Comments on: gray screen on boot up, posix_spawnp /usr/sbin/mDNSresponder no such file or directory http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/ weblog Mon, 21 May 2012 20:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Edith http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2385 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:34:19 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2385 Hello, Thanks so much! This worked out perfectly! Thanks a million! Hello,

Thanks so much! This worked out perfectly! Thanks a million!

]]> by: Motti http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2379 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:00:46 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2379 Ran into this problem today on Leopard on my Mac Pro after restarting. My computer stays on more or less all the time, so I could not pinpoint the exact cause of the problem. I tried all the recommended chmod fixes above, repairing permissions from original DVD, etc., none of which worked. Was about to embark on reinstalling the OS or restoring from Time Machine... Then I saw another thread somewhere online about disk sharing of the boot drive being responsible for the issue. I remembered turning that off at some point in the not too distant past. What eventually worked for me was putting another HD in the machine which I occasionally use to run Snow Leopard and booting off that by pressing alt at startup. Once booted I simply navigated to my regular HD in the Finder, showed info, changed the sharing preference for 'everyone' from 'no access' to 'read and write', rebooted and hey presto! Back in business! Hope this might help someone in a similar fix!!! Ran into this problem today on Leopard on my Mac Pro after restarting. My computer stays on more or less all the time, so I could not pinpoint the exact cause of the problem. I tried all the recommended chmod fixes above, repairing permissions from original DVD, etc., none of which worked. Was about to embark on reinstalling the OS or restoring from Time Machine…

Then I saw another thread somewhere online about disk sharing of the boot drive being responsible for the issue. I remembered turning that off at some point in the not too distant past.

What eventually worked for me was putting another HD in the machine which I occasionally use to run Snow Leopard and booting off that by pressing alt at startup. Once booted I simply navigated to my regular HD in the Finder, showed info, changed the sharing preference for ‘everyone’ from ‘no access’ to ‘read and write’, rebooted and hey presto! Back in business!

Hope this might help someone in a similar fix!!!

]]> by: Riadh Djebrouni http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2376 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:38:01 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2376 Many thanks, it also worked for me! I had the same problem with xserve with snow leopard server. Many thanks, it also worked for me!
I had the same problem with xserve with snow leopard server.

]]> by: Brendan mckenna http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2356 Mon, 10 May 2010 21:41:53 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2356 Beautiful! Thank you! Beautiful! Thank you!

]]> by: Tine Belle http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2329 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:16:08 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2329 Hi Andreas I have a mac mini - running OSX 10.4.11 - yesterday - after upgrading apples suggested updates (not safari) but iTunes - some security and something else I dont use at daily basis - I experienced the same problem as described here... would your solluiton work for me as well? I have booted the machine with both OSX cd and disk warrior - runned all tests and there is nothing wrong... Thanks in advance for your answer - hopefully already today (one of my problems is that I live and work in Alicante Spain - but the machine and I are norwegian - the help I can get here is about nonexisting) Tine B Hi Andreas
I have a mac mini - running OSX 10.4.11 - yesterday - after upgrading apples suggested updates (not safari) but iTunes - some security and something else I dont use at daily basis - I experienced the same problem as described here… would your solluiton work for me as well?
I have booted the machine with both OSX cd and disk warrior - runned all tests and there is nothing wrong…
Thanks in advance for your answer - hopefully already today (one of my problems is that I live and work in Alicante Spain - but the machine and I are norwegian - the help I can get here is about nonexisting)
Tine B

]]> by: marc http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2326 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:44:20 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2326 worked perfectly...thank you...wish I had found this four hours ago :) worked perfectly…thank you…wish I had found this four hours ago :)

]]> by: Martin http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2320 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:56:39 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2320 Many thanks, have been pulling my hair out trying to fix, couldn't find help until here and it worked a treat. Many thanks, have been pulling my hair out trying to fix, couldn’t find help until here and it worked a treat.

]]> by: Tom http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2312 Tue, 05 May 2009 02:30:35 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2312 Andreas, Danke fuer den Tip. Super Loesung. Schnell und einfach! Hat mir ne Menge Zeit erspart! Thomas Andreas,
Danke fuer den Tip. Super Loesung. Schnell und einfach!
Hat mir ne Menge Zeit erspart!
Thomas

]]> by: Michael http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2308 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:36:42 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2308 Many thanks - I had the same problems, for me totally unfathomable. Your diagnostics and fix worked simply and perfectly. Many thanks - I had the same problems, for me totally unfathomable. Your diagnostics and fix worked simply and perfectly.

]]> by: Mauro http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2301 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:05:44 +0000 http://www.andreaswacker.com/blog/2009/02/25/gray-screen-on-boot-up-posix_spawnp-usrsbinmdnsresponder-no-such-file-or-directory/#comment-2301 Hi Andreas, I would like to thank you about the booting problem with osx server. I was worried to have to do a new install, than I found your post via google. The chmod 775 fix the problem. I have just one question: the problem occurred when I installed the last updates. During the rebooting I switched off the usb-printer. I'm just trying to find what caused the problem: the installation of updates or the switching off of the usb-printer... Many thanks anyway, you save me some hours of unpleasant work. Bye Mauro Hi Andreas,
I would like to thank you about the booting problem with osx server. I was worried to have to do a new install, than I found your post via google. The chmod 775 fix the problem.
I have just one question: the problem occurred when I installed the last updates. During the rebooting I switched off the usb-printer. I’m just trying to find what caused the problem: the installation of updates or the switching off of the usb-printer…

Many thanks anyway, you save me some hours of unpleasant work.
Bye
Mauro

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