When I wake my iMac OSX 10.5.8 from sleep by pressing any key the 
computer wakes for a moment then goes back to sleep again.  When I press 
a key again it wakes and stays awake.  This annoying behavior  started a 
few days ago.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
-- 
lafill

lafill wrote:
> When I wake my iMac OSX 10.5.8 from sleep by pressing any key the 
> computer wakes for a moment then goes back to sleep again.  When I press 
> a key again it wakes and stays awake.  


Disable the snooze button !!!!

:-) :-)


(sorry, I don't have an asnwer, but couldn't resist this one)

In article <jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
 lafill <lafill2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> When I wake my iMac OSX 10.5.8 from sleep by pressing any key the 
> computer wakes for a moment then goes back to sleep again.  When I press 
> a key again it wakes and stays awake.  This annoying behavior  started a 
> few days ago.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.

What happens when you press the space bar twice in reasonably quick 
succession? How are your Energy Saver preferences set in System 
Preferences?

-- 
dorayme

On 6/14/12 2:47 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> lafill wrote:
>> When I wake my iMac OSX 10.5.8 from sleep by pressing any key the
>> computer wakes for a moment then goes back to sleep again.  When I press
>> a key again it wakes and stays awake.
>
>
> Disable the snooze button !!!!
>
> :-) :-)
>
>
> (sorry, I don't have an asnwer, but couldn't resist this one)
But I snooze!

In article <4fda5bdc$0$4137$c3e8da3$12bcf670@news.astraweb.com>,
 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> lafill wrote:
> > When I wake my iMac OSX 10.5.8 from sleep by pressing any key the 
> > computer wakes for a moment then goes back to sleep again.  When I press 
> > a key again it wakes and stays awake.  
> 
> 
> Disable the snooze button !!!!
> 
> :-) :-)
> 
> 
> (sorry, I don't have an asnwer, but couldn't resist this one)

Try harder.

-- 
PRAY, v.  To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf
of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. -- Ambrose Bierce

On 6/14/12 4:30 PM, dorayme wrote:
> In article<jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
>   lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>  wrote:
>
>> When I wake my iMac OSX 10.5.8 from sleep by pressing any key the
>> computer wakes for a moment then goes back to sleep again.  When I press
>> a key again it wakes and stays awake.  This annoying behavior  started a
>> few days ago.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
> What happens when you press the space bar twice in reasonably quick
> succession?
The same behavior.
How are your Energy Saver preferences set in System
> Preferences?
Set at default: puts to sleep after 10min inactivity.
>

In article <jre9ad$432$1@dont-email.me>,
 lafill <lafill2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 6/14/12 4:30 PM, dorayme wrote:
> > In article<jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
> >   lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>  wrote:
....
> > How are your Energy Saver preferences set in System
> > Preferences?
>
> Set at default: puts to sleep after 10min inactivity.
> 

My Energy Saver prefs are richer in parameters and makes possible 
finer distinctions, which may be of assistance in troubleshooting. 
Mine has boxes to tick and a couple of sliders.

Anyway, have you tried altering whatever parameters you have - and 
saving  - to see if the behaviour continues?

-- 
dorayme

On 6/15/12 12:57 AM, dorayme wrote:
> In article<jre9ad$432$1@dont-email.me>,
>   lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 6/14/12 4:30 PM, dorayme wrote:
>>> In article<jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>    lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>   wrote:
> ...
>>> How are your Energy Saver preferences set in System
>>> Preferences?
>>
>> Set at default: puts to sleep after 10min inactivity.
>>
>
> My Energy Saver prefs are richer in parameters and makes possible
> finer distinctions, which may be of assistance in troubleshooting.
> Mine has boxes to tick and a couple of sliders.
>
> Anyway, have you tried altering whatever parameters you have - and
> saving  - to see if the behaviour continues?
>
I do have other choices.  When to put the display to sleep, when to put 
the computer to sleep and whether to put the hard drive to sleep if 
possible.  The default is display and computer both sleep at 10 minutes. 
  I changed it to display at 10 minutes, computer at 13 minutes, and not 
to put the hard drive to sleep.  I'll test it later and let you know the 
result.  What are your settings?

On 6/15/12 10:12 AM, lafill wrote:
> On 6/15/12 12:57 AM, dorayme wrote:
>> In article<jre9ad$432$1@dont-email.me>,
>> lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/14/12 4:30 PM, dorayme wrote:
>>>> In article<jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>>> How are your Energy Saver preferences set in System
>>>> Preferences?
>>>
>>> Set at default: puts to sleep after 10min inactivity.
>>>
>>
>> My Energy Saver prefs are richer in parameters and makes possible
>> finer distinctions, which may be of assistance in troubleshooting.
>> Mine has boxes to tick and a couple of sliders.
>>
>> Anyway, have you tried altering whatever parameters you have - and
>> saving - to see if the behaviour continues?
>>
> I do have other choices. When to put the display to sleep, when to put
> the computer to sleep and whether to put the hard drive to sleep if
> possible. The default is display and computer both sleep at 10 minutes.
> I changed it to display at 10 minutes, computer at 13 minutes, and not
> to put the hard drive to sleep. I'll test it later and let you know the
> result. What are your settings?
>

So far it's working with the new settings. Hope it lasts. Thanks.

