Multiple app freezing

Question

Hi. My iMac 20" (2Ghz Intel Core2Duo) Mac OS 10.5.5 with 3GO SDRAM (+ 3 external drive) began to act suddenly weirdly. Some app (not the same each time) begin to freeze (can't force quit it) then another. At some point i have to force reboot. Again and again. Now its become serious i just loose some Indesign file (i guess it was writting on the file when it froze…).
I don't know how to use the Console in an efficient way, too much message. I note this anyway :
_06/10/08 21:18:14 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory_
or that :
_06/10/08 19:14:51 mdworker[73] (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!_
But really there is too much messages for me to find whats important (if you can tell me how to use the console…).
I made the fast Apple Hardware Test aand it was ok. Run System utility, HD are ok, ran Onyx, erazed font caches and checked all fonts… I runned the 10.5.5 combo, made the firmware update… nothing.
It's very difficult to find whats goin wrong because the freeze happens randomly : sometimes when you tryin to switch user, sometime when launching an app (any app) sometime when saving, sometime just clicking an icon, sometime pluging a card reader… it make no sense.
Any help apreciated…
Message was edited by: alexgodlex

Answer 1

grrr…
So i decided i had to re-install from scratch with the original DVD, then the combo update to 10.5.5 and all the other updates. Then putting back Mail, iCal, AdressBook, iTunes… using my 'old' Application support files… all working well. Then re-installing my software (CS3, FontExplorer, 1Password, CyberDuck, Transmission, NetNewsWire, Adium, Google Notifier, The Unarchiver, UnrarX, VLC, OpenOffice… i think thats it). Oh and my ICC profiles from ECI.
I thought all was well but the crash are BACK ! BACK ! BACK !
i have some of that messages again :
08/10/08 22:53:15 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory
and:
08/10/08 22:52:42 Dock[157] Could not create a directory for <DOCKFolderTile: 0x816600> error = Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-35 "L’opération n’a pas pu s’achever. (OSStatus erreur -35)" (no such volume)
08/10/08 22:52:20 mDNSResponder[21] WARNING: sandbox_init error Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.bsd.dirhelper err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.distributed_notifications.2 err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.ocspd err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.mDNSResponderHelper err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.SecurityServer err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.SystemConfiguration.configd er
and this :
08/10/08 22:54:58 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] WARNING pecannode.c:391:closeimpl() not connected: conn=0x10cb0008
08/10/08 22:54:58 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] INFO pecannode.c:310:connectcb() connected: conn=0x10cb0008,channel=0x10e1aeb0
08/10/08 22:54:59 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] INFO pecannode.c:410:closeimpl() stream shutdown: 0x10e27000
08/10/08 22:54:59 [0x0-0x1f01f].com.adiumX.adiumX[233] INFO pecannode.c:310:connectcb() connected: conn=0x10cb0008,channel=0x10eb9550
08/10/08 22:53:26 kextd[10] WARNING: /System/Library/Extensions: No such file or directory