Unstable Installations of Leopard

I've now had two unstable installations of Leopard in less than a month. The first appeared with the 10.5.3 update. I almost immediately had two kernel panics, and subsequently had to rescue my email database.
I have now done a full, new installation on a new drive and moved my document-level data to it. Installed the latest updates. Within a couple of days, I had another kernel panic, and more mail database damage. On a couple of other occasions, the system slowed to a creep without a panic. In the recent instance, clicking on the Apple Menu got about 10 minutes of spinning beachball before it finally opened. It took Mailsmith about 10 minutes to Quit. After clicking on the desktop, it took minutes for the Finder to move to the front.
Below is the Console Log information I found after rebooting. I'm not finding anything useful, but maybe someone else will ...
Thanks in advance ...
Console Log:
9/28/08 9:00:06 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.newsyslog) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
9/28/08 8:35:56 PM com.apple.launchd[101] (com.apple.syncservices.SyncServer) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
9/28/08 9:13:15 PM ScreenSaverEngine[61490] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/28/08 10:09:58 PM ScreenSaverEngine[65974] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/28/08 10:51:36 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x23023].com.apple.TextEdit[215]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:52:22 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x28028].com.apple.Preview[228]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:52:32 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x1e11e1].org.openoffice.script[15149]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:52:38 PM org.x.startx[15160] Quitting Xquartz...
9/28/08 10:52:38 PM org.x.startx[15160] xinit: connection to X server lost.
9/28/08 10:52:39 PM org.x.startx[15160] xauth: error in locking authority file /Users/Roger/.Xauthority
9/28/08 10:52:39 PM org.x.startx[15160] rm: /Users/Roger/.serverauth.15160: Resource temporarily unavailable
9/28/08 10:52:39 PM com.apple.launchd[101] (org.x.startx[15160]) Exited with exit code: 1
9/28/08 10:52:48 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x1e91e9].com.apple.print.PrinterProxy[28353]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:52:57 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x1d01d].org.mozilla.firefox[186]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:53:02 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x2a02a].com.apple.iCal[248]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:53:07 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x8b08b].com.iview.media[1615]) Exited: Terminated
9/28/08 10:53:11 PM com.apple.launchd[101] ([0x0-0x1e01e0].org.neooffice.NeoOffice[15142]) Exited with exit code: 255
9/28/08 10:53:31 PM ChronoSyncBackgrounder[130] ChronoSync Backgrounder v3.3.6 has terminated.
9/28/08 10:53:54 PM com.apple.loginwindow[32] Shutdown NOW!
9/28/08 10:53:54 PM com.apple.loginwindow[32] System shutdown time has arrived

