My PB G3 (333 bronze keyboard) has decided to stop sleeping. Won't sleep from the sleep timer, won't sleep from a menu command, won't sleep when the cover is closed. It ignores the sleep timer, crashes from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.
OS 9.2.2, file sharing on or off, no obvious background processes that should keep it awake. Works ok otherwise.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks, RG
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In article 241020042215077055%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
My PB G3 (333 bronze keyboard) has decided to stop sleeping. Won't sleep from the sleep timer, won't sleep from a menu command, won't sleep when the cover is closed. It ignores the sleep timer, crashes from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.
OS 9.2.2, file sharing on or off, no obvious background processes that should keep it awake. Works ok otherwise.
Any suggestions are welcome.
WIld guess department:- Do you have a USB hub connected to it?
In article 251020040947538298%nospam@redacted.invalid, Elliott Roper nospam@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 241020042215077055%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
My PB G3 (333 bronze keyboard) has decided to stop sleeping. Won't sleep from the sleep timer, won't sleep from a menu command, won't sleep when the cover is closed. It ignores the sleep timer, crashes from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.
OS 9.2.2, file sharing on or off, no obvious background processes that should keep it awake. Works ok otherwise.
Any suggestions are welcome.
WIld guess department:- Do you have a USB hub connected to it?
Yes. But the problem doesn't go away if I start up and try to sleep without the hub.
In article 251020041940019057%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 251020040947538298%nospam@redacted.invalid, Elliott Roper nospam@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 241020042215077055%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
My PB G3 (333 bronze keyboard) has decided to stop sleeping. Won't sleep from the sleep timer, won't sleep from a menu command, won't sleep when the cover is closed. It ignores the sleep timer, crashes from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.
OS 9.2.2, file sharing on or off, no obvious background processes that should keep it awake. Works ok otherwise.
Any suggestions are welcome.
WIld guess department:- Do you have a USB hub connected to it?
Yes. But the problem doesn't go away if I start up and try to sleep without the hub.
Oh Damn! There was a famous insomnia problem discussed on uk.comp.sys.mac that was caused by a particular powered hub. Try googling that group.w
In article 261020042145384067%nospam@redacted.invalid, Elliott Roper nospam@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 251020041940019057%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 251020040947538298%nospam@redacted.invalid, Elliott Roper nospam@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 241020042215077055%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
My PB G3 (333 bronze keyboard) has decided to stop sleeping. Won't sleep from the sleep timer, won't sleep from a menu command, won't sleep when the cover is closed. It ignores the sleep timer, crashes from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.
OS 9.2.2, file sharing on or off, no obvious background processes that should keep it awake. Works ok otherwise.
Any suggestions are welcome.
WIld guess department:- Do you have a USB hub connected to it?
Yes. But the problem doesn't go away if I start up and try to sleep without the hub.
Oh Damn! There was a famous insomnia problem discussed on uk.comp.sys.mac that was caused by a particular powered hub. Try googling that group.w
Ok, found it. Thanks for the ideas. Turns out that there was an app keeping it awake after all. The fax software had the modem waiting to receive calls. A change of settings to turn that off and all is well again.
This software (Fax STF, v5) seems to be consistently buggy and crash prone. Even with the modem on it should have been possible to force sleep without a crash. Any ideas for cheap, but reliable, OS 9 fax software?
In article 261020042101563263%ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid, grunwald ron.grunwald@redacted.invalid wrote:
[snip: it was the fax software]
This software (Fax STF, v5) seems to be consistently buggy and crash prone. Even with the modem on it should have been possible to force sleep without a crash. Any ideas for cheap, but reliable, OS 9 fax software?
You should check the group's archives (using my name in addition to the obvious keywords might help narrow things down), as this subject has come up in the past. I've looked around on one or two occasions (usually prompted by the afore-mentioned threads) and don't recall finding any free- or shareware FAX programs for OS 9 other than 'STF, but I may simply have forgotten.
There are a number of good ones for OS 10.1 (I think) and 10.2, should you venture there.