Someway to *not* wake up OS X?

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?
DaveC wrote on :

e-Mac, when sleeping wakes up when keyboard is bumped.

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

Or is any such USB activity automatically a wake-up call for OS X?

e-Mac; OS X 10.2.8

Thanks,

Morten Dreier replied on :

DaveC me@redacted.invalid wrote:

e-Mac, when sleeping wakes up when keyboard is bumped.

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

My experince is that macs wake up when the mouse is bumped - not the keyboard. Are you sure that the keyboard is the problem? I flip the mouse over if I don't want the machine to wake up - on the back it can't wake anything... :-)

Gregory Weston replied on :

In article 1gjuacn.uolxkm1mjdurdN%morten@redacted.invalid, morten@redacted.invalid (Morten Dreier) wrote:

DaveC me@redacted.invalid wrote:

e-Mac, when sleeping wakes up when keyboard is bumped.

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

My experince is that macs wake up when the mouse is bumped - not the keyboard. Are you sure that the keyboard is the problem? I flip the mouse over if I don't want the machine to wake up - on the back it can't wake anything... :-)

Simply moving either item shouldn't wake the computer up. Moving the mouse will wake up the screen if it has gone into power-save mode but the machine hasn't yet gone to sleep.

Clicking the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard will wake the machine. That's been the case for as long as Macs have had a sleep mode, and I don't recall ever seeing a way to configure it.

Brian Rost replied on :

DaveC wrote:

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

I assume you didn't mean the keyboard was being "bumped" but that some key had been depressed. I have the same problem when my car decides to walk across the keyboard ;)

Or is any such USB activity automatically a wake-up call for OS X?

Yes, any USB activity will cause a wake up. This is actually intended as a convenience feature; if I turn my printer on, plug in my pen drive or my camera my iMac wakes up.

Barry Margolin replied on :

In article 414049FD.3080107@redacted.invalid, Brian Rost fred@redacted.invalid wrote:

DaveC wrote:

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

I assume you didn't mean the keyboard was being "bumped" but that some key had been depressed. I have the same problem when my car decides to walk across the keyboard ;)

Is your car named Christine? :)

Neill Massello replied on :

DaveC me@redacted.invalid wrote:

e-Mac, when sleeping wakes up when keyboard is bumped.

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

Or is any such USB activity automatically a wake-up call for OS X?

Waking is not actually controlled by the operating system running on the CPU, but by the PMU (Power Mangement Unit). AFAIK, there is currently no way to set the PMU to ignore signals or disturbances on the built-in USB ports, although the touch buttons on Apple displays can be disabled. I'd rather have my desktop Mac wake only in response to the power button on the display or the case.

ward mcfarland replied on :

Brian Rost fred@redacted.invalid wrote:

I have the same problem when my car decides to walk across the keyboard ;)

I HATE when that happens.

David Magda replied on :

ward@redacted.invalid (ward mcfarland) writes:

Brian Rost fred@redacted.invalid wrote:

I have the same problem when my car decides to walk across the keyboard ;)

I HATE when that happens.

Set the parking brake: it works wonders.

David C. replied on :

morten@redacted.invalid (Morten Dreier) writes:

I flip the mouse over if I don't want the machine to wake up - on the back it can't wake anything... :-)

Doesn't work with an optical mouse. Something moving above the sensor can trigger a wake-up.

You can, of course, disconnect the mouse (easy if it's plugged into the USB port on the keyboard) before putting the Mac to sleep. That'll take care of the problem, although not in the most convenient way.

-- David

Jerry Kindall replied on :

In article m2d60t3371.fsf@redacted.invalid, David C. shamino@redacted.invalid wrote:

morten@redacted.invalid (Morten Dreier) writes:

I flip the mouse over if I don't want the machine to wake up - on the back it can't wake anything... :-)

Doesn't work with an optical mouse. Something moving above the sensor can trigger a wake-up.

You can, of course, disconnect the mouse (easy if it's plugged into the USB port on the keyboard) before putting the Mac to sleep. That'll take care of the problem, although not in the most convenient way.

Use a cordless mouse with a power switch on the bottom, like the sexxay new Logitech MX1000. Or really, any cordless mouse with a cradle will work, just put the mouse in the cradle.

Jaco Schoonen replied on :

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

I assume you didn't mean the keyboard was being "bumped" but that some key had been depressed. I have the same problem when my car decides to walk across the keyboard ;)

Or is any such USB activity automatically a wake-up call for OS X?

Yes, any USB activity will cause a wake up. This is actually intended as a convenience feature; if I turn my printer on, plug in my pen drive or my camera my iMac wakes up.

I just find it very inconvenient. I usually forget that I used my printer (it's on a shelf out of view) so if I switch off my printer after I put my computer to sleep, it wakes up the computer :-(

Wolf Lahti replied on :

In article 41436933$0$65124$e4fe514c@redacted.invalid, Jaco Schoonen nobody@redacted.invalid wrote:

Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?

I assume you didn't mean the keyboard was being "bumped" but that some key had been depressed. I have the same problem when my car decides to walk across the keyboard ;)

Wait a minute. I want to more about this walking car. ;)