10.4.4 Really Slow...Any ideas?

[Lagerstatten]

Hey everyone,

 

I've successfully installed 10.4.4 using the instructions on Maxxuss's website. However, I'm finding that 10.4.4 is constantly hanging (beach ball) and it's really slow to respond to anything. Running Bittorrent causes the system to lag to the point where I can probably use an old 486 and open Safari faster.

 

However, if I boot back into 10.4.3, and do the same thing...everything works. I can have Illustrator, Photoshop, VLC with movie playing, iTunes and etc open and everything is smooth. Why not in 10.4.4?

 

I copied over the usual kext files (AC97, IOATA, PS2Controller, NetworkFamily), and I used the provided kernal from maxxuss (mach_kernal.all). I've repaired permissions and everything.

 

Any ideas? I'm getting around 50 pts on Xbench.

 

System Specs:

 

Intel Pentium 4 3.0ghz with HT

1.5 GB DDR Ram

200 GB HD

Intel Board, Intel Graphics (GMA 915)

PS2 Keyboard, USB Mouse

 

 

Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers.

[marliwahoo]

Well - I have similar set up and 10.4.4 woked very well. I would try - prepare and cache the kernel extensions, repair permissions (again), update prebinding.

 

Or go to 10.4.5. It may have a few quirks -but it is faster.

[Lagerstatten]

Ok, so what you suggest doing is:

 

1. Go back into 10.4.3 and replace the kernal extensions again

2. Repair permissions on the 10.4.4 partition through 10.4.3

3. Update Prebinding

 

I understand how to do the first two procedures, but I'm unsure about what you mean by "prebinding"...can you elaborate more on this. Thanks Marliwahoo

[marliwahoo]

Ok, so what you suggest doing is:

 

1. Go back into 10.4.3 and replace the kernal extensions again

2. Repair permissions on the 10.4.4 partition through 10.4.3

3. Update Prebinding

 

I understand how to do the first two procedures, but I'm unsure about what you mean by "prebinding"...can you elaborate more on this. Thanks Marliwahoo

 

 

 

Unix calls it "pre binding" OSX calls it optimization.

 

after, or before, you prepare and cache the kernel extensions type:

 

update_prebinding -root / -force

[Lagerstatten]

Do I type that in during the boot sequence or can I just do that in Terminal?

 

Update: Well, I typed that string of text in Terminal and it gave me an error that "-root / -force" was not a recognized command. I then tried it during the boot screen and it just loaded OS X up to a black screen with the mouse pointer.

 

Now the audio doesn't work and it gives me the message that PS2Controller and Azalia kext are improperly installed. Oh well, I gave it a try.