[P1] Bumped Mouse and PB 10.3 froze...

[david]

On 2/11/04 9:22 PM, "Jack Rodgers" <jackrodgers at earthlink.net> wrote:

> My al 17 was sleeping with the lid closed and I bumped the MS
> Trackball, hitting the key I had set to do the work of the F11 key in
> 10.3. The white light stopped blinking. I repeated this several times
> over several days and sometimes when I opened the lid, it would
> progress to the dialog box for the password. THe last time when I left
> the lid closed for a longer period of time,  it just froze and stayed
> black after I left the lid closed to see if the light would come back
> on.
> 
> So, I think this confirms the problem we are experiencing with sleep
> while usb devices are connected or disconnected. Sometimes the mac
> wakes up and sometimes it doesn't requiring a forced shut down by
> holding down the powerkey for more than five seconds.
> 
> I don't know if bumping an attached Apple mouse will produce the same
> problem or if it is just limited to the books. This does explain a bit
> about why my Powerbook sometimes won't wake up after sleeping.
> 

Jack - Maybe I remember intending to post a reply about this and never got
around to it. I think this bug has existed on and off since OS X was first
delivered. I don't recall it ever affecting OS 9 but maybe I was just lucky.
I've gone through 5 different machines (my own and at work) so perhaps it
affects certain computers but not others. But I know it happened with Jag
but at some point I went for a long stretch without hit by it. Perhaps it
was just dumb luck. At any rate, it isn't just mice. It is any USB device. I
could reliably crash my iBook (Jag) by inserting a zip disk in the drive if
the computer was asleep.

david