OS X 10.9.4 (Mavericks) LyX 2.1.3 (today's release) Late 2008 MacBook Pro Recently (2.1.x ?), every time I initially launch a new version of LyX, I get high CPU usage (90+ % of one CPU) and high RAM (~200 MB) use by luatex while the system marks LyX as "not responding." In the past, as I recall, I have force-quit LyX after a couple of minutes and re-launched. Today, however, I waited longer and started writing this note and just now got a crash report which I have pasted below. I did not force-quit LyX on the first launch and it now appears to be running OK, after maybe 4-5 minutes of lua-thrashing. The luatex process has quit and LyX seems to be running OK. Further quit-launch cycles show LyX continuing to work OK.
Jerry Process: luatex [87588] Path: /usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-darwin/luatex Identifier: luatex Version: ??? Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: Python [87585] Responsible: lyx [87568] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2015-02-11 15:17:40.421 -0700 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) Report Version: 11 Anonymous UUID: deleted Sleep/Wake UUID: deleted Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0xffffffff0000000c VM Regions Near 0xffffffff0000000c: --> shared memory 00007ffffffdd000-00007ffffffde000 [ 4K] r-x/r-x SM=SHM Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 lualatex 0x00000001001301c8 0x100000000 + 1245640 1 lualatex 0x0000000100133623 0x100000000 + 1259043 2 lualatex 0x0000000100158868 0x100000000 + 1411176 3 lualatex 0x0000000100199b3c 0x100000000 + 1678140 4 lualatex 0x00000001001bc3ea 0x100000000 + 1819626 5 lualatex 0x00000001001cd807 0x100000000 + 1890311 6 lualatex 0x00000001001bc658 0x100000000 + 1820248 7 lualatex 0x00000001001bb81c 0x100000000 + 1816604 8 lualatex 0x00000001001bb883 0x100000000 + 1816707 9 lualatex 0x00000001001b27cc 0x100000000 + 1779660 10 lualatex 0x00000001000029ff 0x100000000 + 10751 11 lualatex 0x00000001000033c4 0x100000000 + 13252 12 lualatex 0x0000000100035db2 0x100000000 + 220594 13 lualatex 0x000000010003605b 0x100000000 + 221275 14 lualatex 0x00000001000d7d94 0x100000000 + 884116 15 lualatex 0x00000001000ae887 0x100000000 + 714887 16 lualatex 0x00000001000b1128 0x100000000 + 725288 17 lualatex 0x00000001000a8100 0x100000000 + 688384 18 lualatex 0x0000000100001b0e 0x100000000 + 6926 19 lualatex 0x0000000100001544 0x100000000 + 5444 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit): rax: 0xffffffff00000000 rbx: 0x000000000000025f rcx: 0x000000000000024f rdx: 0x0000000000001278 rdi: 0x0000000107aca390 rsi: 0x0000000107aca8b0 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbfdf80 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbfdee0 r8: 0x0000000007ac0001 r9: 0x0000000107800000 r10: 0x0000000094b93107 r11: 0x00000001078424b0 r12: 0x0000000107acdc30 r13: 0x000000000000000a r14: 0x0000000000000002 r15: 0x000000010e21dec0 rip: 0x00000001001301c8 rfl: 0x0000000000010202 cr2: 0xffffffff0000000c Logical CPU: 1 Error Code: 0x00000006 Trap Number: 14 Binary Images: 0x100000000 - 0x10072afef +lualatex (???) <6CF1C250-DA48-34FC-931B-F2CE566F7DE0> /usr/texbin/lualatex 0x7fff6d6e8000 - 0x7fff6d71b817 dyld (239.4) <042C4CED-6FB2-3B1C-948B-CAF2EE3B9F7A> /usr/lib/dyld 0x7fff8be7c000 - 0x7fff8bebeff7 libauto.dylib (185.5) <F45C36E8-B606-3886-B5B1-B6745E757CA8> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib 0x7fff8c128000 - 0x7fff8c139ff7 libsystem_asl.dylib (217.1.4) <655FB343-52CF-3E2F-B14D-BEBF5AAEF94D> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_asl.dylib 0x7fff8c19d000 - 0x7fff8c1c6ff7 libc++abi.dylib (49.1) <21A807D3-6732-3455-B77F-743E9F916DF0> /usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib 0x7fff8c7cd000 - 0x7fff8c7e9ff7 libsystem_kernel.dylib (2422.110.17) <873931CE-D1AF-3596-AADB-D2E63C9AB29F> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7fff8cb8f000 - 0x7fff8cb91ff3 libsystem_configuration.dylib (596.15) <4998CB6A-9D54-390A-9F57-5D1AC53C135C> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_configuration.dylib 0x7fff8e698000 - 0x7fff8e6e6ff9 libstdc++.6.dylib (60) <0241E6A4-1368-33BE-950B-D0A175C41F54> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib 0x7fff8e7a2000 - 0x7fff8e7a3fff libsystem_sandbox.dylib (278.11.1) <0D0B13EA-6B7A-3AC8-BE60-B548543BEB77> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_sandbox.dylib 0x7fff8e7af000 - 0x7fff8e7b3ff7 libsystem_stats.dylib (93.90.3) <4E51D5B0-92A0-3D0D-B90E-495A1ED3E391> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_stats.dylib 0x7fff8ff4b000 - 0x7fff8ff4cff7 libsystem_blocks.dylib (63) <FB856CD1-2AEA-3907-8E9B-1E54B6827F82> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_blocks.dylib 0x7fff8ff66000 - 0x7fff8ff6bfff libmacho.dylib (845) <1D2910DF-C036-3A82-A3FD-44FF73B5FF9B> /usr/lib/system/libmacho.dylib 0x7fff90041000 - 0x7fff90042fff libunc.dylib (28) <62682455-1862-36FE-8A04-7A6B91256438> /usr/lib/system/libunc.dylib 0x7fff906f0000 - 0x7fff906f7ff7 libsystem_pthread.dylib (53.1.4) <AB498556-B555-310E-9041-F67EC9E00E2C> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x7fff908d5000 - 0x7fff908daff7 libunwind.dylib (35.3) <78DCC358-2FC1-302E-B395-0155B47CB547> /usr/lib/system/libunwind.dylib 0x7fff90d42000 - 0x7fff90d43ff7 libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib (100) <4CDB0F7B-C0AF-3424-BC39-495696F0DB1E> /usr/lib/libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib 0x7fff90d51000 - 0x7fff90d55ff7 libcache.dylib (62) <BDC1E65B-72A1-3DA3-A57C-B23159CAAD0B> /usr/lib/system/libcache.dylib 0x7fff90f73000 - 0x7fff90f79ff7 libsystem_platform.dylib (24.90.1) <3C3D3DA8-32B9-3243-98EC-D89B9A1670B3> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib 0x7fff9106d000 - 0x7fff91094ff7 libsystem_network.dylib (241.3) <8B1E1F1D-A5CC-3BAE-8B1E-ABC84337A364> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_network.dylib 0x7fff91808000 - 0x7fff919b5f27 libobjc.A.dylib (551.1) <AD7FD984-271E-30F4-A361-6B20319EC73B> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib 0x7fff9203a000 - 0x7fff92069fd2 libsystem_m.dylib (3047.16) <B7F0E2E4-2777-33FC-A787-D6430B630D54> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_m.dylib 0x7fff93463000 - 0x7fff934b1fff libcorecrypto.dylib (161.1) <F3973C28-14B6-3006-BB2B-00DD7F09ABC7> /usr/lib/system/libcorecrypto.dylib 0x7fff93765000 - 0x7fff93767ff7 libquarantine.dylib (71) <7A1A2BCB-C03D-3A25-BFA4-3E569B2D2C38> /usr/lib/system/libquarantine.dylib 0x7fff93768000 - 0x7fff93769ff7 libSystem.B.dylib (1197.1.1) <E303F2F8-A8CF-3DF3-84B3-F2D0EE41CCF6> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib 0x7fff93cf4000 - 0x7fff93cfbff8 liblaunch.dylib (842.92.1) <A40A0C7B-3216-39B4-8AE0-B5D3BAF1DA8A> /usr/lib/system/liblaunch.dylib 0x7fff93d05000 - 0x7fff93d20ff7 libsystem_malloc.dylib (23.10.1) <A695B4E4-38E9-332E-A772-29D31E3F1385> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_malloc.dylib 0x7fff945c3000 - 0x7fff945c6ff7 