On 20-10-2006 06:41, Richard Bullen, bullen.r at comcast.net, wrote: > Symptoms: > > Put the system to sleep using the top left apple menu. > > Subsequently hit a key to wake up the system. Screen display comes back, > but the keys and mouse are no longer being read by the computer. The > only solution appears to be shutting down the system. However, if the > restart is not done with the shift key held down it appears that the > system hangs during reboot and never comes to life. > Following the safe reboot I can reboot the system and everything comes > up as expected. > > > What I've tried (shots in the dark) > 1. Repairing permissions > 2. Booting from a different hard drive and running disk warrior > > Characteristics: > > 10.4.8 > G4 867 dual, with 2G ram and 250G HD > > Screen energy saver set to: > Display sleeps after 10 min > Computer sleeps after 20 min. > Frequently I find these do not take effect. > > > Does anyone have any suggestions regarding a possible cause? Do you have any PCI-USB card or s.e. installed? Jo Hissel