On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:13 AM, RediG3-5 wrote:
> > Mini G4 10.4.11 > > I've had several Crashes recently > where I get that nasty black dialog telling me that I have to shut > down by pressing the power button for several seconds. You need to go looking in the logs at the system crash reports to see what's happening, but absent recent system software changes, this is a hardware issue, something's going on the computer. > > > When I reboot, it seems that Spotlight begins indexing. This is because after the KP Spotlight finds that it's indexes are foo and starts rebuilding them. > > > Recently, I've taken to shutting my computer down over night > and I'm wondering if the nightly indexing is happening the next day > and overloading my system. > Spotlight should never need to re-index the whole system. It only indexes changes, and that on the fly. I'd start, right now by booting from your system CD and repairing your Hard drive...repeated crashes like that can cause serious directory damage. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
