tv.boxee.helper eating up CPU! How do I uninstall??

[oxjox]

I have recently noticed that a process called syslogd is eating up almost all of my cpu. It was recommended that I open console and check the logs to see what's showing up, it would be obvious what's using up all the resources. Below is a sample of what system.log is reporting.

I have used app zapper to uninstall boxee and have restarted my computer but I still see remnants of boxee using up my processor. PLEASE let me know where this file is located so that I can delete it or otherwise destroy this process.

Oct 6 23:04:34 Anthonys-MBP com.apple.launchd[127] (tv.boxee.helper[336]): Exited with exit code: 1
Oct 6 23:04:34 Anthonys-MBP com.apple.launchd[127] (tv.boxee.helper): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Oct 6 23:04:44 Anthonys-MBP com.apple.launchd[127] (tv.boxee.helper[337]): posix_spawnp("/Applications/Boxee.app/Contents/Resources/Boxee/bin/boxeeservice", ...): No such file or directory
Oct 6 23:04:44 Anthonys-MBP com.apple.launchd[127] (tv.boxee.helper[337]): Exited with exit code: 1
Oct 6 23:04:44 Anthonys-MBP com.apple.launchd[127] (tv.boxee.helper): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Oct 6 23:04:54 Anthonys-MBP com.apple.launchd[127] (tv.boxee.helper[338]): posix_spawnp("/Applications/Boxee.app/Contents/Resources/Boxee/bin/boxeeservice", ...): No such file or directory

[vulkan]

well - the uninstall left out the "boxee helper" and this is what causing those messages.
to remove the boxee helper service either:
- install boxee. go to "settings->system->apple remote" and uncheck "always running"
then if you wish you can uninstall it

OR
- open terminal and enter the following command:
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tv.boxee.helper.plist

and then:

/bin/rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tv.boxee.helper.plist

that should also take care of the problem.

btw - 3 lines in syslogd every 10 seconds is not the cause for it taking 100% cpu. so there maybe something else going on on your machine.

best regards.
-vulkan.

[oxjox]

Thanks! That made a big difference :)

[marcel]

hi oxjox

we have a new version coming out in a few weeks ...which has a lot improvements ..if you feel it is causing you problem ..then you know how to uninstall:)