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jaxbrokenheart · 2005-02-22 12:30 am

I read the threads as they appeared in Circuit Board about the iShock drivers causing a problem like this in 10.3.8. However, I've never used/installed drivers for any MacAlly product on my 12" PowerBook. Furthermore, the problems described then happened right after installing 10.3.8. But, I upgraded to 10.3.8 8 days ago and my hard drive is just now filling up.

I was compiling some video from image sequences (Digital Juice Jumpbacks) in QuickTime. It said my Startup disk was almost full. I was surprised since, last I checked, it was under half full. It now says that I've used 45.79GB of 45.92GB. The Jumpbacks take up a total of 8GB so something's wrong with that.

jaxbrokenheart · 2005-02-22 12:55 am

So, I used Omni Disk Sweeper to start cleaning out my hard drive. I cleared out 8GB of useless/outdated smurf (including a couple audio projects that I don't need on there anymore). I guess there's nothing wrong, that I just filled it up quick in the last couple weeks. In any case, these video files will be off here and on a DVD soon. (I tried to delete the topic by deleting my original second post and then deleting the first one, but it wouldn't let me delete my first one even though it was the only post at the time.)

bobbyuggles · 2005-02-24 6:49 pm

Found your thread on a search... I have a new thread running... I just updated to x.3.8 and my disk just filled up too. Have not been networked in last 2 days after update and only thinking I have done is run iTunes. Watched it fill up the last 200 MB before my eyes. Have PB G4 1.25g 80g HD.

jaxbrokenheart · 2005-02-24 9:36 pm

Do you have an MacAlly iShock? Refer to this article on MacAlly's support page (scroll down a bit).

iBubba · 2005-02-24 10:46 pm

question: if you do a search on files "date modified", wouldn't that pin point the bastage file bloating on you??

artmonkey · 2005-02-25 10:08 am

Jax,

I had the same exact experience with my startup filling up after upgrading 10.3.8. At first, I thought I contracted a virus, but then I checked Terminal, I did notice the iShock driver going bonkers (90% 100%) so I suspected it had something to do with that. I just didn't know how to fix it. Thanks for the support link!

Tetrachloride · 2005-02-25 11:06 am

I think iShock has updated their drivers. Maybe. Go to their site.

artmonkey · 2005-02-25 8:08 pm

Here are the instructions from Macally's tech support page:

Recent OS 10.3.8 release causes conflict with Macally iShock OS X driver.
The first symptom is that system.log file grows quickly in size due to ongoing generation of error log related to iShockXDriver, it will fill up the whole hard drive space if not stopped in time.The second symptom is CPU usage by iShockXDriver process can reach as high as 90% for single processor, or up to 120% for dual processor, therefore the system gets very slow.
The update driver ver1.0.3 can be downloaded in Driver section fo fix the problem of your system

If you already upgraded to 10.3.8 and experienced the problems, you need to clear the huge log file and remove iShock software temporarily with these four steps,

a)run Activity Monitor in Utilities folder, open CPU page, find the process iShockXDriver and quit it.

b)run Console in Utilities folder, click on Logs icon, highlight system.log, click on Clear icon to empty it. If Console program freezes up, please contact our techsupport for further assistance

c)remove iShockXDriver from Startup Items from Accounts in System Preferences.

d)click download ishockXDriver 1.0.4 and install it. New installation will overwrite old driver files.

e)reboot the system to use iShock/iShockII

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Okay, well, I got up to step B and Console hangs. Anybody know what to do next? It's 8:00 pm Friday night, I don't think I can wait till Monday to talk to Macally's tech support. Is there another way to empty the system.log?

Thanks!

caol · 2005-02-25 9:03 pm

artmonkey wrote:
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Okay, well, I got up to step B and Console hangs. Anybody know what to do next? It's 8:00 pm Friday night, I don't think I can wait till Monday to talk to Macally's tech support. Is there another way to empty the system.log?

Thanks!

If you're up to a little Terminal work, the system.log file is in '/var/log'. So 'cd /var/log' and do an 'ls -l syst*', and that will get you a long format list of all the files starting with 'syst' and the offending 'system.log' file (and its gargantuan byte count) should be seen. As an admin, 'sudo rm system.log', give it the password and the offending file should be gone. Removing this file won't hurt a thing, the system will just create a new one when it needs it.

artmonkey · 2005-02-26 12:11 pm

caol,

Thanks for the Terminal tips! I never really worked in Terminal before, but your notes were perfect. I finally got my 60 gigs back!

THANKS!

caol · 2005-02-26 12:43 pm

Now that you've got your toes wet, this is from the "The Chain of Command Line" forum, right here at MacAddict:

Awesome UNIX Tutorials for Beginners

You don't necessarily want to dive into the deep end, but the first few tutorials include stuff that can really make life easy.

Have Fun!

Caol

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#1 2005-02-22 12:30 am

Hard drive filled up under 10.3.8

#2 2005-02-22 12:55 am

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