insomniac mac

[Chad Leigh]

On May 8, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Michael Grant wrote:

> I'll try a different mouse -- it does have an optical mouse attached.
> But it's not like it'll stay asleep for a while and then wake up
> unexpectedly -- it consistently wakes up a split-second after shutting
> down.

try a keyboard and mouse, maybe sequentially.  If one of them is  
malfunctioning it may be sending events or something.

Just a guess.   Probably wrong but easy enough to test

Chad

>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> On 5/8/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
>>
>> On May 8, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Michael Grant wrote:
>>
>> > I have an eMac running 10.4.9 that has refused to go to sleep  
>> for the
>> > past week or so. AFAIK (it's mainly my wife who uses it),  
>> nothing new
>> > has been installed or changed recently. If I choose Sleep from the
>> > apple menu, it seems to spin down, the screen goes dark and the fan
>> > goes off, but only for a split second before everything comes  
>> right up
>> > again. I've logged in to different accounts to confirm that the
>> > problem is not tied to any one account, but I really don't know  
>> where
>> > else to start troubleshooting. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> try plugging in a different  mouse and keyboard.  One of them may be
>> ultra sensitive or broken and sending spurious events
>>
>> Just a guess but the symptoms sound like when I had an optical mouse
>> that would move ever so slightly when a table was bumped and wake up
>> a machine
>>
>> Chad
>>
>>
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