In article <jrfqdn$gbu$1@dont-email.me>,
 lafill <lafill2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 6/15/12 12:57 AM, dorayme wrote:
> > In article<jre9ad$432$1@dont-email.me>,
> >   lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> On 6/14/12 4:30 PM, dorayme wrote:
> >>> In article<jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
> >>>    lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>   wrote:
> > ...
> >>> How are your Energy Saver preferences set in System
> >>> Preferences?
> >>
> >> Set at default: puts to sleep after 10min inactivity.
> >>
> >
> > My Energy Saver prefs are richer in parameters and makes possible
> > finer distinctions, which may be of assistance in troubleshooting.
> > Mine has boxes to tick and a couple of sliders.
> >
> > Anyway, have you tried altering whatever parameters you have - and
> > saving  - to see if the behaviour continues?
> >
> I do have other choices.  When to put the display to sleep, when to put 
> the computer to sleep and whether to put the hard drive to sleep if 
> possible.  The default is display and computer both sleep at 10 minutes. 
>   I changed it to display at 10 minutes, computer at 13 minutes, and not 
> to put the hard drive to sleep.  I'll test it later and let you know the 
> result.  What are your settings?

Those whom I have told this very personal and secret information are 
mostly ... let's say... not with us any more, but I will make an 
exception for you:

Sliders:

Computer sleep: 15 min

Display sleep: 5 min 

Tick boxes:

Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible: ticked

Wake for network activity: unticked

Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep: ticked

The slider is visually inaccurate on my setup, it's halfway between 1 
min and 15 min for 5 min! So watch for this poor bit of 
implementation, look at the popup text that changes at the far right 
when you hold the mouse button down on the slider nob. 

There are some other hidden implementations which are not just poor 
but a bit cheeky and in some cases diabolical. For example, if you put 
the slider on one position on my machine, the text reads:

"I got out of this truck in this 2-bit
town, I got no money and no prospects. What I
need right now is a stiff drink, a cold
shower and a hot broad. I'll take them in any
order they come. O yeah, one other thing I
need - an angle. I was thinking, if it wasn't
for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at
all.

"Either my luck had changed or fate just
bought me another round of trouble. She kept
yammering the whole time. But her hips were
doing the talking. It couldn't have been any
clearer what the setup was. The next move was
up to me"

STOP! HOLD IT! TIMES UP!"

The more diabolical one is like this: at just one very particular 
position, if you have a cat, a small fire breaks out on its tail and 
you cannot help but panic and catch the animal and put it out. The 
really curious thing is that the fire never gets bigger or smaller if 
left alone and and never seems to bother the cat and never seems to 
set anything else on fire. 

Those Apple Mac coders!

The other thing to watch for, it defies easy understanding: if you log 
out and back in, things can happen to these settings, especially the 
tick boxes so keep this in mind and take a peek at your settings every 
now and then.

-- 
dorayme

On 6/15/12 4:58 PM, dorayme wrote:
> In article<jrfqdn$gbu$1@dont-email.me>,
>   lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 6/15/12 12:57 AM, dorayme wrote:
>>> In article<jre9ad$432$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>    lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/14/12 4:30 PM, dorayme wrote:
>>>>> In article<jrdk0o$gv5$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>     lafill<lafill2000@yahoo.com>    wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>>
>
> There are some other hidden implementations which are not just poor
> but a bit cheeky and in some cases diabolical. For example, if you put
> the slider on one position on my machine, the text reads:
>
> "I got out of this truck in this 2-bit
> town, I got no money and no prospects. What I
> need right now is a stiff drink, a cold
> shower and a hot broad. I'll take them in any
> order they come. O yeah, one other thing I
> need - an angle. I was thinking, if it wasn't
> for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at
> all.
>
> "Either my luck had changed or fate just
> bought me another round of trouble. She kept
> yammering the whole time. But her hips were
> doing the talking. It couldn't have been any
> clearer what the setup was. The next move was
> up to me"

Wow, shades of Raymond Chandler!  Or, Ross Macdonald who I like even more.
>
> STOP! HOLD IT! TIMES UP!"
>
> The more diabolical one is like this: at just one very particular
> position, if you have a cat, a small fire breaks out on its tail and
> you cannot help but panic and catch the animal and put it out. The
> really curious thing is that the fire never gets bigger or smaller if
> left alone and and never seems to bother the cat and never seems to
> set anything else on fire.
>
> Those Apple Mac coders!

Magic?
>
> The other thing to watch for, it defies easy understanding: if you log
> out and back in, things can happen to these settings, especially the
> tick boxes so keep this in mind and take a peek at your settings every
> now and then.

I will do that assuming my octogenarian brain remembers.