Internet apps slow and many console messages

Question

Safari was slow going from page to page
Internet speed tests showed same download speed as previous > 4 Mbps. Upload speed was a little slower than previous tests
It seems Mail also was having trouble, especially sending
Firefox seems to have the same problems
Another computer on same network, i.e. same internet connection, does not have this problem, thus its not the cable modem or ISP
I see these messages in the Console under various logs
I see this one HUNDREDS of times
2007-03-31 22:40:45.029 SyndicationAgent[597] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sat 31 Mar 2007 21:13:10 -800'
I also see these
Mar 31 21:40:09 DadsG5 mdimportserver[590]: * Failed to decode 8bi data, treating as binary
2007-03-31 21:41:16.907 SyndicationAgent[589] WARNING: NSURLConnection for Science RSSFeed never completed; canceling it
Mar 30 17:57:56 DadsG5 /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail: CGContextClipToRect: invalid context
Apr 1 03:15:35 DadsG5 cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted
Apr 1 23:15:57 DadsG5 kernel[0]: IOResources: match category DigiIO exists
Mar 29 09:15:02 DadsG5 postfix/postqueue[2919]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
Mar 30 14:29:20 [63] kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGXPostNotification2 : Time out waiting for reply from "Safari" for notification type 102 (CID 0xbc2b, PID 245)
Mar 30 14:29:20 [63] kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGXPostNotification2 : Time out waiting for reply from "Mail" for notification type 102 (CID 0xbbcf, PID 242)
Mar 30 14:29:20 [63] kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGXPostNotification2 : Time out waiting for reply from "TextEdit" for notification type 102 (CID 0xb24f, PID 231)
Mar 30 14:29:20 [63] kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGXPostNotification2 : Time out waiting for reply from "SystemUIServer" for notification type 102 (CID 0xa703, PID 105)
Mar 30 14:29:20 [63] kCGErrorCannotComplete: CGXPostNotification2 : Time out waiting for reply from "EPSON Scanner Monitor" for notification type 102 (CID 0x8d03, PID 200)
This sequence in Windowsserver.log also looks odd
Apr 01 22:18:24 [63] "loginwindow" (0x42ff) set hot key operating mode to normal
Apr 01 22:18:24 [63] Hot key operating mode is now normal
Apr 01 22:18:30 [63] "loginwindow" (0x42ff) set hot key operating mode to all disabled
Apr 01 22:18:30 [63] Hot key operating mode is now all disabled
Apr 01 22:18:32 [63] "loginwindow" (0x42ff) set hot key operating mode to normal
Apr 01 22:18:32 [63] Hot key operating mode is now normal
Apr 01 22:50:23 [63] Reserved range exhausted. (0xbbe7c000 to 0xbc615000 goes out of bounds). Mapping new allocations into any available space
I fixed permissions last night and will check if that fixes some of these console messages. I also checked RAM with TechTool which showed no problem. But Safari and Firefox are both still slow going from page to page.
1.8 G5, single processor Powermac   Mac OS X (10.4.2)  

Answer 1

The message about the SyndicationAgent means there is one of your RSS feeds that isn't functioning properly. Try deleting all the feeds you don't use.
The "extended attributes" error comes from running the periodic tasks and is harmless (there's a mistake in Apple's periodic task script). I think the "Mail system is down" is also from the periodic tasks running and also harmless.
My windowserver.log also has the hot key nonsense and the "mapping new allocations" business, and everything is working fine, so I would guess that is also harmless.
Have no idea about the "kCGErrorCannotComplete" errors, nor the "CGContextClipToRect: invalid context" error in mail.
You might try setting up a test account and see if Safari works there. If it does, then you know there is some setting you have in regular account that is causing the problems.
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