Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.

I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
again.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

Could it be an app? I tend to have a couple web browsers open, Mail,
iChat, iTunes, iCal, Address Book, Stickies, Suitcase, and Word open
pretty constantly. (But, then again, I always have, and the problem just
started.)

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In article <ccb-D196F1.21221707072003@news.bellatlantic.net>, Craig Bailey <ccb@floydianslip.com> wrote:
> Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
> and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.
> I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
> again.
> Any ideas what could be causing this?

Do you have it plugged directly into the wall socket,
line current flucuations can waken it,...I know because I have my
computer plugged into a surge suppressor, with a bunch of other stuff
like a window fan,....if I put the computer to sleep then turn off the fan to leave the
room the computer will wake up.

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In article
<WhoWill-0707032136520001@pool-151-196-173-123.balt.east.verizon.net>,
WhoWill@hear-a-who.net (Gregory W. Blank) wrote:

> In article <ccb-D196F1.21221707072003@news.bellatlantic.net>, Craig Bailey
> <ccb@floydianslip.com> wrote:
> > Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
> > and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.
> > I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
> > again.
> > Any ideas what could be causing this?
>
> Do you have it plugged directly into the wall socket,
> line current flucuations can waken it,...I know because I have my
> computer plugged into a surge suppressor, with a bunch of other stuff
> like a window fan,....if I put the computer to sleep then turn off the fan to
> leave the
> room the computer will wake up.


It's plugged into a battery backup with all my peripherals. (The same
set up as always, which, again, puzzles me as to why this has started
happening all of a sudden.)

--
Floydian Slip(tm) - "Broadcasting from the dark side of the moon"
Random Precision Productions(tm)
67 Union St. #2D, Winooski, Vt. 05404-1948 USA
Sundays, 7-8 pm - Champ 101.3 FM, Colchester; 102.1 FM, Randolph, Vt.
ccb@floydianslip.com - AIM: RandomPrec - www.floydianslip.com

Craig Bailey wrote in
<ccb-D196F1.21221707072003@news.bellatlantic.net>:

>Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
>and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.
>
>I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
>again.
>
>Any ideas what could be causing this?

You must be causing it. Macs "just work".

In article <ei5mgvcisgpsp79ibrlop4vhlg7el9sirp@4ax.com>,
Steve Hanson <icustomercare@usps.com> wrote:

> Craig Bailey wrote in
> <ccb-D196F1.21221707072003@news.bellatlantic.net>:
>
> >Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
> >and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.
> >
> >I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
> >again.
> >
> >Any ideas what could be causing this?
>
> You must be causing it. Macs "just work".

<billgates> It's not a bug, it's a feature! </billgates>

why do you wanna keep it asleep, macs have always had sleep problems (either
waking from or going to), i just use a screen saver, sleep mode doesn't save
much power anyway, but if you wanna continue, you can go to the console in
OSX and it will list everything your mac has done from a set period of time
(the time is adjustable for app logs too). this is very helpful for
troubleshooting probs, hope this helps in some way.

Craig Bailey wrote:

> Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
> and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.
>
> I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
> again.
>
> Any ideas what could be causing this?
>
> Could it be an app? I tend to have a couple web browsers open, Mail,
> iChat, iTunes, iCal, Address Book, Stickies, Suitcase, and Word open
> pretty constantly. (But, then again, I always have, and the problem just
> started.)
>
> --
> Floydian Slip(tm) - "Broadcasting from the dark side of the moon"
> Random Precision Productions(tm)
> 67 Union St. #2D, Winooski, Vt. 05404-1948 USA
> Sundays, 7-8 pm - Champ 101.3 FM, Colchester; 102.1 FM, Randolph, Vt.
> ccb@floydianslip.com - AIM: RandomPrec - www.floydianslip.com

In article <3F89EBA2.A617BE21@cwis.net>, stacey cole <scowboy@cwis.net>
wrote:

> why do you wanna keep it asleep, macs have always had sleep problems (either
> waking from or going to), i just use a screen saver, sleep mode doesn't save
> much power anyway, but if you wanna continue, you can go to the console in
> OSX and it will list everything your mac has done from a set period of time
> (the time is adjustable for app logs too). this is very helpful for
> troubleshooting probs, hope this helps in some way.
>
I dunno how this got crossposted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy, but....

What world do you live in where sleep mode doesn't save much power?

In my experience Apple's have been much better than an wintel or amd
box I've seen for coming out of sleep. I literally cannot remember the
last time my G4/933 wouldn't wake up.

