Sleep operation

Richard Tomkins wrote on 21 May 2005:

I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here.

I own a PowerBook G4.

I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.

I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 15 minutes while powered by the Battery. It goes to sleep properly.

I can force the system into sleep by pressing the power button and choosing sleep.

My question is, should my PowerBook not go to sleep even though it is running on the power adapter?

Thanks, rtt

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Phil Wheeler replied on 22 May 2005:

Richard Tomkins wrote:

I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here.
I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 15 minutes while powered by the Battery. It goes to sleep properly.
I can force the system into sleep by pressing the power button and choosing sleep.
My question is, should my PowerBook not go to sleep even though it is running on the power adapter?

My iBook does, so I suspect the answer is Yes.

Richard Tomkins replied on 22 May 2005:

Thanks for the positive reply.

Now I guess I have to try and figure out what could be keeping it from going to sleep.

Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of programs could prevent the PowerBook from sleeping?

I don't use FAX software at all, I do have a USB Palm setup and a MacAlly Trackball and I start up the Calendar application when I log in to set the date on the ICON.

All ideas most welcome.

rtt

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Richard Tomkins wrote:
I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here.
I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 15 minutes while powered by the Battery. It goes to sleep properly.
I can force the system into sleep by pressing the power button and choosing sleep.
My question is, should my PowerBook not go to sleep even though it is running on the power adapter?
My iBook does, so I suspect the answer is Yes.

Gregory Weston replied on 22 May 2005:

In article 429024e7$1_1@redacted.invalid, "Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote:

Thanks for the positive reply.
Now I guess I have to try and figure out what could be keeping it from going to sleep.
Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of programs could prevent the PowerBook from sleeping?

It may be simply corrupt preferences. The easiest way, I think, to really check what your system is configured to do is to open a terminal and "sudo pmset -g". The "sleep" line of the output will confirm that you've got it set to an hour. I'd only start looking for interference from other software after that.

Bob Harris replied on 22 May 2005:

In article 428fe33f$1_2@redacted.invalid, "Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote:

I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here.
I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 15 minutes while powered by the Battery. It goes to sleep properly.
I can force the system into sleep by pressing the power button and choosing sleep.
My question is, should my PowerBook not go to sleep even though it is running on the power adapter?
Thanks, rtt
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Do you have any active comm connections? I've had systems stay awake if I had an active comm commention (like downloading a huge files that would take longer than the go to sleep time limit).

Is your Powerbook acting as a file server for other systems which have volumes mounted?

                                    Bob Harris

Richard Tomkins replied on 22 May 2005:

Nothing active. All applications shutdown, except calendar. One firewire disk plugged in, but idle. Even changed the screensaver to be a blank screen. Will check with pmset.

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In article 428fe33f$1_2@redacted.invalid, "Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here.
I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 15 minutes while powered by the Battery. It goes to sleep properly.
I can force the system into sleep by pressing the power button and choosing sleep.
My question is, should my PowerBook not go to sleep even though it is running on the power adapter?
Thanks, rtt
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Do you have any active comm connections? I've had systems stay awake if I had an active comm commention (like downloading a huge files that would take longer than the go to sleep time limit).
Is your Powerbook acting as a file server for other systems which have volumes mounted?
                                    Bob Harris

John Johnson replied on 23 May 2005:

In article 42913cd4$1_2@redacted.invalid, "Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote:

"Bob Harris" nospam.News.Bob@redacted.invalid wrote in message news:nospam.News.Bob-0620CD.10325122052005@redacted.invalid
In article 428fe33f$1_2@redacted.invalid, "Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here. I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.
Do you have any active comm connections? I've had systems stay awake if I had an active comm commention (like downloading a huge files that would take longer than the go to sleep time limit).
Is your Powerbook acting as a file server for other systems which have volumes mounted?
                                    Bob Harris

Nothing active. All applications shutdown, except calendar. One firewire disk plugged in, but idle. Even changed the screensaver to be a blank screen. Will check with pmset.

Have you tried it without the FW disk connected? I think that my FW disk prevented sleep on the power adapter, but it's been a long time since I ran a sleep setting when on AC power and I don't have the disk with me to check. FWIW

Richard Tomkins replied on 24 June 2005:

Problem finally solved.

The other day I started up Entourage and watched as it downloaded some email. All of a sudden there was a message about an infected file from Virex and then 6 email messages disappeared, never to be seen again. I don't know if they were all infected or not.

So I decided that I would delete Virex, as I hate loosing email, and if it was infected, it was with a PC virus and I can happily delete that crap upon arrival.

Now that Virex is removed, the PowerBook G4 happily goes into sleep mode while on battery or when plugged in.

So, Virex will prevent a Powerbook G4 from sleeping.

rtt

"Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote in message news:42913cd4$1_2@redacted.invalid

Nothing active. All applications shutdown, except calendar. One firewire disk plugged in, but idle. Even changed the screensaver to be a blank screen. Will check with pmset.
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In article 428fe33f$1_2@redacted.invalid, "Richard Tomkins" tomkinsr@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have looked through Apples web site but cannot find the definitive answer I am looking for, so I will ask here.
I own a PowerBook G4.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 1 hour while powered by the power adapter. It never goes to sleep.
I have the EnergySaver set to put the PowerBook to sleep after 15 minutes while powered by the Battery. It goes to sleep properly.
I can force the system into sleep by pressing the power button and choosing sleep.
My question is, should my PowerBook not go to sleep even though it is running on the power adapter?
Thanks, rtt
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Do you have any active comm connections? I've had systems stay awake if I had an active comm commention (like downloading a huge files that would take longer than the go to sleep time limit).
Is your Powerbook acting as a file server for other systems which have volumes mounted?
                                    Bob Harris
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