[G4] Sleep Causes Crash

J.M.P.Hissel jomph at xs4all.nl
Fri Oct 20 08:39:26 PDT 2006


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




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