Why not just try the combo updater alone first? Unless you've already tried it, in which case your only real remaining step is to start over with the DVD and do an archive and install.
On Jul 11, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Michael Gersten wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > >>> Finder has become a runaway for me. >>> >>> When I log in, things start just fine. But by the end of a day or two, >>> Finder.app wants almost as much CPU as my machine can spare -- >>> typically 10-20 seconds of full, followed by 2-5 seconds of pause. >> >> I have not seen this on the two PPC machines I maintain that run Leopard >> (one G4, one G5). >> >> You didn't mention that you tried any troubleshooting steps, but the first >> things I would try in that situation are running some disk maintenance >> (repair permissions, repair disk/Diskwarrior) and then reinstalling the >> Combo updater for 10.5.8. >> >> Matt_______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > Ok, I need help deciphering this output. > > The command I used was: > $ sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --standard-pkgs --repair > > Looking at the output ('pbpaste' contains the entire output): > $ pbpaste | grep 'Missing file' | wc -l > 161468 > > 160 thousand missing files? That can't be right, can it? > > Well, looking at the list of files shows printers that I have never had on my > machine. > It shows things like > ... > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/break.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/breaksw.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/builtin.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/builtins.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/case.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/cd.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/chdir.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/command.1". > Missing file "usr/share/man/man1/complete.1". > ... > > yet I have the .gz source files. > > It shows things that I'm pretty certain were uninstalled; which reminds me, > what are you supposed to do when something is uninstalled? Isn't it just > trash it? > > It shows stuff that I thought were either x86 only, or mac server only. > > But then there are stuff that looks serious: > Missing file "Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth File > Exchange.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib/classes.nib". > Missing file "Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth File > Exchange.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib/info.nib". > > $ ls /Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth\ File\ > Exchange.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib/ > total 124 > 104 designable.nib 20 keyedobjects.nib > > So, what is the proper thing to do for this? > > Should I re-install everything from DVD on top of 10.5.8 (a downgrade), > followed by the combo updater? > Is there a better way to tell what should be on the system now, instead of > what might have been installed if everything was installed from the DVD? > > $ pbpaste | grep 'Missing file' | grep -v 'Library/Printers' | wc -l > 3157 > > $ pbpaste | grep 'Missing file' | fgrep -v 'Library/Printers' | fgrep -v > 'usr/share/man' | wc -l > 2743 > > That's a lot more reasonable number, but still ... > > Michael > - --- > PGP/GPG accepted; key 25D85CE0 > > Political and economic blog of a strict constitutionalist > http://StrictConstitution.BlogSpot.com > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkw52LAACgkQnKqaWWClk4TlNgCgnnYHIiFjHc0sKem4ZjLU+bgz > 9vYAoI3geYG+sR2gxzdbhrTl2/Z8xV1E > =nvTu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
