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  3rd party keyboard log errors John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-11-09 10:36 -0500
    Re: 3rd party keyboard log errors Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-09 11:42 -0800
      Re: 3rd party keyboard log errors John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-11-10 11:38 -0500
        Re: 3rd party keyboard log errors Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-11 09:08 +1300
    Re: 3rd party keyboard log errors John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-11-09 17:24 -0500
      Re: 3rd party keyboard log errors Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-10 01:47 +0000
    Re: 3rd party keyboard log errors Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-11-09 14:38 -0800

#52085 — 3rd party keyboard log errors

Hello all -

Using a late 2012 Mac Mini here
OS 10.8.5
I am using an older Macally "IceKey" keyboard. Looks 
something like an older PC keyboard, however, it has two 
rows of auxilliary buttons on top. In earlier versions of 
the Mac OS, Macally provided a utility to enable usage of 
these keys, but they stopped supporting the extra functions 
a couple of years ago.

Every five seconds, I seem to be getting the following entry 
in one of the system logs:
=========
11/9/13 10:08:40.000 AM kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction 
ERROR F1Mn kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) 
fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff801c3c5000
=========

Occurs EVERY five seconds -- on and on and on and on, forever.

I'm _guessing_ the above report is due to the OS checking 
the keyboard, and finding some "non-standard" keys therein. 
Or something else that doesn't register as expected.

Everything else about the keyboard works fine. No slowdowns, 
all is ok. Except for the error reports.

Anything I could look at to quell the constant parade of 
reports?
Or... just ignore them?

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#52087

In article <527e5689$0$25901$862e30e2@ngroups.net>,
 John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> wrote:

> Hello all -
> 
> Using a late 2012 Mac Mini here
> OS 10.8.5
> I am using an older Macally "IceKey" keyboard. Looks 
> something like an older PC keyboard, however, it has two 
> rows of auxilliary buttons on top. In earlier versions of 
> the Mac OS, Macally provided a utility to enable usage of 
> these keys, but they stopped supporting the extra functions 
> a couple of years ago.
> 
> Every five seconds, I seem to be getting the following entry 
> in one of the system logs:
> =========
> 11/9/13 10:08:40.000 AM kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction 
> ERROR F1Mn kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) 
> fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff801c3c5000
> =========
> 
> Occurs EVERY five seconds -- on and on and on and on, forever.
> 
> I'm _guessing_ the above report is due to the OS checking 
> the keyboard, and finding some "non-standard" keys therein. 
> Or something else that doesn't register as expected.
> 
> Everything else about the keyboard works fine. No slowdowns, 
> all is ok. Except for the error reports.
> 
> Anything I could look at to quell the constant parade of 
> reports?
> Or... just ignore them?

It's a hardware problem.  Fix the hardware by replacing the iceKey 
keyboard with one that's not a problem.  I have the Macally iKey 
keyboard and it "just works".  $24 on Amazon.

<http://www.amazon.com/Macally-iKeyslim-Hi-Speed-Keyboard-Ports/dp/B001NX
DQBI>

Or just ignore the problem. It won't go away but the spurious interrupts 
will make your error log files bigger.

-- 
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[I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically ignored]

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#52104

On 11/9/13 2:42 PM, Michael Vilain wrote:
> It's a hardware problem.  Fix the hardware by replacing the iceKey
> keyboard with one that's not a problem.  I have the Macally iKey
> keyboard and it "just works".  $24 on Amazon.

It wasn't the keyboard.

SMC Fan Control was the culprit.

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#52109

In article <527fb66a$0$26062$862e30e2@ngroups.net>, John Albert
<j.albert@snet.net> wrote:

> On 11/9/13 2:42 PM, Michael Vilain wrote:
> > It's a hardware problem.  Fix the hardware by replacing the iceKey
> > keyboard with one that's not a problem.  I have the Macally iKey
> > keyboard and it "just works".  $24 on Amazon.
> 
> It wasn't the keyboard.
> 
> SMC Fan Control was the culprit.

Maybe there's afan in the keyboard to cool it down when used by those
REALLY fast typists.  ;-)

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#52088

[[ Every five seconds, I seem to be getting the following 
entry in one of the system logs:
=========
11/9/13 10:08:40.000 AM kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction 
ERROR F1Mn kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) 
fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff801c3c5000 ]]

A followup to my original post.

I did a google search and found a report that suggested the 
"SMC" in the original error log is from "SMC Fan Control", 
which I was using (but is not completely compatible with 10.8).

I removed the following:
/Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
/Library/PreferencePanes/Fan Control.prefPane

... and after a reboot, the continually repeating log errors 
are gone.

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#52090

On 2013-11-09, John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> wrote:
> [[ Every five seconds, I seem to be getting the following 
> entry in one of the system logs:
>=========
> 11/9/13 10:08:40.000 AM kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction 
> ERROR F1Mn kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) 
> fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff801c3c5000 ]]
>
> A followup to my original post.
>
> I did a google search and found a report that suggested the 
> "SMC" in the original error log is from "SMC Fan Control", 
> which I was using (but is not completely compatible with 10.8).
>
> I removed the following:
> /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
> /Library/PreferencePanes/Fan Control.prefPane
>
> ... and after a reboot, the continually repeating log errors 
> are gone.

Thanks for the follow-up post!

-- 
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I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#52089

In article <527e5689$0$25901$862e30e2@ngroups.net>,
 John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> wrote:

> Hello all -
> 
> Using a late 2012 Mac Mini here
> OS 10.8.5
> I am using an older Macally "IceKey" keyboard. Looks 
> something like an older PC keyboard, however, it has two 
> rows of auxilliary buttons on top. In earlier versions of 
> the Mac OS, Macally provided a utility to enable usage of 
> these keys, but they stopped supporting the extra functions 
> a couple of years ago.
> 
> Every five seconds, I seem to be getting the following entry 
> in one of the system logs:
> =========
> 11/9/13 10:08:40.000 AM kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction 
> ERROR F1Mn kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) 
> fKeyHashTable=0x0xffffff801c3c5000
> =========
> 
> Occurs EVERY five seconds -- on and on and on and on, forever.
> 
> I'm _guessing_ the above report is due to the OS checking 
> the keyboard, and finding some "non-standard" keys therein. 
> Or something else that doesn't register as expected.
> 
> Everything else about the keyboard works fine. No slowdowns, 
> all is ok. Except for the error reports.
> 
> Anything I could look at to quell the constant parade of 
> reports?
> Or... just ignore them?

That's probably not for the keyboard.  Try unplugging it to see if it 
stops.

Do you have any obsolete system extensions?

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