mdimportserver Crashes Every 12 Seconds

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Fire - Jan 6, 2007 - 1:02 pm

mdimporter is crashing every 12 or 6 seconds...

...Jan 6 13:09:08 TheLemon crashdump[12798]: mdimportserver crashed...
...Jan 6 13:09:20 TheLemon crashdump[12800]: mdimportserver crashed...
...Jan 6 13:09:26 TheLemon crashdump[12802]: mdimportserver crashed...
...Jan 6 13:09:38 TheLemon crashdump[12804]: mdimportserver crashed...
...Jan 6 13:09:44 TheLemon crashdump[12806]: mdimportserver crashed...
...Jan 6 13:09:50 TheLemon crashdump[12808]: mdimportserver crashed...
...Jan 6 13:09:56 TheLemon crashdump[12810]: mdimportserver crashed...

I have already moved everything suspicious out of /Library/Spotlight and re-logged in. I also repaired permissions on my boot disk. I don't know if this matters, but some possibly-conflicting software I'm running includes:
- Quicksilver (maybe screwing with spotlight?)
- Visor (http://docs.blacktree.com/visor/visor) which requires...
- SIMBL (http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php)

Additionally, the mdimport command in terminal errors with this message:
$ mdimport -L
Illegal instruction

...Which looks to be exactly what happens when mdimportserver crashes.
Here's the full console.log crash message:

Code:

Jan  6 13:17:02 TheLemon launchd: Server 7e33 in bootstrap d103 uid -2: "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdimportserver"[12932]: exited abnormally: Illegal instruction
Jan  6 13:17:02 TheLemon crashdump[12933]: mdimportserver crashed
Jan  6 13:17:02 TheLemon crashdump[12933]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/mdimportserver.crash.log

The uid is sometimes -2, sometimes 501.

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Here's some mdimportserver.crash.log info (not sure how much of this is helpful)...

Code:

Host Name:      TheLemon
Date/Time:      2007-01-06 13:25:43.935 -0500
OS Version:     10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
Report Version: 4

Command: mdimportserver
Path:    /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdimportserver
Parent:  launchd [1]

Version: ??? (???)

PID:    13080
Thread: 0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (0x0002)
Code[0]:    0x00000002
Code[1]:    0x92c9424c


Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libxml2.2.dylib 	0x92c9424c xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefault + 5220
1   libxml2.2.dylib 	0x92c86c0c xmlParseChunk + 424
2   libxml2.2.dylib 	0x92d1e2a0 xmlUCSIsCatZs + 3796
3   libxml2.2.dylib 	0x92c82aa4 xmlTextReaderRead + 136
4   mdimportserver  	0x0000aab4 0x1000 + 39604
5   mdimportserver  	0x00005024 0x1000 + 16420
6   mdimportserver  	0x00006760 0x1000 + 22368
7   mdimportserver  	0x00002da8 0x1000 + 7592
8   mdimportserver  	0x00002c50 0x1000 + 7248

Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
  srr0: 0x0000000092c9424c srr1: 0x000000000208f030                        vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
    cr: 0x44000424          xer: 0x0000000000000004   lr: 0x0000000092ca2898  ctr: 0x0000000092c84b08
    r0: 0x0000000000000000   r1: 0x00000000bffff130   r2: 0x0000000000000004   r3: 0x0000000001815eb7
    r4: 0x0000000001815eb7   r5: 0x0000000000000000   r6: 0x0000000001815e52   r7: 0x0000000000000000
    r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x00000000003150d0  r10: 0x0000000000312570  r11: 0x0000000001815eb7
   r12: 0x0000000092c84b08  r13: 0x0000000000010000  r14: 0x0000000000010000  r15: 0x0000000000000000
   r16: 0x0000000000000000  r17: 0x0000000000010000  r18: 0x0000000000000000  r19: 0x0000000000000000
   r20: 0x0000000000000000  r21: 0x0000000000000000  r22: 0x0000000000000000  r23: 0x0000000000010000
   r24: 0x0000000000010000  r25: 0x0000000000000005  r26: 0x0000000000000000  r27: 0x0000000000000000
   r28: 0x000000000181a5b5  r29: 0x000000000000004f  r30: 0x0000000000314580  r31: 0x0000000092ca1da0

Binary Images Description:
    0x1000 -     0xefff mdimportserver 	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdimportserver
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe51fff dyld 45.3	/usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x901bcfff libSystem.B.dylib 	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x90214000 - 0x90219fff libmathCommon.A.dylib 	/usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x9021b000 - 0x90268fff com.apple.CoreText 1.0.2 (???)	/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreText.framework/Versions/A/CoreText
0x90293000 - 0x90344fff ATS 	/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/ATS

...(this goes on for a while and finishes with)...

0x92870000 - 0x928f8fff com.apple.DesktopServices 1.3.4	/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/DesktopServicesPriv
0x92939000 - 0x92b64fff com.apple.Foundation 6.4.6 (567.27)	/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
0x92c82000 - 0x92d60fff libxml2.2.dylib 	/usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
0x92d80000 - 0x92e6efff libiconv.2.dylib 	/usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib

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Let me know if there is any more information I can get for you.
Thanks in advance,
Wes

philippe99 - Jan 6, 2007 - 1:44 pm

Hi and welcome to macosx.com

I run 10.4.6 and Quicksilver without any problem.

I've also read that SIMBL plug-in can cause troubles, but I'm not sure your problem is related to.

What you can do is remote SIMBL plug-in and, forgetting Visor for a moment, watch the console to see if the mdimport fails again.

To remove SIMBL:
1. In the finder, click on Macintosh HD and then click on the system level Library folder.
2. Within Library there will be a folder called InputManagers that may exist, may or may not be empty.
3. If InputManagers exists and contains a folder called SIMBL, drag the latter to the desktop.

You can also use Spotlight to search for SIMBL or if Spotligth refuses, the Finder Search capability or download Easyfind from
http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html
to perform the search
Both search SIMBL and simbl (lowercase)

Restart. Repair permissions again. And test

Regards
Philippe

Fire - Jan 7, 2007 - 2:49 pm

That seems to have remedied the problem.
Too bad I can't use Visor and still keep my Mac healthy :P
Thanks for all your help!

philippe99 - Jan 9, 2007 - 6:43 am

I do not know why this SIMBL is causing so much troubles -it also crashes Safari in some configuration-.

Thank you for using macosx.com
Regards
Philippe

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DATE	Jan 6, 2007
TICKET	#332768
STATUS	Closed
SUBJECT	mdimportserver Crashes Every 12 Seconds

CAT	Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices
TYPE	Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems
DESC	Apple
DESC

PLATFORM
MODEL
PROC
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NAME	Wes
USERNAME	Fire
TECHNICAL	Lots of Experience
ISSUE	Stumped