Spotlight wreaking havoc on Lion

So... I upgraded to Lion and also installed Lion Server. Now I am getting roughly 2000 to 5000 log entries PER SECOND in system log from Spotlight. Always the same message:
21.07.11 10:35:13,196 com.apple.mdworker.lsb.0 got cur date
21.07.11 10:35:13,196 com.apple.mdworker.lsb.0 trying to parse date
21.07.11 10:51:04,995 com.apple.mdworker.lsb.0: *** process 1231 exceeded 500 log message per second limit - remaining messages this second discarded ***
I already reset the indexes (mdutil -E -a), but that doesn't help.
Fortunately I am running the system off of an SSD so I am not really "feeling" any effects on system performance due to the huge amount of logging. But still. Something is wrong and I need that fixed.
Searching Google for the exact error message brings exactly 0 matches.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
Sascha

Hi Cryptochrome,
Thanks for the response but I solved the problem and my Macbook is working great gain as I went back to Snow Leopard 6.8.
When I first went to Lion all was well and I was excited by the changes but after a recent update my problems started. I was never able to get my Mac working again so I wiped the hard drive and reloaded Snow Leopard.
I will wait for Lion to settle into its new place ein the Apple lineup.
Please take cae and thanks fgain for the response,
JJ

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Anyone seen this before?
I've got a MOTU Midi Express with 4 ins and outs - it's my main interface.
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Everything was working fine until lately all my projects stopped responding to MIDI from my master keyboard...
I eventually discovered it was because Logic had some how changed the order of MIDI ports. It used to be "Midi Express 1.... 4" followed by "Remote25SL 1...3".
Now if I look at the "outputs & Ports" page in the Environment, it's reversed. "Remote25SL 1...3" followed by "Midi Express 1....4".
So what? Well, the dumb cables in the environment don't move when the ports do. So the cables that used to be connected to the Remote25SL are now connected to the Motu Midi Express, which wreaks havoc on my project.
Any ideas a) what causes this, and b) how to re-order the ports so it goes back the way it was before?
I've tried messing around in the AudioMidi setup tool but don't see any thing here that will help.
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Grrr. Time to start reading the Nuendo brochures again.

I HAVE A SOLUTION
and it works fine for me after a series of trial and error experiments.
Quit Logic (for now) and do the following.
1) Download the app MidiPipe from this site:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/midipipe.html
2) Plug in all of your MIDI controllers (I mean, all of them)
3) Start making one 'pipe' at a time. Think of them as 'rules' for MIDI flow.
I wish I could post screen shots here... I can show you that I have 6 'pipes' happening.
Why: I have these controllers (according to Logic) happening:
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6) Open Logic. In the global preferences, go to Controller Assignments (Command-K)
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-After you've assigned those MIDI Channe;s per track; now arm each track you wish to record onto (or play, trigger, etc) ---arm meaning 'click the R so it's red'
You should be good to go!
To boil it down to simply: download MidiPipe, figure it out, define controller data if necessary, check Demix by Channel in Project Settings, Set each track's Midi Channel, Arm each track, record two (or more) parts at once.
You'll spend 30 minutes or more figuring out MidiPipe for your setup (less if you're brilliant); anywheres up to an hour or more in Controller Assignments but you may not need to do anything here); and less than a minute for the rest. Do the heavy work once (and tweak it) -- after that, the checkboxes/Midi Channel assignments/track arming is like, 10 clicks every project.
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Works great for me with this setup:
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~Robb

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