I have Logic Pro 8 and I run DP 6 with some of the MOTU PCI and Firewire gear as well as ProTools LE using a Digi-003r.

After I had upgraded to ProTools LE 8, Logic started crashing and won't boot fully. It keeps crashing a few seconds after it starts processing CORE AUDIO.

Any suggestions?

I'm about to perform a clean install on the MacPro but I don't want to do that given everything that is installed on it.

First things to try are :

- To make some clean up with Apple Disk Utility (repair drive and permissions). The best would to do so booting from the OS X instal DVD and select the disk utility from the utilities menu.
- To go deeper with Onyx, using the Automation part (select everything save SpotLight indexing and Mailboxes indexing)
- To dive into the Audio MIDI utility (in apps/utilities), and verify/change settings. You can eventually trash its preferences on the way.
- Check into the Console to see if there's an entry telling what exactly made Logic crash at the Core Audio step.

Personally I use Applejack to do my permissions repair in my studio. It's solved 99% of my 'mysterious crash/quit' situations.
It's free to download from here:

http://applejack.sourceforge.net/

And well worth a donation if you find it as useful as I do!

OnyX do things that Applejack does not and the common routines are the same shell commands. (now everyone should have Applejack installed especially now that it's leopard compatible). Given it can be among the things Applejack does not, OnyX is a better choice.

For example, the ex update_prebinding now the "shared caches dyld" is a good candidate and available in OnyX. (it's in maintenance).

I'd add, given Applejack is in set to work in Single User Mode, it's very unsexy and unmaclike (but it's a GREAT utility that save lives everyday!) but it's a bad argument. ^^

Note for our friend alchemy, you can wipe the caches of Audio Units with OnyX in cleaning/user. Another track to follow.

Thank you both! I will try tonight and also capture and paste the console of the crash.

I read the reviews of Onyx and a lot of people lost data and had crashed drives. Is it safe?

Here is a copy of the console as well as the report of the crash.

4/16/09 5:20:19 PM Logic Pro[6405] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f2ca6b0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x9553073f 0x9543ce32 0x195434f 0x19546f8 0x195421e 0x9279e2bb 0xffffffff 0x23f4b8ea 0x92763095 0x92762f52)
4/16/09 5:20:19 PM Logic Pro[6405] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f2a62f0 of class NSCFDictionary autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x9553073f 0x9543ce32 0x91250d1c 0x1954718 0x195421e 0x9279e2bb 0xffffffff 0x23f4b8ea 0x92763095 0x92762f52)
4/16/09 5:20:19 PM Logic Pro[6405] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f2caa50 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x9553073f 0x9543ce32 0x9544828a 0x1954743 0x195421e 0x9279e2bb 0xffffffff 0x23f4b8ea 0x92763095 0x92762f52)
4/16/09 5:20:19 PM Logic Pro[6405] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f2caa20 of class NSException autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x9553073f 0x9543ce32 0x195476a 0x195421e 0x9279e2bb 0xffffffff 0x23f4b8ea 0x92763095 0x92762f52)
4/16/09 5:20:19 PM Logic Pro[6405] Uncaught system exception: signal 10
4/16/09 5:20:19 PM Logic Pro[6405] Uncaught system exception: signal 10
4/16/09 5:20:29 PM com.apple.launchd[97] ([0x0-0x1dd1dd].com.apple.logic.pro[6405]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
4/16/09 5:20:29 PM com.apple.launchd[97] ([0x0-0x1dd1dd].com.apple.logic.pro[6405]) Exited abnormally: Bus error

Process: Logic Pro [6405]
Path: /Applications/Logic Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Logic Pro
Identifier: com.apple.logic.pro
Version: 8.0.2 (1502.22)
Build Info: Logic-15022200~9
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [97]

Date/Time: 2009-04-16 17:20:19.927 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 12

