On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > 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 > > Thanks Bruce and everybody for the comments! Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