I just got a big fat clue. The day before all these symptoms started, I was having a lot of trouble using OpenOffice - which couldn't launch for some reason. Even downloaded/installed a fresh copy. Next day I started noticing crawly problems.
Today I accidentally invoked it by double-clicking on a Word .doc file. It failed to launch, and things immediately slowed. This time I was able to get the console log before rebooting:
9/29/08 11:00:31 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.newsyslog) Throttling respawn: Will start in 2 seconds
9/30/08 12:23:28 AM Address Book[904] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 12:53:22 AM ScreenSaverEngine[922] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 1:33:36 AM PrinterProxy[969] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 1:38:32 AM ScreenSaverEngine[975] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 2:12:00 AM droplet[1012] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 2:12:01 AM Finder[119] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 2:12:03 AM org.x.startx[1035] font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
9/30/08 2:12:03 AM org.x.startx[1035] font_cache: Updating FC cache
9/30/08 2:12:04 AM org.x.privileged_startx[1109] font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches
9/30/08 2:12:05 AM org.x.privileged_startx[1109] font_cache: Updating FC cache
9/30/08 2:12:05 AM org.x.startx[1035] xauth: creating new authority file /Users/Roger/.serverauth.1035
9/30/08 2:12:06 AM org.x.startx[1035] xinit: Detected Xquartz startup, setting CFProcessPath=/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
9/30/08 2:12:08 AM org.x.startx[1035] font_cache: Done
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM org.x.startx[1035] Xquartz starting:
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM org.x.startx[1035] X.org Release 7.2
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM org.x.startx[1035] X.Org X Server 1.3.0-apple22
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM org.x.startx[1035] Build Date: 20080821
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM org.x.startx[1035] Launchd socket fd: 6
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM X[1272] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 2:12:10 AM org.x.startx[1035] 2008-09-30 02:12:10.550 X11[1272:10b] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded
9/30/08 2:12:13 AM org.x.startx[1035] Could not init font path element /System/Library/Fonts, removing from list!
9/30/08 2:12:42 AM org.x.startx[1035] Quitting Xquartz...
9/30/08 2:12:42 AM org.x.startx[1035] xinit: connection to X server lost.
9/30/08 2:13:11 AM soffice.bin[2959] * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2b550a0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x94b38a34 0x94a65c24 0x94a88020 0x4a75aa0 0x46d02c4 0x46d1020 0x46d2a8c 0x468e2f4 0x468e764 0x4697260 0x4760be0 0x475f3b4 0x4765ce0 0x4762ca8 0xd8a29c 0x4a5c1ac 0x4a5f49c 0x4a5aeb0 0xf5c378 0xf5b780 0xf5bb6c 0xf5f56c 0xf5b780 0xf5bc4c 0x2e1f07c 0x2e13310 0x13da20 0x13eb68 0x21bd8 0x24118 0x16f40 0x3e6480 0x3e6774 0x1005674 0x9269865c)
9/30/08 2:13:11 AM soffice.bin[2959] * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2b58ce0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x94b38a34 0x94a65c24 0x94a88068 0x4a75aa0 0x46d02c4 0x46d1020 0x46d2a8c 0x468e2f4 0x468e764 0x4697260 0x4760be0 0x475f3b4 0x4765ce0 0x4762ca8 0xd8a29c 0x4a5c1ac 0x4a5f49c 0x4a5aeb0 0xf5c378 0xf5b780 0xf5bb6c 0xf5f56c 0xf5b780 0xf5bc4c 0x2e1f07c 0x2e13310 0x13da20 0x13eb68 0x21bd8 0x24118 0x16f40 0x3e6480 0x3e6774 0x1005674 0x9269865c)
9/30/08 2:13:11 AM soffice.bin[2959] * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2b599a0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x94b38a34 0x94a65c24 0x94a6d638 0x94a8588c 0x94a660ac 0x94a88190 0x94a88090 0x4a75aa0 0x46d02c4 0x46d1020 0x46d2a8c 0x468e2f4 0x468e764 0x4697260 0x4760be0 0x475f3b4 0x4765ce0 0x4762ca8 0xd8a29c 0x4a5c1ac 0x4a5f49c 0x4a5aeb0 0xf5c378 0xf5b780 0xf5bb6c 0xf5f56c 0xf5b780 0xf5bc4c 0x2e1f07c 0x2e13310 0x13da20 0x13eb68 0x21bd8 0x24118 0x16f40 0x3e6480 0x3e6774 0x1005674 0x9269865c)
9/30/08 2:13:11 AM soffice.bin[2959] * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2b599c0 of class NSPathStore2 autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x94b38a34 0x94a66e54 0x94a65f44 0x94a660ac 0x94a88190 0x94a88090 0x4a75aa0 0x46d02c4 0x46d1020 0x46d2a8c 0x468e2f4 0x468e764 0x4697260 0x4760be0 0x475f3b4 0x4765ce0 0x4762ca8 0xd8a29c 0x4a5c1ac 0x4a5f49c 0x4a5aeb0 0xf5c378 0xf5b780 0xf5bb6c 0xf5f56c 0xf5b780 0xf5bc4c 0x2e1f07c 0x2e13310 0x13da20 0x13eb68 0x21bd8 0x24118 0x16f40 0x3e6480 0x3e6774 0x1005674 0x9269865c)
9/30/08 2:13:11 AM soffice.bin[2959] * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2b59a00 of class NSPathStore2 autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x94b38a34 0x94a66e54 0x94a881c8 0x94a88090 0x4a75aa0 0x46d02c4 0x46d1020 0x46d2a8c 0x468e2f4 0x468e764 0x4697260 0x4760be0 0x475f3b4 0x4765ce0 0x4762ca8 0xd8a29c 0x4a5c1ac 0x4a5f49c 0x4a5aeb0 0xf5c378 0xf5b780 0xf5bb6c 0xf5f56c 0xf5b780 0xf5bc4c 0x2e1f07c 0x2e13310 0x13da20 0x13eb68 0x21bd8 0x24118 0x16f40 0x3e6480 0x3e6774 0x1005674 0x9269865c)
9/30/08 2:13:11 AM soffice.bin[2959] * _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2b59a40 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0x94b38a34 0x94a65c24 0x94a88100 0x4a75aa0 0x46d02c4 0x46d1020 0x46d2a8c 0x468e2f4 0x468e764 0x4697260 0x4760be0 0x475f3b4 0x4765ce0 0x4762ca8 0xd8a29c 0x4a5c1ac 0x4a5f49c 0x4a5aeb0 0xf5c378 0xf5b780 0xf5bb6c 0xf5f56c 0xf5b780 0xf5bc4c 0x2e1f07c 0x2e13310 0x13da20 0x13eb68 0x21bd8 0x24118 0x16f40 0x3e6480 0x3e6774 0x1005674 0x9269865c)
9/30/08 2:13:02 AM com.apple.launchd[92] ([0x0-0x6a06a].org.openoffice.script[1012]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 2959 PPID 2937 soffice.bin
9/30/08 2:13:02 AM com.apple.launchd[92] ([0x0-0x6a06a].org.openoffice.script[1012]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 2937 PPID 1 bash
9/30/08 2:13:02 AM com.apple.launchd[92] ([0x0-0x6a06a].org.openoffice.script[1012]) Exited: Terminated
9/30/08 2:14:04 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx[1109]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 1202 PPID 1173 fc-cache
9/30/08 2:14:04 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx[1109]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 1173 PPID 1 bash
9/30/08 2:14:41 AM com.apple.launchd[92] ([0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[114]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
9/30/08 2:16:29 AM soffice.bin[2975] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded

