BTW, I did do a File System Check with your #1 Method "fsck - yf" .

If you did a file system repair using 'fsck -yf' from single-user mode, then there is no point using Disk Utility's "Repair Disk" since that just uses 'fsck' behind the scenes.
But did 'fsck' find anything that needed fixing?
If it did fix something, you need to repeat immediately.
If it said the disk appears to be okay, then there are no problems with the filesystem.

I did the File System Check again just to be sure and the results were:
" the volume Marshall's-Mac appears to be OK"

I also put the console in my start up items and when I restarted my system, I got the really long boot up - here's the result from console. Please note the long duration between the last two times - the computer was bit crunching for over six minutes.

From Console:

Mac OS X Version 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
2006-05-29 22:56:13 -0700
2006-05-29 22:56:30.464 SystemUIServer[638] WeatherPop Advance is registered.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSReadObjectFromCString is obsolete. Use of this function may cause an overall degradation in the performance of this application, or of the system as a whole.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSCreateDictionary is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSDictionary is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSDictionarySetObjectForKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSSetGStateAttribute is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSGetElementForCStringKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
May 29 22:57:33 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer: The function CGSDictionaryObjectForKey is obsolete and will be removed in a Tiger update. Unfortunately, this app, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance.
May 29 22:57:34 Marshalls-Mac /Applications/MailCountX.app/Contents/MacOS/MailCountX: CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Invalid colorspace type
May 29 23:03:45 638: Can't checkin with server named com.apple.metadata.mdserver, error 0x10004003
-----> using the default for dK=[icon] tS=[currentconds]


Thanks for looking.

Note that there is no need to put Console.app in your start up items. You can run it at any time to look at the logs. The logs are kept all the time even if you don't run Console.app. Console.app is just for reading the logs - it has nothing to do with creating the logs.


It would be a good idea to disable all 3rd-party menu bar items like WeatherPop while you are troubleshooting. These types of menu bar items can cause trouble sometimes.

It would be a good idea to minimize the number of apps that you run while troubleshooting - especially 3rd-party apps that do slightly unusual things like interact with other apps like MailCountX.

This message would seem to indicate a problem with Spotlight. Googling for that message shows that several others have seen it and identified problems with Spotlight - e.g. this entry on Apple's discussion forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/message...sageID=2281451

You might try cleaning out the Spotlight files and restarting the indexing using the techniques explained in some of the articles about Spotlight on the main macosxhints site, or on the above Apple discussions page.

I noticed all the errors from console involving system degradation not
core services" Could I have downloaded an update meant for
dual core macs - which my mac is not?

Is this the right combo updater your post refers to:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...boforppc.html?

Thanks

I looked at the system console for the last two errors - they were right in row. Here it is:

May 30 16:11:26 Marshalls-Mac Toast This: examineContext: null\n
May 30 16:11:46 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:12:04 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:12:22 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:12:40 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:12:58 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:13:16 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:13:34 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:13:52 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:14:10 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:14:28 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:14:46 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:15:04 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:17:21 Marshalls-Mac Toast This: examineContext: null\n
May 30 16:17:40 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:17:58 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:18:17 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:18:34 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:18:52 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:19:10 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:19:28 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:19:46 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:20:04 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:20:22 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:20:40 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 16:20:58 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.

No, you couldn't have.

Trevor

The question mark you put at the end of the sentence messes up that link when clicked-on. The link without the question mark:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...mboforppc.html

...is the correct Combo Update for your PPC Mac running 10.4.6.

Trevor

Have you removed your system hacks like WeatherPop and MailCountX yet, as Hayne advised? In my opinion, one of your system hacks is by far the most likely cause of the problem. If you remove them and discover that this was indeed the issue, you can check for updates that work with 10.4.6.

Trevor

Sometimes "I/O errors" like this mean that there is a hardware problem with the disk.
You should make sure that you have a good backup of whatever files you care about.

Hello Hayne,

I have two extra drives - One internal and one external. The internal is a 180 GB Segate and the external is a 80 gb seagate. the internal has 120 gb of free space and is in the mac with the I/O errors. What is the best way to get the data/apss and or entire system to any of the other drives.

BTW, i found the hardware test disk and ran it any no problems were found. I s also found my copy of Disk Warrior. Wifee had it. Could I run a repair dis, salvage my system/data/aps with Disk Warrior? Thanks

Well, I think you first need to determine if any of these drives is the one having trouble (assuming that your problems are related to drive trouble). There is no point backing up to a drive that is unreliable.
If we can assume that the external drive is reliable, then you have lots of options for doing a backup. If you just want to backup your user data files, then you could just drag your home folder (or other folders) over to the external drive (in Finder) and it would make a copy on the external drive. If you wanted to backup the whole system, you could use something like "Carbon Copy Cloner" or "Super Duper" (google to find them) to clone one of your internal drives to the external.

