000>> 0x0001bebc 0 + 114364
11 <<00000000>> 0x980c5fec 0 + -1744019476
12 <<00000000>> 0x907f2384 0 + -1870716028
13 <<00000000>> 0x907decfc 0 + -1870795524
14 <<00000000>> 0x907de2b0 0 + -1870798160
15 <<00000000>> 0x932acb20 0 + -1825912032
16 <<00000000>> 0x932ac1b4 0 + -1825914444
17 <<00000000>> 0x932ac020 0 + -1825914848
18 <<00000000>> 0x93791734 0 + -1820780748
19 <<00000000>> 0x937913f8 0 + -1820781576
20 <<00000000>> 0x980b60c4 0 + -1744084796
21 <<00000000>> 0x980b626c 0 + -1744084372
22 <<00000000>> 0x980c6954 0 + -1744017068
23 <<00000000>> 0x0001bfcc 0 + 114636
24 <<00000000>> 0x00002b2c 0 + 11052
25 <<00000000>> 0x00002338 0 + 9016
26 <<00000000>> 0x000021e0 0 + 8672

Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x000000008fe056dc srr1: 0x100000000200f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44422224 xer: 0x0000000000000000 lr: 0x000000008fe05690 ctr: 0x000000008fe01000
r0: 0x0000000000000140 r1: 0x00000000bfffd4c0 r2: 0x0000000000000000 r3: 0x00000000004000d0
r4: 0x0000000001119f28 r5: 0x0000000000000000 r6: 0x000000000038f300 r7: 0x0000000000000040
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000001 r11: 0x0000000001801000
r12: 0x0000000001008000 r13: 0x0000000000000c04 r14: 0x0000000001110e80 r15: 0x0000000000000001
r16: 0x000000000038d020 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x0000000000000001 r19: 0x0000000000000000
r20: 0x00000000ffffffff r21: 0x0000000000000000 r22: 0x000000000000000e r23: 0x0000000000000000
r24: 0x0000000000000000 r25: 0x0000000001119f28 r26: 0x0000000001008000 r27: 0x000000008fe55690
r28: 0x0000000000000000 r29: 0x00000000004000d0 r30: 0x0000000000000050 r31: 0x000000008fe05690

Binary Images Description:
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe52fff dyld 46.16 /usr/lib/dyld

Model: PowerMac9,1, BootROM 5.2.2f2, 1 processors, PowerPC G5 (3.0), 1.8 GHz, 1.25 GB
Graphics: GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5200, AGP, 64 MB
Memory Module: DIMM0/J4000, 512 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC3200U-30330

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I have a similar problem.

Using
iMac G5
Mac OS X versioin 10.5.2
1.8 GHz PowerPC G5
1GB DDR SDRAM
Macintosh HD

Running seti@home continuously for several days with little or no other activity. System occasionally crashes; screen goes dark; does not respond to either keyboard or mouse. And the noise of the internal cooling fan seems to be louder than normal after the crash. Am I over working this computer?
hurliman(at sign)sunlink(point)net

It is possible that the iMac is overheating causing the crash, you might want to download Temperature Monitor and see if it is running hot.

http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html

On the Powermac, I actually would suggest installing the optimized app.

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~alexkan/seti/seti_enhanced-ppc-v8-g5-nographics.zip

You will not have graphics, but you will not get the crash.

Change the appinfo.xml file to have these lines instead of what is there.

<app_info>
<app>
<name>setiathome_enhanced</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>seti_enhanced-ppc-v8-g5-nographics</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>527</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>seti_enhanced-ppc-v8-g5-nographics</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
<app_version>
<app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
<version_num>603</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>seti_enhanced-ppc-v8-g5-nographics</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
</app_info>

If you want to run AP as well, you can use this compiled apps set.

http://www.arkayn.us/mf/seti_enhanced-ppc-v8-g5-AP.zip

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I have a power mac G5 and had my system lock up. The reason was because our lights flicker from time to time because the power company is switching lines. I solved the problem by putting the system on a UPS (I like APC) and the problems is gone. Do check heat levels because the fixes cost much less, but you should consider this a possible source of your problem.

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