Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Sleep command Date: 13 Feb 2014 16:08:46 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 71 Message-ID: References: <100220142122043675%nospam@nospam.invalid> <100220142251476698%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net Nc6a3OXnvW8YRXSiBJ881gtSaCCy+plgYD4J7lj6g7xHzNz0sc Cancel-Lock: sha1:LzNRwGZ4Goghg1lAwvEn/v7hOCQ= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:56493 On 2014-02-13, dorayme wrote: > In article , > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2014-02-13, dorayme wrote: >> > In article , >> > Jolly Roger wrote: >> > >> >> > One of the first things I did few days back. No difference! I too >> >> > noticed stuff about HP. I also noticed stuff about an old wireless usb >> >> > dongle I once used for a brief period while travelling, there was >> >> > software. I dug many associated files out and chucked them (the main >> >> > apps were thrown out ages back). At least most of these are not now >> >> > being mentioned in the logs (there were so many references in the >> >> > getting ready to sleep stage!). >> >> >> >> Good riddance. ; ) >> >> >> >> > Not sure what novamedia is about, there are some plist files with this >> >> > name in LaunchDaemons, I have thrown them out just now! >> >> >> >> Seems to be related to Vodafone Mobile Connect software. >> > >> > Yes, quite. The other bits and pieces I have been finding were >> > connected to the old wireless dongle which was Vodaphone and so this >> > is one more bit. Some apps have a lot of lint! >> >> In the future, do a Google search for an uninstaller, or uninstall >> instructions. Often there is an automated way to completely remove such >> software. In some cases when there is no automated way, nice folks on >> the net have posted manual removal instructions. > > I already had an uninstaller for the HP in my apps folder with the > app. It surprised me how well it worked. It even removed itself (the > uninstaller... this has encouraged me to try again to lift myself up > by my bootstraps). > > I restarted just in case afterwards and yes, it slept *immediately* > then! So thanks for your help. > > I then reinstalled from a fresh download, customising what I wanted > this time. > > 13/02/14 5:54:53 PM [0x0-0x20020].com.hp.Installer[457] on write, > error=-1 > 13/02/14 5:54:53 PM [0x0-0x20020].com.hp.Installer[457] on write, > error=-1 > 13/02/14 5:55:14 PM kernel 00000000 00000020 > NVEthernet::setLinkStatus - not Active > 13/02/14 5:55:14 PM kernel AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 > (Disassociated because station leaving). > 13/02/14 5:55:15 PM kernel > [098d8780][AppleMultitouchDevice::willTerminate] entered > 13/02/14 5:55:15 PM kernel [098d8780][AppleMultitouchDevice::stop] > entered > 13/02/14 5:55:15 PM kernel System Sleep > > You can see the end of the reinstallation of the HP software (I did > have the latest before but complete reinstall seemed to work) > > With it installed (though I have not tried the printer yet since) > sleep is back *immediate*. So I am pleased. Thank you for your > responses. You're welcome. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR