Private/var/log/asl files are huge: weird iTunes stuff

Hi all,
I am running ancient OS 10.5.8 on my ancient MacBook.   I noticed some rather large log files in private/var/log/asl eating up HDD space, and wanted to delete them, but I scanned through them first to see if I could get an idea of what was going on. 
It turns out I'm getting this same thing from iTunes over and over:  it will always be just over 11316 lines long.
Example:
Sun Jul 24 15:36:06 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x22022\].org.mozilla.firefox[194] <Notice>: Debugger() was called!
Sun Jul 24 15:42:47 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x22022\].org.mozilla.firefox[194] <Notice>: Debugger() was called!
Sun Jul 24 15:43:04 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 11316
Sun Jul 24 15:43:04 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 1
Sun Jul 24 15:43:04 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 2
Sun Jul 24 15:43:04 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 3
Sun Jul 24 15:43:04 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 4
Sun Jul 24 15:43:04 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 5
<snip... it goes through every number>
Sun Jul 24 15:43:05 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 11313
Sun Jul 24 15:43:05 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 11314
Sun Jul 24 15:43:05 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 11315
Sun Jul 24 15:43:05 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x41041\].com.apple.iTunes[378] <Notice>: 11316
Sun Jul 24 15:54:43 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: Capping VBL time to 20000000 (was 20164690)
Sun Jul 24 16:38:41 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: AirPort: Link Down on en1
Sun Jul 24 16:38:42 HBs-MacBook airportd[601] <Warning>: AirPort off, bailing  - GetPower() = off (0)
Sun Jul 24 16:39:33 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: 11D beacon causing regdomain change to CC 840
Sun Jul 24 16:39:33 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
Sun Jul 24 16:39:33 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165
Sun Jul 24 16:39:35 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Sun Jul 24 16:42:51 HBs-MacBook Alarm Clock[131] <Warning>: Shutting down Alarm Clock...
Sun Jul 24 16:42:51 HBs-MacBook Alarm Clock[131] <Warning>: Unregistering for system power notifications...
Sun Jul 24 16:42:51 HBs-MacBook Alarm Clock[131] <Warning>: Thank you. Come again.
Another example:
Mon Jul 25 15:45:14 HBs-MacBook /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[48] <Error>: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Honey McBunny's Public Folder) returned -14135
Mon Jul 25 15:45:33 HBs-MacBook Finder[96] <Error>: CGImageCreate: invalid image size: 0 x 0.
Mon Jul 25 15:45:33 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0xc00c\].com.apple.finder[96] <Notice>: Mon Jul 25 14:45:33 HBs-MacBook.local Finder\[96\] <Error>: CGImageCreate: invalid image size: 0 x 0.
Mon Jul 25 15:46:26 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 11316
Mon Jul 25 15:46:26 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 1
Mon Jul 25 15:46:26 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 2
Mon Jul 25 15:46:26 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 3
<snip>
Mon Jul 25 15:46:27 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 11314
Mon Jul 25 15:46:27 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 11315
Mon Jul 25 15:46:27 HBs-MacBook \[0x0-0x13013\].com.apple.iTunes[110] <Notice>: 11316
Mon Jul 25 16:04:26 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: PM notification cancel (pid 110, iTunes)
Mon Jul 25 16:04:28 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: PM notification cancel (pid 110, iTunes)
Mon Jul 25 16:04:28 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: IOPMrootDomain: idle cancel
Mon Jul 25 16:28:32 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: PM notification cancel (pid 110, iTunes)
Mon Jul 25 16:28:32 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: PM notification cancel (pid 110, iTunes)
Mon Jul 25 16:28:32 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: IOPMrootDomain: idle cancel
Mon Jul 25 16:35:36 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: PM notification cancel (pid 110, iTunes)
Mon Jul 25 16:35:36 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: PM notification cancel (pid 110, iTunes)
Mon Jul 25 16:35:36 HBs-MacBook kernel[0] <Debug>: IOPMrootDomain: idle cancel
Mon Jul 25 16:40:33 HBs-MacBook loginwindow[31] <Notice>: DEAD_PROCESS: 0 console
This happened over and over again.  Anyone have any idea what is going on here?  iTunes is 10.6 if that matters. 

I think the following will do the trick for you (from http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10329979-263.html?tag=mfiredir):
Fix: Restart log managers after removing asl data
Open the Terminal application and enter the following two commands to stop the log managers:
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.syslogd
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.aslmanager
Then create a folder on your desktop called "temp" (to store the moved "data store" files), and enter the following command in the Terminal to move the "ASL" data to the new temporary folder:
sudo mv /var/log/asl/* ~/Desktop/temp/
Finally, restart the "syslogd" process with the following command (the aslmanager will be started when needed by syslogd, so it doesnt need to be manually restarted):
sudo launchctl start com.apple.syslogd

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    I've reinstalled iTunes twice, to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm running Windows 7 Premium 32-bit.
    Thanks!
    Jon

    Hi! The repair install didn't work, but rather than trying to install iTunes on top, I uninstalled iTunes and QuickTime and reinstalled them, and iTunes runs again. I'm glad it didn't erase my library!
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    -Greg

    Great news!
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    This may be simple!? I have a lovely playlist system setup but when I go to the actual music files I'm presented with a huge list of artists and within that a album link and then finaly the song file etc.. mixed albums are a nightmare to find! I would really just like a list which looks like my playlist. i.e. album name or whatever I called it and then the songs files in it!.
    Is there a setting to get itunes to organise it this way?, Is it a possible to do this to my exsisting files without manually trawling through a million files?.

    ipicus
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    TD

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