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927aee22 sem_wait$NOCANCEL$UNIX2003 + 10
1 ...lodyneEssentialRewireDevice 0x23f69d4f GNMessagePort::registerMessagePortWithName(GNString*, GNData* (*)(GNMessagePort*, GNData*), int, int, GNDictionary*) + 315
2 ...lodyneEssentialRewireDevice 0x23f0bdbe GNReWire2AudioDeviceHost::create() + 172
3 ...lodyneEssentialRewireDevice 0x23f09f3f RWDEFOpenDevice + 89
4 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x2378c84e 0x23788000 + 18510
5 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x2378c9b8 0x23788000 + 18872
6 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x2378f8e0 RWPUnregisterDeviceImp + 5438
7 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x2378d689 RWM2OpenDeviceImp + 57
8 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00d99c60 0x1000 + 14257248
9 com.apple.logic.pro 0x0011c414 0x1000 + 1160212
10 com.apple.logic.pro 0x0010bfdc 0x1000 + 1093596
11 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00113ad0 0x1000 + 1125072
12 com.apple.logic.pro 0x0008b43b 0x1000 + 566331
13 com.apple.logic.pro 0x0008d8aa 0x1000 + 575658
14 com.apple.logic.pro 0x002b41a9 0x1000 + 2830761
15 com.apple.logic.pro 0x0000ec5c 0x1000 + 56412
16 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00013453 0x1000 + 74835
17 com.apple.logic.pro 0x004d8a7b 0x1000 + 5077627
18 com.apple.Foundation 0x95442f1c _nsnote_callback + 364
19 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x911bb8da __CFXNotificationPost + 362
20 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x911bbbb3 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 179
21 com.apple.Foundation 0x95440080 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 128
22 com.apple.Foundation 0x954498c8 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 56
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x9143849a -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 125
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x914383a9 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 77
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x913b1ec3 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 284
26 com.apple.AppKit 0x913b16bc -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 98
27 com.apple.Foundation 0x9546843f -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 655
28 com.apple.Foundation 0x9546814f _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 223
29 com.apple.AE 0x91d53648 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 144
30 com.apple.AE 0x91d5357e dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
31 com.apple.AE 0x91d53425 aeProcessAppleEvent + 177
32 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x935699a5 AEProcessAppleEvent + 38
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x913aef91 _DPSNextEvent + 1189
34 com.apple.AppKit 0x913ae630 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x913a766b -[NSApplication run] + 795
36 com.apple.prokit 0x02157e5a NSProApplicationMain + 325
37 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00003942 0x1000 + 10562
38 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00003869 0x1000 + 10345

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927321c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927399bc mach_msg + 72
2 ....audio_hijack_server.hermes 0x0266f4be ah_serv_loop + 109
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927321c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927399bc mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x911da0ae CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x911dad34 CFRunLoopRun + 84
4 com.apple.DVCPROHDMuxer 0x19d490fb AVS::DestroyAVCDeviceController(AVS::AVCDeviceController*) + 297
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927321c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927399bc mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x911da0ae CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x911dacd8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c1f5dc HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*) + 160
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c1f464 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 96
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927393ae __semwait_signal + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763d0d pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
2 libGLProgrammability.dylib 0x9041db32 glvmDoWork + 162
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927816f2 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9273220e semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92764206 _pthread_cond_wait + 1267
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927a9539 pthread_cond_wait + 48
3 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00660d34 0x1000 + 6683956
4 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00660dfb 0x1000 + 6684155
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9273220e semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92764206 _pthread_cond_wait + 1267
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927a9539 pthread_cond_wait + 48
3 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00660d34 0x1000 + 6683956
4 com.apple.logic.pro 0x00660dfb 0x1000 + 6684155
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762906 kevent + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 9:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92732226 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927641ef _pthread_cond_wait + 1244
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92765a73 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c2ebc3 CAGuard::WaitFor(unsigned long long) + 213
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c3077e CAGuard::WaitUntil(unsigned long long) + 70
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c2ef23 HP_IOThread::WorkLoop() + 759
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c2ec27 HP_IOThread::ThreadEntry(HP_IOThread*) + 17
7 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c1f464 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 96
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 10:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92732226 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x927641ef _pthread_cond_wait + 1244
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92765a73 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c2ebc3 CAGuard::WaitFor(unsigned long long) + 213
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c3077e CAGuard::WaitUntil(unsigned long long) + 70
5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c2ef23 HP_IOThread::WorkLoop() + 759
6 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c2ec27 HP_IOThread::ThreadEntry(HP_IOThread*) + 17
7 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91c1f464 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 96
8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 11:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9273220e semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92739ce5 pthread_mutex_lock + 569
2 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x237ae70d RWPUnregisterDeviceImp + 131947
3 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x23792f68 RWPUnregisterDeviceImp + 19398
4 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x237937d4 RWPUnregisterDeviceImp + 21554
5 ...opellerheads.rewire.library 0x237aea5c RWPUnregisterDeviceImp + 132794
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 12 Crashed:
0 ??? 0000000000 0 + 0
1 ...lodyneEssentialRewireDevice 0x23f4b8ea GNThreadHandler(void*) + 94
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92763095 _pthread_start + 321
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92762f52 thread_start + 34

Thread 12 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x1f2a6360 ebx: 0x23f69988 ecx: 0x1f2a6464 edx: 0x1f2a61a0
edi: 0x1f2a6460 esi: 0xb0579000 ebp: 0xb0578f38 esp: 0xb0578f0c
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x00000000 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00000000

Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3.2 GHz, 8 GB
Graphics: kHW_NVidiaGeForce8800GTItem, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, spdisplays_pcie_device, 512 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz
Bluetooth: Version 2.1.3f8, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, display, Slot-1
PCI Card: pci-bridge, sppci_pci2pcibridge, Slot-2
PCI Card: pci137a,5, sppci_audio, Slot-2@2,0,0
Serial ATA Device: ST3500630AS P, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000340AS, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000340AS, 931.51 GB
Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A
USB Device: hub_device, (null) mA
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, (null) mA
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, (null) mA
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, (null) mA
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display, (null) mA
USB Device: hub_device, (null) mA
USB Device: iLok, (null) mA
USB Device: ProtectExecuter, (null) mA
USB Device: ProtectExecuter, (null) mA
USB Device: Kore controller 2, (null) mA
USB Device: USB Hub, (null) mA
USB Device: M3, (null) mA
USB Device: Generic USB Hub, (null) mA
USB Device: CME VX, (null) mA
USB Device: Back-UPS RS 1500 FW:8.g9 .D USB FW:g9, (null) mA
USB Device: USB Hub, (null) mA
USB Device: MIDI Express XT, (null) mA
USB Device: Express 128, (null) mA
USB Device: Express 128, (null) mA
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, (null) mA
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, unknown_value, unknown_speed
FireWire Device: Liquid Mix, Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd (design by Sintefex Audio Lda), 400mbit_speed
FireWire Device: Vendor 0x1F2 Device 0x103800, 0x1F2, 400mbit_speed
FireWire Device: unknown_device, unknown_value, unknown_speed
FireWire Device: 1394 Storage Front Panel*, Maxtor, 800mbit_speed

Some people have all the luck and run after utilities just out of the factory, or use them without checking if it's the last version, or on new system versions, BAD ideas… I've never had issues with OnyX, but I'm mean and wicked.
Well, difficult to say what did the trick.

It's mainly some Logic itself, or CoreAudio, or Rewire threads. So check Rewire too. And it's a bus error (so it meddled with memory in some way and crashed the thing).

I'd test the memory in case, you can use the Apple Hardware test that is on you original install DVD coming with the computer. And you can test further with AppleJack, just think to install Memtest that is optional (it's not in the standard install). As memory is a common issue on MacPros, it's a good idea to verify.

Last thinking… try also to launch Logic without any plug-in, (just move them from their relevant Library folder). If Logic launches normally, add the first half of them, retry, if it's not fine, try with only the first half of the half… etc. If you have many plug-ins, it'll be faster to try with blocks of plug-ins and then check into these bundles if Logic crashes than slowly adding one by one.

At least there's a few more things to check… You've got enough to play with tonight I think.

You rock!

Thanks!

It was Melodyne ReWire...