The order of events are:
1) Working along saving changes to text files that live in the Mac OS local disk
2) During a save (at seemingly random points), the write fails and the app hangs
3) Any attempt to kill the app fails
4) Any attempt to access the shared volume causes the accessing app to hang
5) Any attempt to shutdown Windows hangs at the point of disconnecting from the network
6) Telling PWS to shut-off results in PWS crashing
7) Restarting PWS does not fix the issue - you have to bounce pvsnatd first
How much of the log do you want? It crashes consistently. Here's the latest header:
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Host Name: MacBook-Pro-17
Date/Time: 2006-11-17 12:25:26.690 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L2127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Parallels
Path: /Applications/Parallels/Parallels.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels
Parent: WindowServer [62]
Version: 2.2 (2.2.1970.0)
PID: 399
Thread: 3
Exception: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (0x0002)
Code[0]: 0x0000000d
Code[1]: 0x00000000
I'm typically using PL-SQL Developer and just typing text into program source files and occasionally saving. At some random point, the network drops and the application hangs. Any attempt to get to the shared volume from any application (including explorer) causes a hang. I can't kill the hung processes and any attempt a reboot results in a hang of Explorer (which can be killed) and then another hang during 'Disconnecting from network'. I then have to 'turn-off' the virtual machine which usually results in a PWS crash. My changes prior to the hang are not written to disk when I reopen the VM for an undetermined amount of time. In other words, if I saved a few times and then it hangs, the previous saves are often (but not always) not written to the Mac OS disk.
Setup:
Mac
- All sharing is off (no SMB sharing, no mounted network volumes)
- Some other Mac apps may be running (but I've found no consistent pattern - i.e., Mail or something else running when the crash occurs)
- Disk checks clean
- Accessing the LAN via Apple Airport Xtreme
- Network is served by a mix of 100Mb and 1Gb backbone elements. Airport is in the 100Mb zone and servers are in the 1Gb zone (not that it should matter)
PWS
- Share home folder
- Map Z: drive to that folder
- Access the files on it during normal work (all text based source code interactions)
I occasionally issue commands to the database during the process (e.g., compile, etc.) but I can't see how sending instructions via port 1521 could have any affect unless the Oracle random port is somehow overstepping the Parallels port (which I can't see how).
If I use SMB networking, however, this problem never occurs. I'm not running any special firewall software or Norton type stuff either - just Trend corporate anti-virus so the installation of Windows is pretty basic with only a few apps (PLSD and a few database utilities). The crash occurs typically with nothing running but PLSD (which is about all I ever use under Windows). I doubt the problem is with PLSD because Explorer will hang also and because SMB doesn't cause this problem with PLSD or Explorer.
One relevant item I left out - Cisco VPN 4.8.0 is installed (but not active).
Last edited: Nov 17, 2006