Some Mac applications crash frequently, with "__THE_SYSTEM_HAS_NO_PORT_SETS_AVAILABLE__" in backtrace
- by smokris
Recently I'm finding that some Mac OS X applications are crashing frequently with backtraces like the following:
Process: Mail [39226]
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier: com.apple.mail
Version: 4.4 (1082)
Build Info: Mail-10820000~1
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [338]
Date/Time: 2011-01-12 21:59:48.383 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 12 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority
[...]
Thread 12 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff81653975 __THE_SYSTEM_HAS_NO_PORT_SETS_AVAILABLE__ + 5
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff815a1f69 __CFRunLoopFindMode + 553
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff815a1c5d __CFRunLoopCreate + 317
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff815a1a78 _CFRunLoopGet0 + 744
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff815dc90a CFRunLoopRunInMode + 58
5 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00007fff81d01183 +[NSRunLoop(MessageExtensions) _flushQueuedEventsAddingSource:] + 120
6 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00007fff81d010d2 +[NSRunLoop(MessageExtensions) flushQueuedEvents] + 36
7 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00007fff81ce6515 -[_MFInvocationOperation main] + 275
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff83921de4 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 681
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x00007fff83a00beb __doStart2 + 97
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff801402c4 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff8011e831 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 239
12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff8011e168 _pthread_wqthread + 353
13 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff8011e005 start_wqthread + 13
[...]
Any ideas about what might be causing this and/or how to remedy it?