GUI slowdown after updating to 10.4.9

[lebidou]

Hello,

 

After updating successfully to 10.4.9 from a 10.4.8 JaS DVD install, the GUI became slow. When I click on the apple menu, I have to wait 1 or 2 seconds until the menu appears.

More over, (I don't know if these problems are linked together) Disk Utility doesn't want to repair permissions telling me there's "no valid packets" (I don't know if its the right translation, I use the system in french), and sometimes it doesn't log in at startup. I think I should have kept some kexts before updating but I don't.

 

Hoping it will change somthing I upgraded to 10.4.10 with the Koolkal installer (wich allow me to get the battery meter i was waiting for a long time, thanks a lot). But It didn't changed anything.

I also used XBench, I get less than 100 now, I got 120 under 10.4.8. I think the slowdown comes from memory but I'm not sure.

 

Can someone tell me if there's an other solution than completely re-install the system (again)?

Thank you

 

 

My Laptop is a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1556

Core 2 Duo (recognized with both cores)

945PM chipset

ICH-7

GeForce 7600 GO (QE/CI enabled but problem with gradients)

SATA (working fine)

Realtek ALC880 (only line out)

OS X 10.4.10 (kookal combo updater), from 10.4.9, from 10.4.8 JaS DVD

Everything works great except Intel Pro 3945a/b/g (waiting for drivers)

[Commander64]

You need to update your kernel to improve performance and detection.

 

Kernel update steps:

Once you make sure that everything is working fine with above steps, do these.

 

1) Go to system>library>extensions and copy system.kext to the desktop

2) Open your update DMG and open the .pkg with pacifist.

3) Select system>library>extensions>system.kext (ONLY THIS KEXT) and click install.

4) Go to: irc.osx86.hu then #kernel the #1049 to get the link for the latest 8.9.1 universal kernel (use an irc client like colloquy)

5) Download the latest universal kernel, extract it, and rename it to mach_kernel instead of mach_sse2.

6) Put this kernel in the users folder (temporarily)

7) Open the terminal and type the following:

 

CODE:

 

sudo -s

cp -R /mach_kernel /old

cp -R /users/mach_kernel /

(DO NOT DO IF YOU HAVE CORE 2) rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext

rm -rf /system/library/extensions.*

 

8) Repair permissions using disk utility.

9) Reboot and enjoy.

 

(I do not take credit for these instructions)

[lebidou]

Thank you Commander64 but I updated my kernel 8.9.1 with the last ones I found on the irc. And it didn't changed anything.

As I have also difficulties with "diskutil repairpermissions /" (it hangs now) and to log in at start up, I decided to install the system again properly from the last uphuck DVD. I think something is getting wrong somewhere but as I cannot resolve it, I erase all and start again.

The login problem began trying to get sleepstep working. As now this feature is ok in the latest kernel I think a complete installation will resolve all the troubles I got.

 

Thank you again, bye