Hmm. "easy" enough to check, I just have to ... not ... use ... my computer ... for a weekend? ...
Maybe a few days midweek. On 2020-05-07, at 11:55 AM, larkost <[email protected]> wrote: > I have no idea if this is the problem, but back when I was in the > troubleshooting Macs business one problem I ran into was the PRAM battery > (yes, wrong name, but...) going bad. It would cause all sorts of mysterious > problems until replaced. > > The way of checking for this was to: > 1. On a Friday make sure that the system time was set. > 2. Disconnect the computer from all network connections, and unplug it from > power. > 3. Leave it over the weekend unplugged. > 4. If the time was wrong when you booted up on Monday, then you found your > problem. > > Of course this was with desktops, And a number of years ago. > > >> On May 7, 2020, at 11:39 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This is unhappy for me also; I have gotten two panics in just about a week. >> >> Absolutely nothing odd recorded in the system log. >> >> Meanwhile, on reboot, I see this message in the log: >> >> May 7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: Failed to evaluate trust: No error. >> (0), result=5; retrying with revocation checking optional >> May 7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: failed to evaluate trust: No error. >> (0), result=5; retrying with system roots >> May 7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: Root certificate is not explicitly >> trusted >> May 7 11:09:28 keybounceMBP apsd[141]: Unrecognized leaf certificate >> May 7 11:09:30 keybounceMBP SecurityAgent[215]: User info context values >> set for >console >> May 7 11:09:30 keybounceMBP loginwindow[120]: Login Window - Returned from >> Security Agent >> >> What would make "Failure to evaluate trust: no error"? >> >> Would this be in any way related to some https web sites now refusing to >> work because the certificate chain cannot be verified (the website in >> question is just fine). >> >> OS: 10.9.5. >> >> System crash reporter directory shows nothing. There's networking diags from >> just after the reboot. >> >> System diagnostics ... nothing new, but there was stuff from powerstats just >> after midnight. There's a LOT of powerstat information over time there. >> >> ... and a lot of wakeup and CPU dumps from firefox. Hmm. >> >> >>> On 2020-05-07, at 8:33 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Tried to find the last reboot which *I think* was between 09 & 09:30am. >>> >>> All I could find in the system log was that it rebooted shortly after 9:00 >>> am with no specified reason. The other logs didn’t tell me anything that I >>> could understand but it may be that I have the time wrong and am therefore >>> looking in the wrong place. >>> >>> I’m wondering if the best thing is to reinstall the system although that >>> may leave something in place that really shouldn't be there, but until I >>> can narrow the time down more accurately it’s a bit like looking for a >>> needle in a haystack. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>>>> On 7 May 2020, at 11:26, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Look at System Information for your current uptime. Compute the time of >>>> your last reboot. Launch Console and look at the system log, the >>>> Diagnostic Reports folders (2), and the CrashReporter folder to see what >>>> macOS claimed was the reason for the reboot. >>>> >>>>> On May 7, 2020, at 1:21 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all: >>>>> >>>>> I keep getting random restarts. Whilst I’m away from the machine it will >>>>> perform a restart for no reason I can determine. I have had problems >>>>> with the power prefs not sticking but that appears to have been solved. >>>>> >>>>> The machine feels warm but not unduly, so I don’t think it’s temperature >>>>> related. I’ve scanned for malware using ClamXAV which found nothing and >>>>> a recent Apple Diagnostic found no problems. I have an LG 24” 4K display >>>>> connected via Thunderbolt. >>>>> >>>>> Gatekeeper and XProtect are up to date. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone any ideas as to the cause or possible solutions? >>>>> >>>>> Mac Mini 2018, 3.2Ghz core i7; 32Gb Ram, MacOS 10.14.6 >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> >> --- >> This message was composed with the aid of a laptop cat, and no mouse >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