Disk Warrior is good for repairing filesystem corruption. It might not be a bad idea to run it against both of your internal drives. But maybe it is best to make a backup onto your external drive first in case one of the internal drives is about to fail.

Hello Hayne,

Thanks for the info. One of the internal drives is the one in question. The original disk the PowerMac G4 came with about 3 years ago. The external drive is the exact same drive as the one in question - the Seagate ATA 80GB - but it brand new. I will do all you suggest and let you know. Is there any difference with Carbon Copy Cloner than a fresh install? I will run Disk Warrior after I back up the data. Just to be sure it is disk failure. Here is the console system data again:


May 30 17:19:22 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:19:22 Marshalls-Mac mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
May 30 17:19:22 Marshalls-Mac VersionCueCS2Daemon[177]: warning: VersionCueCS2Daemon not started by mach_init process (parent pid: 1)
May 30 17:19:24 Marshalls-Mac configd[42]: target=enable-network: disabled
May 30 17:19:29 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: ATY,Pheonix_A: vram [9c000000:04000000]
May 30 17:19:29 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: ATY,Pheonix_B: vram [98000000:04000000]
May 30 17:19:48 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:20:08 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:20:27 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:20:45 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:21:03 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:21:03 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[195]: openexec crashed
May 30 17:21:04 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[220]: openmonitor crashed
May 30 17:21:06 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[220]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/openmonitor.crash.log
May 30 17:21:07 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[195]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/openexec.crash.log
May 30 17:21:10 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
May 30 17:21:13 Marshalls-Mac loginwindow[223]: Login Window Started Security Agent
May 30 17:22:35 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:24:29 Marshalls-Mac Toast This: pluginFactory\n
May 30 17:24:29 Marshalls-Mac Toast This: queryInterface\n
May 30 17:24:29 Marshalls-Mac Toast This: examineContext: null\n
May 30 17:27:55 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:28:13 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:28:31 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:28:49 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:29:07 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:29:25 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:29:43 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:30:01 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:30:19 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:30:37 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:30:54 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:31:12 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:31:30 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:31:48 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:32:06 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:32:24 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:32:42 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:33:00 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:33:18 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:33:35 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:33:53 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:34:11 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:34:30 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:34:47 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:35:05 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:35:23 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:35:41 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:35:59 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:36:17 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:36:35 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:36:53 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:37:11 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:37:29 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:37:47 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:38:05 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:38:23 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:38:55 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:39:12 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:39:30 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:39:48 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:40:06 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:40:24 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:40:42 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:41:00 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:41:18 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:41:36 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:41:54 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:42:12 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:47:29 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[408]: update_prebinding_core crashed
May 30 17:47:35 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[408]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/update_prebinding_core.crash.log
May 30 17:47:43 Marshalls-Mac loginwindow[223]: sendQuitEventToApp (EyeTV Helper): AESendMessage returned error -1712
May 30 17:47:53 Marshalls-Mac shutdown: reboot by marshallspevak:
May 30 17:47:56 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[419]: authentication service (435) did not complete successfully
May 30 17:47:56 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[419]: Apache 2 Web Server (438) did not complete successfully
May 30 17:47:57 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[419]: Operating System enhancements for Virtual PC (437) did not complete successfully
May 30 17:47:58 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[463]: openexec crashed
May 30 17:47:58 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[463]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/openexec.crash.log
May 30 17:47:58 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[419]: OpenBase Initialization (425) did not complete successfully
May 30 17:47:58 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[475]: openmonitor crashed
May 30 17:47:58 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[475]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/openmonitor.crash.log
May 30 17:53:12 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 379420 free pages
May 30 17:53:11 localhost memberd[79]: memberd starting up
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 70
May 30 17:53:11 localhost mDNSResponder-107.4 (Jan 30 2006 22: 07:48)[71]: starting
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
May 30 17:53:11 localhost lookupd[81]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Tue May 30 17:53:11 2006
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: using 3932 buffer headers and 3932 cluster IO buffer headers
