On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> When I had this problem the solution was: > > using the mdutil command to stop indexing on all my volumes : Let me add here that MY problem was that the system was essentially locking up on me (the mouse moved, but I was getting constant SPODS) since these two processes were using 99% of my CPU continuously and NOT letting go. My system would intermittently grind to a halt for 2-3 minutes, then start responding again; hence the drastic solution. Also, as one of our professors found, interrupting Spotlight on the first indexing really borks the index. He started complaining to me after he got his new system that it couldn't find a file right in front of him. Turned out that after we'd migrated 35 gigs of data from his old system, he shut it down after about 15 minutes. The index never got built properly. The solution there was to run sudo mdutil -E / in the terminal, and then let it index the system, which can take hours. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
