[chuckeroo]

Weird problem in Panther I'm having. When I press
the eject key on the keyboard, instead of the disc tray
popping out, the finder relaunches. First the familiar
eject symbol comes up on the screen, then the screen dims
and the dock tucks away just like when you shut down,
and then everything pops up again back to normal.
Sorry if this has been brought up before, couldn't find
it with a search.

Any ideas? Anyone had this problem?

Thanks!
Chuck
dual g4 500, panther X.3.1

[Ratm]

I usually run disk utility, scripts and prebinding....everything returns back to normal after that.

Forcing Periodic Maintenance You may know that every night, Mac OS X runs periodic maintenance tasks to get rid of unused logs and cache files. It also backs up some UNIX files. However, these maintenance tasks were programmed to run at night, at 3, 4, or 5 AM, depending on what they do. That is, unless your computer is turned off or asleep. The good news is that not running these tasks is more than very unlikely to cause instability. However, running them may free some of your disk space and make logs easier to read over the time. To perform them on Jaguar or Panther, open your Terminal and type :

sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly

Press return between each line, and wait until the first command has completed to start the second one.

Updating the Prebinding Sometimes, for some (apparently) inexplicable reason, your computer slows down to a crawl after you have installed a big application. In that case, you may want to "update the prebinding." This means forcing Mac OS X to go through all of the application files and make sure that they are correctly linked together. The Mac OS X default installer usually takes care of this by itself, but some third-party installers may be less cautious. To do this, simply open your Terminal and type:

sudo update_prebinding -root / -force

Then, enter return, type your password, and enter return again. Don't worry about the lines of text that will scroll on your Terminal. This simply means that the command is doing its work. The whole process should only take a few minutes. However, it will considerably slow your computer down and for maximum efficiency, you should not use it at the same time. Once the command has exited, immediately reboot your computer