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I want use Snow Leopard in a partition of a disk of a notebook Asus W7J Intel Mobile Dual Core 2 T7200 2000Mhz Chipset Intel i945PM,
video Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 audio Realtek ALC660 INTEL 82801 and disk SATA 160GB
but at the booting I have KERNEL PANIC ERROR and the OXS doesn't work.
What can I do?
I have tried the -v -x -f commands but nothing works.

You get a kernel panic because Mac OS X supports only the specific hardware architecture of Apple-branded computers. This differs substantially from what PC makers use in their products.
For instance, there is no BIOS chip in any Mac. Plus, Apple makes extensive use of parts custom-built to its specifications for audio, I/O control, graphics, & other functions. While the specs for many of these parts are very similar to the off-the-shelf ones used in PC's, they are not identical. Even the CPU's Apple uses are slightly different, leveraging both Intel's expertise in CPU design & Apple's historic expertise in hardware-software integration.
IOW, Apple does not provide in Mac OS X a kernel or hardware drivers fully compatible with any computer it does not build. So, not only does trying to run OS X on non-Apple hardware violate the licensing terms for the OS, it is technically impossible to do without hacks & tweaks & carefully selected generic hardware, & even then the results are iffy at best, unlikely to approach the stability & "it just works" experience real Macs deliver.

Epson Pro 3800 driver now installs on Leopard ...

FYI I just re-download the 3800 driver from Epson and installed it. The printer now finds the driver fine and printing to 3800 works as before.

I have the same problem with my Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and Leopard. - basic printing but no real functionality. Not what I would expect for a printer in this price range. From what I can gather, Epson has no intention of upgrading the driver for this particular printer. Check out their website, and read the fine print. http://www.epson.ca/cgi-bin/ceStore/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid =79928&prodoid=60075552&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh
The only option I can find is to revert to Tiger, which the Epson driver supports fully. If you find some other solution, please let us know.
Andy.

Pro Application Update 2007-01 installs on Leopard?

I upgraded this week to 10.5.2. But this morning as the software updater rans in the background, it downloaded
Pro Application Update 2007-01
which is from June, 25 2007. Do I need to install this on Leopard 10.5.2 or is it just a joke?

smithrj wrote:
I have no idea. I would turn off automated updating.
No, don't do that. You can put a single update on "Ignore" when it pops up next time. The menu on the top left when the update screen is showing has an "Ignore" on it. I am not sure exactly where, but I have used it.
Do not turn off the entire automated update for a single item.

Installation Snow Leopard

I have an iMac os x 10.4.11 and I bought the magic box (snow leopard, ilife 09 en iwork) and a time capsule.
The time capsule apparently, only works with mac os x 10.5 and higher.
My problem is that I wanted to back up all my files, pictures, movies and music on the time capsule before installing snow leopard. But this isn't possible.
Is there someone who can guarantee me that all the files can be saved while installing snow leopard, until I can install time capsule?

mount it as a drive?
Click here and follow the instructions.
Is there a difference between time capsule and time machine?
Time Machine is the backup software. Time Capsule is the base station and internal drive.
If I copy everything of the house icon to time capsule, does this mean that every file of my old system is backed up?
Personal data only, including everything you listed above. You need to image the whole partition with the Disk Utility or use a program such as Carbon Copy Cloner to get the entire system.
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