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From: Tinkerer Atlarge on 8 Apr 2010 08:06 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <1jgktj9.113pu6b18zi2wmN%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, > tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <1jgiv8b.1j8is5s9mdov9N%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, > > > tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > > > > > > > My powerpc mac (OSX 10.4.11) suddenly takes a lot longer to shut down. > > > > This might have been caused by auto-updates to Safari 4.0.5 or iTunes > > > > 9.1. I can't think of any other reason. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know a way to make it shut down faster ? > > > > > > I'm betting a peek at the /var/log/system.log file would tell you > > > exactly why it's taking so long. > > > > Here is all I can find in /var/log/system.log relating to the previous > > shut-down. It doesn't seem to cover anything like the 30 seconds of blue > > screen with little black twirly-gig at bottom. Maybe you can spot > > something: > > > > Apr 7 11:23:07 eMac /Library/Application > > Support/Symantec/Scheduler/SymSecondaryLaunch.app/Contents/NortonMissedT > > asks: uid 501 already done\n [ ... ] > > You're running Norton - that's very likely the problem. That's the one I was most reluctant to try, but it turned out to be the solution. Using the Symantec Uninstaller to remove Norton AV reduced the blue screen rumination period from 30 secs to 4 secs. Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
From: Tim McNamara on 8 Apr 2010 09:41 In article <1jgngtk.nxc46h4mqp1cN%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <1jgktj9.113pu6b18zi2wmN%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, > > tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > > > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <1jgiv8b.1j8is5s9mdov9N%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, > > > > tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > > > > > > > > > My powerpc mac (OSX 10.4.11) suddenly takes a lot longer to > > > > > shut down. This might have been caused by auto-updates to > > > > > Safari 4.0.5 or iTunes 9.1. I can't think of any other > > > > > reason. > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know a way to make it shut down faster ? > > > > > > > > I'm betting a peek at the /var/log/system.log file would tell > > > > you exactly why it's taking so long. > > > > > > Here is all I can find in /var/log/system.log relating to the > > > previous shut-down. It doesn't seem to cover anything like the 30 > > > seconds of blue screen with little black twirly-gig at bottom. > > > Maybe you can spot something: > > > > > > Apr 7 11:23:07 eMac /Library/Application > > > Support/Symantec/Scheduler/SymSecondaryLaunch.app/Contents/NortonM > > > issedT asks: uid 501 already done\n > [ ... ] > > > > You're running Norton - that's very likely the problem. > > That's the one I was most reluctant to try, but it turned out to be > the solution. Using the Symantec Uninstaller to remove Norton AV > reduced the blue screen rumination period from 30 secs to 4 secs. There you go. This isn't new, BTW. Norton's stuff has been causing problems on Macs for 15 years or more. I don't know what the problem is with their programmers but they've never gotten in right on the Mac platform. I've always wondered if this is true on the Windows side, too, and whether Norton is the root of many of the usability and stability problems that plague that platform. So many people install it because the marketing convinces them it's essential.
From: Jolly Roger on 8 Apr 2010 10:49 In article <1jgngtk.nxc46h4mqp1cN%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <1jgktj9.113pu6b18zi2wmN%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, > > tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > > > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <1jgiv8b.1j8is5s9mdov9N%tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au>, > > > > tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: > > > > > > > > > My powerpc mac (OSX 10.4.11) suddenly takes a lot longer to shut down. > > > > > This might have been caused by auto-updates to Safari 4.0.5 or iTunes > > > > > 9.1. I can't think of any other reason. > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know a way to make it shut down faster ? > > > > > > > > I'm betting a peek at the /var/log/system.log file would tell you > > > > exactly why it's taking so long. > > > > > > Here is all I can find in /var/log/system.log relating to the previous > > > shut-down. It doesn't seem to cover anything like the 30 seconds of blue > > > screen with little black twirly-gig at bottom. Maybe you can spot > > > something: > > > > > > Apr 7 11:23:07 eMac /Library/Application > > > Support/Symantec/Scheduler/SymSecondaryLaunch.app/Contents/NortonMissedT > > > asks: uid 501 already done\n > [ ... ] > > > > You're running Norton - that's very likely the problem. > > That's the one I was most reluctant to try, but it turned out to be the > solution. Using the Symantec Uninstaller to remove Norton AV reduced the > blue screen rumination period from 30 secs to 4 secs. > > Thanks everyone for your suggestions. There's no need for antivirus software to begin with, so you haven't lost anything. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Apr 2010 11:34 On 04-08-2010 09:41, Tim McNamara wrote: > There you go. This isn't new, BTW. Norton's stuff has been causing > problems on Macs for 15 years or more. I don't know what the problem is > with their programmers but they've never gotten in right on the Mac > platform. I've always wondered if this is true on the Windows side, > too, and whether Norton is the root of many of the usability and > stability problems that plague that platform. So many people install it > because the marketing convinces them it's essential. Long time ago, as a prerequisite for using VPN to work at home, we were required to install a company-provided version of Norton AntiVirus. Documentation claimed it handled Windows viruses, but if I selected the "virus list" feature, _only_ OS9 (and earlier) viruses were listed. -- Wes Groleau Why is this word disappearing? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1581
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 8 Apr 2010 22:25
Tinkerer Atlarge wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: >> tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: >>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: >>>> tinkerer(a)optusnet.com.au (Tinkerer Atlarge) wrote: >>>>> My powerpc mac (OSX 10.4.11) suddenly takes a lot longer to shut down. >>>>> This might have been caused by auto-updates to Safari 4.0.5 or iTunes >>>>> 9.1. I can't think of any other reason. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know a way to make it shut down faster ? >>>> I'm betting a peek at the /var/log/system.log file would tell you >>>> exactly why it's taking so long. >>> Here is all I can find in /var/log/system.log relating to the previous >>> shut-down. It doesn't seem to cover anything like the 30 seconds of blue >>> screen with little black twirly-gig at bottom. Maybe you can spot >>> something: >>> >>> Apr 7 11:23:07 eMac /Library/Application >>> Support/Symantec/Scheduler/SymSecondaryLaunch.app/Contents/NortonMissedT >>> asks: uid 501 already done\n >> [ ... ] >> You're running Norton - that's very likely the problem. > > That's the one I was most reluctant to try, but it turned out to be the > solution. Using the Symantec Uninstaller to remove Norton AV reduced the > blue screen rumination period from 30 secs to 4 secs. > > Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Apprx. 26 secs. to check for malware/virus isn't bad. But OK though a Mac cannot be infected by any at the time known virus, - it's always good to have an antivirus app so you won't be able to re-send any of those nasty PC vira that can hide inside a received email. - You can get the ClamXAV free, but you will experience the exact same 'problem', which I infact won't call a problem. - Better safe than sad... Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |