10.5.5 Extremely slow startup and Pinwheels galore

[Harpua585]

Hello All, I'm running 10.5.5, 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4, 1 GB Ram. I have tried running fsck, resetting disk permissions, cleaning all caches per Oynx, running daily, weekly, monthly maintenance, resetting PRAM, deleting all downloaded fonts, I deleted all recently downloaded applications, I have a 100GB HD w/25GB free. I will provide screenshots of activity monitor and console once I can upload pictures to this forum (activity monitor looks normal with firefox open and the computer still running slow, console outputs "com.apple.SystemStarter[16] Break on __THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED_AND_YOU_CANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY___YOU_MUST_EXEC__() to debug. "

I get this output a lot (after startup there's a sequence of forks, when I tried to use VLC player (when trying to use core audio)..)

Also, coreaudio and usereventagent will sometimes become unresponsive. When this happens I sometimes get no sound and cannot adjust my audio volume. (Not sure if this is a result of or part of the cause of my problems)

I will be getting 1GB more Ram soon but how could this happen out of the blue and still be far worse than it was 3 months ago running the same software. This wasn't a slow degradation it was all of a sudden. It happened after downloading a bunch of software (t.e.d., comical, some program for net news groups...I can't remember any others (they are all uninstalled now) ).

Anyways any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Amdahl]

There could be something hosed in your System; perhaps you should try an Archive & Install to re-install the OS.

 

[Harpua585]

Well that's the thing. I partitioned my external HD with an image of the OS so I could boot off of that. I don't have the install CD anymore. And my HD isn't starting up. So I'm in a world of hurt right now to say the least. Are there any other things to look for to possibly single out some process that could be causing this?

 

[Amdahl]

Another trick is to create a new user account, log in as that new user, and see if the problems persist. But if the system is bad, it won't change anything.