I've installed TotalFinder (a plugin, of sorts, for Finder) and it's randomly being killed off several times a day. I contacted the developer and he didn't have any ideas, but did say a quick google search revealed others experiencing the same launchd issue with other software.
Log shows: com.apple.launchd.peruser.502: (com.blah.blah) Exited: Terminated: 15
Source code: https://github.com/binaryage/crashwatcher/blob/master/main.m
Anyone have any idea how to debug this further? I'm on 10.8.2 on a MBPro Retina.
Best Answer
In the past when I need to diagnose something like this I've used the kill.d script from Brendan Gregg:
Running it and then running
killall Finder
in another shell results in:Which tells you what (killall at PID 66872 with Signal 15) killed which process (in this case, 66687 my then-running instance of the Finder) and the result. It does slow down the system somewhat while running, but should provide you with the results you need - just make a note of your Finder PID before hand, and then let it run (either while you are working, or overnight to avoid disrupting your work) and look to see what killed that PID.