[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruthlesset:
here are some of the entries I see:

D/PackageManager( 807): Scanning app dir /data/app-private

I/PackageParser( 807): com.eaa.cartoon.garfield: compat added android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE

I/PackageManager( 807): /data/app-private/com.eaa.cartoon.garfield.apk changed; collecting certs

E/System ( 807): Failure starting core service

E/System ( 807): java.lang.NullPointerException

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$PackageSettingBase.<init>(PackageManagerService.java:5888)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$PackageSetting.<init>(PackageManagerService.java:5979)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$Settings.getPackageLP(PackageManagerService.java:6279)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService$Settings.getPackageLP(PackageManagerService.java:6094)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.scanPackageLI(PackageManagerService.java:2313)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.scanPackageLI(PackageManagerService.java:2082)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.scanDirLI(PackageManagerService.java:1978)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.<init>(PackageManagerService.java:595)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.PackageManagerService.main(PackageManagerService.java:335)

E/System ( 807):	at com.android.server.ServerThread.run(SystemServer.java:116)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): Crash logging skipped, no checkin service

I/SystemServer( 807): Status Bar

E/installd( 54): eof

E/installd( 54): failed to read size

I/installd( 54): closing connection

D/dalvikvm( 807): GC freed 4053 objects / 254984 bytes in 68ms

E/SystemServer( 807): Failure starting StatusBarService

E/SystemServer( 807): java.lang.NullPointerException

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.status.StatusBarIcon.getIcon(StatusBarIcon.java:143)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.status.StatusBarIcon.<init>(StatusBarIcon.java:65)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.status.StatusBarService.makeStatusBarView(StatusBarService.java:305)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.status.StatusBarService.<init>(StatusBarService.java:236)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.ServerThread.run(SystemServer.java:209)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): Crash logging skipped, no checkin service

I/SystemServer( 807): Clipboard Service

I/SystemServer( 807): Input Method Service

E/SystemServer( 807): Failure starting Input Manager Service

E/SystemServer( 807): java.lang.NullPointerException

E/SystemServer( 807):	at android.app.ApplicationContext.registerReceiverInternal(ApplicationContext.java:736)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at android.app.ApplicationContext.registerReceiver(ApplicationContext.java:711)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at android.app.ApplicationContext.registerReceiver(ApplicationContext.java:705)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.InputMethodManagerService.<init>(InputMethodManagerService.java:426)

E/SystemServer( 807):	at com.android.server.ServerThread.run(SystemServer.java:224)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): Crash logging skipped, no checkin service

I/SystemServer( 807): NetStat Service

I/SystemServer( 807): Connectivity Service

V/ConnectivityService( 807): ConnectivityService starting up

W/dalvikvm( 807): threadid=23: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001b180)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): Uncaught handler: thread ConnectivityThread exiting due to uncaught exception

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): *** EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS. System will crash.

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): java.lang.NullPointerException

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.app.ActivityThread.getProvider(ActivityThread.java:4072)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.app.ActivityThread.acquireProvider(ActivityThread.java:4101)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.app.ApplicationContext$ApplicationContentResolver.acquireProvider(ApplicationContext.java:1463)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.content.ContentResolver.acquireProvider(ContentResolver.java:759)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:197)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.provider.Settings$NameValueCache.getString(Settings.java:498)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.provider.Settings$Secure.getString(Settings.java:1728)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at android.provider.Settings$Secure.getInt(Settings.java:1768)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at com.android.server.ConnectivityService.getPersistedNetworkPreference(ConnectivityService.java:336)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at com.android.server.ConnectivityService.<init>(ConnectivityService.java:212)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at com.android.server.ConnectivityService.<init>(ConnectivityService.java:54)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807):	at com.android.server.ConnectivityService$ConnectivityThread.run(ConnectivityService.java:174)

E/AndroidRuntime( 807): Crash logging skipped, no checkin service

I/Process ( 807): Sending signal. PID: 807 SIG: 9

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'entropy' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'power' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'SurfaceFlinger' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'usagestats' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'telephony.registry' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'batteryinfo' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'clipboard' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'netstat' died

D/BootAnimation( 818): SurfaceFlinger died, exiting...

I/Zygote ( 802): Exit zygote because system server (807) has terminated

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'media.audio_flinger' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'media.player' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'media.camera' died

I/ServiceManager( 47): service 'media.audio_policy' died

D/AndroidRuntime( 828):