[X4U] MirrorAgent failing to quit as cause of multiple lockups

[Michael Elliott]

Hi everyone,

I've noticed--over many iterations of OSX, with several fresh  
installations--that one of the only times I get a sort of a freeze is  
when MirrorAgent locks up/fails to quit.

The usual scenario is that I will have an application that is hung,  
and refuses to be force-quit, doesn't show up in Terminal, but DOES  
show up in command-option-escape.  I will force-quit it, but it still  
shows up in the Dock.  When I close the Force-Quit window and reopen  
by cmd-opt-esc, it will still show up.

Anyways, what usually happens is that I attempt to restart or logout  
to fix the problem...except that the logout/restart process won't  
occur, and I get a message that "Logout has timed out because the  
application MirrorAgent failed to quit. To try again, quit  
MirrorAgent and choose Log Out from the Apple menu."

Unfortunately, if I try to quit MirrorAgent using either Terminal or  
Activity Monitor, the process restarts immediately.

I have noticed that, if I uncheck automatic iDisk Syncing in the .Mac  
control panel, that I'm able to logout.  Except I need my iDisk files  
available quickly instead of over Apple's glacially slow webDAV  
implementation.

Has anybody else noticed this lockup?

FYI...this is occuring on my new Intel Core Duo iMac, and occurred  
with some regularity with my G4 iMac.

Thanks!

Michael