So aslmanager taking 99% and Console.app hangs when started

UltraSoul...

Your script saved my legs! Suddenly cooler and quieter. Thanks!

I have been having this problem as well for a few days. The aslmanager is currently up to 3.76GB use of virtual memory. I want to try Haje's suggestion but I don't understand what "sudo" means. I have already trashed the asl.db but the problem is still occurring. Could someone please give me more detailed information on how to fix?

UltraSoul, thanks the applescript worked perfectly.

this worked for me as well, thanks so much! like others, my computer had been running as slower than my years old pentium 1.8ghz box. so far, things are looking great thanks to haje's solution

I followed the instructions on the macfixit link. My 2.4GHz MBP runs very fast now and does not get hot. It's been only one day but I hope it continues.

One note - I had to login as an administrator to run the Terminal commands.

PastorMatt - "sudo" means "Super User Do" its a short command to tell the machine to do a function as the SuperUser (Administrator, if you come from the Windows world). It's basic Unix stuff, and you can look up all sorts of information on any UNIX/Linux/BSD board. Remember, the underbelly of OS X is UNIX 🙂

Still - I'm curious. What do we do with the temp folder created on the desktop once we're done with re-pointing? Also, is there a potential by doing this patchwork "fix" to really screw up future updates that might fix this issue properly?

i had the same problem and rebooting didnt help. other than the asl manager there were also a couple of other similiar processes that appeared to be hung. i had stopped my time machine backup which had began "preparing" but it just never quit and seemed to be caught up "stopping backup"

i saw the fixes mentioned previously here and on other places in the web, but didnt want to use the sudo command. what worked for me was a little less intrusive. i shut down the computer. i then unplugged it from the wall and took out the battery. with the battery out, i held down the power button for 10- 15 sec and then put the battery back in and restarted the computer. i havent had a problem since.

i also, after, ran all the maintenance scripts

This is not the same issue, but I wonder whether it is related. Sometimes my computer will be in the middle of starting up, it freezes and it will hang forever. I have to restart my computer and hope that it won't freeze on the next reboot. I have a suspicious feeling that it is attributed to this aslmanager. When I look at the Console after rebooting, I see this error if the computer starts (it's one of the errors posted last):

8/26/09 11:17:58 PM com.apple.aslmanager[118] aslmanager(118) malloc: * error for object 0x10f940: double free
8/26/09 11:17:58 PM com.apple.aslmanager[118] * set a breakpoint in malloc errorbreak to debug
8/26/09 11:17:58 PM com.apple.aslmanager[118] aslmanager(118) malloc: * error for object 0x10f940: double free
8/26/09 11:17:58 PM com.apple.aslmanager[118] * set a breakpoint in malloc errorbreak to debug
8/26/09 11:17:58 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[118]) Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault

Ultrasoul, your script worked for me too. In my case the symptom I noticed was not CPU high, but memory only 13MB free. On running your script, suddenly I have 1.2GB (of 2GB) free and 358MB of log files on my desktop. All without a reboot, thanks!