There are three user accounts on a system running Yosemite 10.10.1.
- When a specific user logs in, Finder does not start.
- The keyboard shortcut for Force Quit (⌘-⌥-esc) works, but Finder is not on the list.
- The keyboard shortcut for restart (⌘-⌃-⎋) also works.
- Finder does start when either of the other two users logs in.
- In the affected account's
~/Library/Logs
folder, I noticedSystemUIServer_2015-01-14-135204_ComputerName
, including the following, which may or may not be relevant:
Crashed Thread: 2
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000010db8cca0
VM Regions Near 0x10db8cca0:
VM_ALLOCATE 000000010db65000-000000010db69000 [ 16K] r--/r-- SM=S/A
-->
VM_ALLOCATE 000000010db8d000-000000010dbd6000 [ 292K] r--/r-- SM=SHM
How is Finder normally invoked at login, and what is the best approach to troubleshoot more deeply? I realize that deleting and replacing the user account entirely would resolve the issue, but I would like to learn what is happening and how to resolve it directly.