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.KeyLargoATA" has no kernel dependency.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Apple ID 31 built-in now active, GUID 000a95ff fe7855cc; max speed s800.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 28F13CC6-5B26-3352-A962-B86ECB73B046
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci@f4000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ata-6@D/AppleKauaiATA/ATADeviceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST380024A Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/Untitled@9
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk1s9, major 14, minor 12
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: AEC671XSCSIController: ok to add timer event source to workloop
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: AEC671XSCSIController: ok to start work
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: rtclock timebase_callback: late old 1000000000 / 41656790 new 1000000000 / 41656521
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: PRAM: BootBeepVolume property set to 0.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost xinetd[75]: xinetd Version 2.3.11 started with libwrap options compiled in.
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: PocketMackSerial - Version 1.0b10
May 30 17:53:13 localhost xinetd[75]: Started working: 0 available services
May 30 17:53:13 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
May 30 17:53:14 localhost diskarbitrationd[78]: disk1s9 hfs 28F13CC6-5B26-3352-A962-B86ECB73B046 Marshall's Mac /
May 30 17:53:15 localhost kernel[0]: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:0a:95:78:55:cc
May 30 17:53:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[78]: disk0s3 hfs 2AB06505-A80B-3593-9F2A-1690131076A0 Art Drive /Volumes/Art Drive
May 30 17:53:16 localhost lookupd[95]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Tue May 30 17:53:16 2006
May 30 17:53:17 localhost DirectoryService[83]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.2)
May 30 17:53:18 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
May 30 17:53:18 Marshalls-Mac configd[76]: setting hostname to "Marshalls-Mac.local"
May 30 17:53:20 Marshalls-Mac configd[76]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-network
May 30 17:53:20 Marshalls-Mac configd[76]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
May 30 17:53:20 Marshalls-Mac lookupd[107]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Tue May 30 17:53:20 2006
May 30 17:53:27 Marshalls-Mac mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
May 30 17:53:38 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:53:39 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: PRAM: BootBeepVolume property set to 0.
May 30 17:53:41 Marshalls-Mac VersionCueCS2Daemon[194]: warning: VersionCueCS2Daemon not started by mach_init process (parent pid: 1)
May 30 17:53:42 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: Operating System enhancements for Virtual PC (133) did not complete successfully
May 30 17:53:50 Marshalls-Mac configd[76]: target=enable-network: disabled
May 30 17:54:00 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: ATY,Pheonix_A: vram [9c000000:04000000]
May 30 17:54:00 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: ATY,Pheonix_B: vram [98000000:04000000]
May 30 17:54:24 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:54:42 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:55:08 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:55:26 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:55:44 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:55:49 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[212]: openexec crashed
May 30 17:55:52 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[273]: openmonitor crashed
May 30 17:55:52 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: OpenBase Initialization (198) did not complete successfully
May 30 17:55:57 Marshalls-Mac /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: TIME-CHECK: NSLXStandardRegisterService took 3.232349 seconds!\n
May 30 17:55:59 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[273]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/openmonitor.crash.log
May 30 17:55:59 Marshalls-Mac crashdump[212]: crash report written to: /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/openexec.crash.log
May 30 17:56:07 Marshalls-Mac /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
May 30 17:56:30 Marshalls-Mac loginwindow[306]: Login Window Started Security Agent
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: The following StartupItems failed to properly start:
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualPCOSServices
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: - execution of Startup script failed
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: /Library/StartupItems/OpenBase
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: - execution of Startup script failed
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: The following StartupItems were not attempted due to failure of a required service:
May 30 17:57:05 Marshalls-Mac SystemStarter[97]: /System/Library/StartupItems/Apache
May 30 17:57:52 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 17:58:33 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error
May 30 18:01:44 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:02:03 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:02:21 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:02:39 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:02:57 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:03:15 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:03:33 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:03:51 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:04:09 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:04:27 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:04:45 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:05:03 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:05:21 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:05:39 Marshalls-Mac kernel[0]: disk1s9: I/O error.
May 30 18:06:52 Marshalls-Mac mdimportserver[383]: *** Failed to decode 7bit data, treating as binary
May 30 18:06:56 Marshalls-Mac mdimportserver[383]: *** Failed to decode 7bit data, treating as binary
May 30 18:06:57 Marshalls-Mac mdimportserver[383]: *** Failed to decode 7bit data, treating as binary


Thanks for you help again.

You've still got Version Cue at least partially installed. You need to remove that.

Trevor

I would go further and say that while you are troubleshooting, you should remove (e.g. move them to the Desktop) all items under the /Library/StartupItems folder. The idea is to simplify your system configuration while trying to figure out the problem.

Note that all items under /Library/StartupItems are things that you have installed. By default, there is nothing under that folder.

On the startup items - is that system startup or user startup items?

Both.

Trevor

drag them both to the desktop and restart?

The directory /Users/yourusername/Library/StartupItems does not exist by default in an OS X installation. It's possible that creating this directory and placing the right kind of items into it makes for user startup items--I'm not sure. If you have /Users/yourusername/Library/StartupItems, (which is implied by your question in #37 above) then drag the contents of it to your Desktop.

What Hayne advised you to do was to drag the contents of /Library/StartupItems to your Desktop. After doing this, restart.

Trevor