Transmission quitting randomly

[vid]

Hi there,

I have been using Transmission for quite some time and have never had any problems... until now.

Transmission seems to be randomly quitting on me. I open it and leave it to do its thing, and after some time I find that it's closed. No error message, nothing.

I had a look in the console and all I could find was this:

17/01/09 12:37:17 PM com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x2f02f].org.m0k.transmission[433]) Exited with exit code: 1
18/01/09 10:06:28 AM com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x3c03c].org.m0k.transmission[652]) Exited with exit code: 1
18/01/09 7:12:51 PM com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x117117].org.m0k.transmission[7427]) Exited with exit code: 1
19/01/09 9:38:13 AM com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x172172].org.m0k.transmission[10935]) Exited with exit code: 1
19/01/09 10:48:33 AM com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x17d17d].org.m0k.transmission[11233]) Exited with exit code: 1
19/01/09 7:12:31 PM com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x1cd1cd].org.m0k.transmission[13612]) Exited with exit code: 1

I'm using Leopard, 10.5.6. Tranmission is version 1.42 (7494).

Cheers

[vid]

I've just upgraded to 1.50b2 (7729) and am still getting the same error, with the same readout in the console.

Any ideas?

[Ryoujin]

I'm using r7765 and crashed while I was trying to delete a listed torrent (already downloaded and waiting for seed).

Crash Log: http://transmission.pastebin.com/m1e8595a5

Code: Select all

1/20/09 6:44:40 PM [0x0-0x8f08f].org.m0k.transmission[927] Assertion failed: (session->events), function tr_runInEventThread, file /var/tmp/pea/svn.transmissionbt.com/trunk/libtransmission/trevent.c, line 377. 
1/20/09 6:44:45 PM com.apple.launchd[62] ([0x0-0x8f08f].org.m0k.transmission[927]) Exited abnormally: Abort trap 

As of now there doesn't seem to be any new update available @ the nightlies.

[vid]

Still seems to be happening, although there was a time (using 1.50b2) that it was not crashing. I don't seem to have installed any new applications or changed anything - it simply started crashing again.

I have upgraded to 1.50b3 and it is still occurring, same quit message in the console. I've got about 17 torrents running - one 4.5GB and one 8GB+. Could the size of these torrents be an issue?

[anonstirfry]

I'm having a similar problem all the sudden (running 10.4.11 on G5). Couldn't have anything to do with the file size since I have been running smoothly for a good month with consistent sizes of torrents (and haven't started a new torrent in some time, just seeding right now).

When I open Transmission, everything seems fine for about 15 - 30 seconds. Everything is starting up with no peers connect. But as soon as anything happens (either download or upload) the program immediately quits itself without giving any error screen or the typical "this program has unexpectedly quit." But something interesting recently happened. When I turned on "ignore unencrypted peers" (suggested from the other thread), I finally got an official crash screen and therefor, was able to get a log. Here it is and hope this make sense to someone:

Date/Time: 2009-01-29 20:13:43.275 -0800
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: Transmission
Path: /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
Parent: WindowServer [60]

Version: 1.42 (7494)

PID: 219
Thread: 1

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x39392679

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000af48 mach_msg_trap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000ae9c mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902b19ac __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902b12b0 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932adb20 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932ad1b4 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 380
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932ad020 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x9250f734 _DPSNextEvent + 384
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x9250f3f8 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9250b93c -[NSApplication run] + 472
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x925fc458 NSApplicationMain + 452
11 org.m0k.transmission 0x00002554 0x1000 + 5460
12 org.m0k.transmission 0x000024b0 0x1000 + 5296
13 org.m0k.transmission 0x000021c0 0x1000 + 4544

Thread 1 Crashed:
0 org.m0k.transmission 0x00064d70 0x1000 + 408944
1 org.m0k.transmission 0x0007bbbc 0x1000 + 502716
2 org.m0k.transmission 0x00060644 0x1000 + 390724
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002b908 _pthread_body + 96

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002ec8c kevent + 12
1 org.m0k.transmission 0x0002fb58 0x1000 + 191320
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x9fccf518 forkThreadForFunction + 108
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002b908 _pthread_body + 96

Thread 1 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x0000000000064d70 srr1: 0x100000000200f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44222222 xer: 0x0000000000000000 lr: 0x0000000000064d60 ctr: 0x00000000900013a0
r0: 0x000000000005ff30 r1: 0x00000000f0080cc0 r2: 0x0000000000000001 r3: 0x0000000000000002
r4: 0x0000000000000000 r5: 0x0000000000000151 r6: 0xffffffffffffffff r7: 0x0000000039392669
r8: 0x0000000022222254 r9: 0x0000000000000001 r10: 0x0000000000000002 r11: 0x00000000a00061ec
r12: 0x00000000900013a0 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x00000000f0080d68 r19: 0x00000000f0080d74
r20: 0x000000000203881c r21: 0x0000000002038808 r22: 0x00000000f0080d6c r23: 0x000000000009b684
r24: 0x00000000000a2684 r25: 0x0000000001b65720 r26: 0x0000000001b65360 r27: 0x00000000f0080cf8
r28: 0x0000000001bf0180 r29: 0x0000000000000578 r30: 0x0000000000000002 r31: 0x0000000000064cd0

Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x9efff org.m0k.transmission 1.42 (7494) /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
0xb1000 - 0xc4fff org.andymatuschak.Sparkle 1.5 Beta 6 (313) /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
......... (let me know if you need anything further from the bug report - didn't want to fill the thread with one bug report if the info wasn't necessary)

Model: PowerMac7,3, BootROM 5.1.8f8, 2 processors, PowerPC G5 (3.0), 2.5 GHz, 6 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL, GeForce 6800 Ultra, AGP, 256 MB

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[anonstirfry]

Also, I tried downloading the latest beta to see if it have been fixed but got this error on opening:

"You cannot use the application "Transmission" with this version of Mac OS X."

Must be an intel only release?

[essiw]

Also, I tried downloading the latest beta to see if it have been fixed but got this error on opening:

"You cannot use the application "Transmission" with this version of Mac OS X."

Must be an intel only release?

Nah I have PowerPC and can open it. try to do software update and download the last security update.

[anonstirfry]

I think I was downloading the wrong version. Went to the homepage and downloaded from there instead of the nightly and now everything is back up and running.

Thanks all and I promise to try not to be this dumb in the future.

[vid]

Hrm. I've just upgraded to the latest beta and it's still quitting randomly. Sometimes it'll stay open for a long time, others around 5 minutes. Is there any way I can get a crash report out of it? I can only find this in the console at the moment:

([0x0-0x1d91d9].org.m0k.transmission[13300]): Exited with exit code: 1

[leocg]

I'm having the same issue and started this week:

Version: 1.42 (7494)

Console log:

2/11/09 2:50:58 AM com.apple.launchd[73] ([0x0-0x28028].org.m0k.transmission[340]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/11/09 11:01:59 AM com.apple.launchd[73] ([0x0-0x4d04d].org.m0k.transmission[992]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/12/09 2:10:07 AM com.apple.launchd[73] ([0x0-0xee0ee].org.m0k.transmission[3254]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/12/09 8:03:50 AM com.apple.launchd[73] ([0x0-0x137137].org.m0k.transmission[4043]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/12/09 8:45:41 AM com.apple.launchd[73] ([0x0-0x142142].org.m0k.transmission[4132]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/12/09 9:32:00 AM com.apple.launchd[73] ([0x0-0x146146].org.m0k.transmission[4165]) Exited with exit code: 1

Nothing related to Transmission at ˜/Library/Logs/CrashReporter

Pretty weird... No error messages. At first I tought my MacBook was rebooting randomly, cause I was AFK when it first happened. Then it crashed again while Safari and iTunes were open, so I realise that it wasn't a hardware issue. The third time I saw: exited without "quitting" message at the dock and when I reopen the app, the downloads are checked for bad CRC. btw, this is the best torrent client. ever. thanks for all the effort

[leocg]

More crashes:

2/13/09 1:17:02 AM com.apple.launchd[67] ([0x0-0x15015].org.m0k.transmission[119]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/13/09 8:04:54 AM com.apple.launchd[67] ([0x0-0x44044].org.m0k.transmission[765]) Exited with exit code: 1
2/13/09 8:26:03 AM com.apple.launchd[67] ([0x0-0x48048].org.m0k.transmission[858]) Exited with exit code: 1

[normis]

have the same issue recently (a few weeks). every version of TR that I used does this, this is what I have in the console:

09.19.2 18:46:00 com.apple.launchd[210] ([0x0-0x138138].org.m0k.transmission[7943]) Exited with exit code: 1

Transmission just silently disappears. No error, no waiting time, just ... GONE. When I relaunch it, it checks all torrent downloads for problems, which is quite annoying, since recently it quits every 5-15 minutes !

edit: more information about my setup. first generation Intel iMac 20", all Apple Leopard updates. Doesn't matter which apps I have running at the same time, it seems. Will try to quit also the small ones and see.

edit2: only one active transfer (two others are paused), all applications closed (even the background apps that appear next to clock), still quits!!! there is no other activity on the mac, except for this one transfer

new entries in the console:

09.19.2 19:14:58 com.apple.launchd[210] ([0x0-0x140140].org.m0k.transmission[8038]) Exited with exit code: 1

[normis]

I noticed, that if I _DON'T_ have any paused transfers, the random exits don't happen anymore. Can anyone else verify, or it's just a coincidence?

[cpt_chris]

i have an imac with the latest leopard update. i have transmission 1.50 and i've had this problem for months. the program simply quits without warning. it tends to happen more when there is an active transfer. sometime it happens 10 times a day sometimes a few times a week.

if anyone needs info (like a log of my activity) to try and debug this, just ask.

[JoshH]

I have been having problems when I go to remove or pause a torrent Transmission (1.50) will randomly quit. Sometimes this willhappen 2-3 times before I can actually pause or remove the torrent, no error. Nothing.

running 10.4.11 on a PPC G4.