Lloyd

On 10/12/03 7:28 PM, in article
121020031928384969%lloydparsons@nospammac.com, "Lloyd Parsons"
<lloydparsons@nospammac.com> wrote:

> In article <3F89EBA2.A617BE21@cwis.net>, stacey cole <scowboy@cwis.net>
> wrote:
>
>> why do you wanna keep it asleep, macs have always had sleep problems (either
>> waking from or going to), i just use a screen saver, sleep mode doesn't save
>> much power anyway, but if you wanna continue, you can go to the console in
>> OSX and it will list everything your mac has done from a set period of time
>> (the time is adjustable for app logs too). this is very helpful for
>> troubleshooting probs, hope this helps in some way.
>>
> I dunno how this got crossposted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy, but....
>
> What world do you live in where sleep mode doesn't save much power?
>
> In my experience Apple's have been much better than an wintel or amd
> box I've seen for coming out of sleep. I literally cannot remember the
> last time my G4/933 wouldn't wake up.
>
> Lloyd

To get to the original question, I've seen this where the computer was set
to wake on LAN activity. Since the computer was connected to a network via
ethernet.......


Brian

In article <BBAF7E3E.48A7B%behni@comcast.net>,
Brian Paul Ehni <behni@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 10/12/03 7:28 PM, in article
> 121020031928384969%lloydparsons@nospammac.com, "Lloyd Parsons"
> <lloydparsons@nospammac.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <3F89EBA2.A617BE21@cwis.net>, stacey cole
> > <scowboy@cwis.net> wrote:
> >
> >> why do you wanna keep it asleep, macs have always had sleep
> >> problems (either waking from or going to), i just use a screen
> >> saver, sleep mode doesn't save much power anyway, but if you wanna
> >> continue, you can go to the console in OSX and it will list
> >> everything your mac has done from a set period of time (the time
> >> is adjustable for app logs too). this is very helpful for
> >> troubleshooting probs, hope this helps in some way.
> >>
> > I dunno how this got crossposted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy, but....
> >
> > What world do you live in where sleep mode doesn't save much power?
> >
> > In my experience Apple's have been much better than an wintel or
> > amd box I've seen for coming out of sleep. I literally cannot
> > remember the last time my G4/933 wouldn't wake up.
> >
> > Lloyd
>
> To get to the original question, I've seen this where the computer
> was set to wake on LAN activity. Since the computer was connected to
> a network via ethernet.......

Doctor, Doctor! It hurts when I do this!

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study it thoroughly before you begin.

Brian Paul Ehni schreef:
> To get to the original question, I've seen this where the computer was set
> to wake on LAN activity. Since the computer was connected to a network via
> ethernet.......

Wake on LAN only works with a specific 'wake-up' package. It does not make
the computer wake up when there's just network activity.

In article <3F89EBA2.A617BE21@cwis.net>, stacey cole <scowboy@cwis.net>
wrote:

> why do you wanna keep it asleep, macs have always had sleep problems (either
> waking from or going to), i just use a screen saver, sleep mode doesn't save
> much power anyway, but if you wanna continue, you can go to the console in
> OSX and it will list everything your mac has done from a set period of time
> (the time is adjustable for app logs too). this is very helpful for
> troubleshooting probs, hope this helps in some way.
>
> Craig Bailey wrote:
>
> > Running Mac OS X (10.2.6) on a Power Mac G4 1GHz (FW800) since February,
> > and suddenly since the other day I've had trouble keeping it asleep.
> >
> > I'll put it to sleep, and come back some hours later and it's awake
> > again.
> >
> > Any ideas what could be causing this?
> >
> > Could it be an app? I tend to have a couple web browsers open, Mail,
> > iChat, iTunes, iCal, Address Book, Stickies, Suitcase, and Word open
> > pretty constantly. (But, then again, I always have, and the problem just
> > started.)
> >
> > --
> > Floydian Slip(tm) - "Broadcasting from the dark side of the moon"
> > Random Precision Productions(tm)
> > 67 Union St. #2D, Winooski, Vt. 05404-1948 USA
> > Sundays, 7-8 pm - Champ 101.3 FM, Colchester; 102.1 FM, Randolph, Vt.
> > ccb@floydianslip.com - AIM: RandomPrec - www.floydianslip.com
>

I have another computer (linux) and monitor next to my G4's monitor and
when I turn on the linux monitor it wakes up my G4.