libdyld.dylib (239.4) <7C9EC3B7-DDE3-33FF-953F-4067C743951D> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib 0x7fff95674000 - 0x7fff95675ffb libremovefile.dylib (33) <3543F917-928E-3DB2-A2F4-7AB73B4970EF> /usr/lib/system/libremovefile.dylib 0x7fff95fb0000 - 0x7fff95fd7ffb libsystem_info.dylib (449.1.3) <7D41A156-D285-3849-A2C3-C04ADE797D98> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib 0x7fff96108000 - 0x7fff96122fff libdispatch.dylib (339.92.1) <C4E4A18D-3C3B-3C9C-8709-A4270D998DE7> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib 0x7fff962a0000 - 0x7fff962aafff libcommonCrypto.dylib (60049) <8C4F0CA0-389C-3EDC-B155-E62DD2187E1D> /usr/lib/system/libcommonCrypto.dylib 0x7fff96302000 - 0x7fff96309ffb libcopyfile.dylib (103.92.1) <CF29DFF6-0589-3590-834C-82E2316612E8> /usr/lib/system/libcopyfile.dylib 0x7fff96355000 - 0x7fff963a7fff libc++.1.dylib (120) <4F68DFC5-2077-39A8-A449-CAC5FDEE7BDE> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib 0x7fff965f2000 - 0x7fff965fbff3 libsystem_notify.dylib (121) <52571EC3-6894-37E4-946E-064B021ED44E> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_notify.dylib 0x7fff976b1000 - 0x7fff976d5fff libxpc.dylib (300.90.2) <AB40CD57-F454-3FD4-B415-63B3C0D5C624> /usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib 0x7fff9776c000 - 0x7fff97774fff libsystem_dnssd.dylib (522.92.1) <17B03FFD-92C5-3282-9981-EBB28B456207> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_dnssd.dylib 0x7fff97a17000 - 0x7fff97a17ff7 libkeymgr.dylib (28) <3AA8D85D-CF00-3BD3-A5A0-E28E1A32A6D8> /usr/lib/system/libkeymgr.dylib 0x7fff97b6f000 - 0x7fff97b76fff libcompiler_rt.dylib (35) <4CD916B2-1B17-362A-B403-EF24A1DAC141> /usr/lib/system/libcompiler_rt.dylib 0x7fff98ebc000 - 0x7fff98f45ff7 libsystem_c.dylib (997.90.3) <6FD3A400-4BB2-3B95-B90C-BE6E9D0D78FA> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib External Modification Summary: Calls made by other processes targeting this process: task_for_pid: 16 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 Calls made by this process: task_for_pid: 0 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 Calls made by all processes on this machine: task_for_pid: 1127613 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 VM Region Summary: ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=78.9M resident=13.2M(17%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=65.7M(83%) Writable regions: Total=301.6M written=285.8M(95%) resident=248.8M(82%) swapped_out=38.4M(13%) unallocated=52.8M(17%) REGION TYPE VIRTUAL =========== ======= Kernel Alloc Once 4K MALLOC 290.9M MALLOC (admin) 16K STACK GUARD 56.0M Stack 8192K VM_ALLOCATE 12K __DATA 4656K __LINKEDIT 66.4M __TEXT 12.4M shared memory 4K =========== ======= TOTAL 438.3M Model: MacBookPro5,1, BootROM MBP51.007E.B06, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.41f2 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631 Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631 AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22) Bluetooth: Version 4.2.6f1 14216, 3 services, 15 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1 Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS543225L9SA02, 250.06 GB Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868 USB Device: Built-in iSight USB Device: EyeTV Hybrid USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad USB Device: IR Receiver USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown Thunderbolt Bus: