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Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep
Date 2015-03-29 15:55 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <cnqlkfFkkh4U5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <2015032018020055812-xxx@yyyzzz> <cn5aguF64i7U8@mid.individual.net> <2015032907262657807-xxx@yyyzzz> <cnqhtcFkkh4U3@mid.individual.net> <2015032908143518007-xxx@yyyzzz>

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On 2015-03-29, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2015-03-29 14:52:28 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
>> On 2015-03-29, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> On 2015-03-21 13:37:34 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>>> 
>>>> On 2015-03-21, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>>>> This one has me thinking I need to replace my late-2009 iMac post haste:
>>>>> 
>>>>> The screen sleeps.  And I can move my mouse or hit the esc key as much
>>>>> as I like; it's not coming back.  I have the screen-saver hot corners
>>>>> set so that the upper left corner will sleep the screen.  If I move my
>>>>> mouse up there (blind), and then move it back out, it wakes up.  Less
>>>>> than two seconds later it blacks out again, I wake it up, it gives me a
>>>>> second or second and a half and blacks out again.
>>>> 
>>>> Make it happen again, and then take a look at the console and system logs,
>>>> noting any messages that appear at the time of the incident. Post those
>>>> messages here for further diagnosis.
>>> 
>>> This is the only thing I can identify that took place around the time
>>> of the black-screen madness this morning.  It's repetitive, but then
>>> there is another item in there so I posted about 3 iterations of the
>>> whole mess in hopes you can analyze it.  Thanks for even the slightest
>>> hint that I don't have to buy a new box:
>>> 
>>> 3/29/15 6:56:25.216 AM identityservicesd[295]:
>>> <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7fc2f2e41d90>: notification
>>> observer: com.apple.iChat   notification: __CFNotification
>>> 0x7fc2f2c0c660 {name = _NSDoNotDisturbEnabledNotification}
>> 
>> [snip]
>> 
>> Ok, that's from the console log, and doesn't show much of anything that
>> seems relevant. I would expect to find better details in the
>> /var/log/system.log file. Look for any entries time stamped just before
>> or during the time you had the problem.
>
> Sorry if this seems overkill, but I can't read what I'm writing while I 
> write it, and I've managted to snatch what is likely too much 
> information. 

What time did the incident actually occur? Without knowing that, sifting
through countless log entries is a real pain.

What version OS X are you running on this machine?

[snip]

> Mar 29 06:55:20 Ducks.local WindowServer[192]: 
> device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
> Mar 29 06:55:20 Ducks.local WindowServer[192]: 
> device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0)[inf, inf, 0, 0] 
> shield 0x0(0), dev [1920,1080]

These two messages seem to indicate that the machine is saving your work
before going to sleep.

> Mar 29 06:55:20 Ducks.local WindowServer[192]: 
> CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [42815621194240]: posting 
> kCGSDisplayDidWake

This message seems to indicate your machine is waking up. The time stamp
is the same, though. That's weird. Sleep followed by immediate wake?

> Mar 29 06:55:20 Ducks.local WindowServer[192]: 
> handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.

Not sure what this means.

I'm curious: what do you get when you execute this command in a terminal
window?:

pmset -g assertions

Have you tried disabling any menu extras you have installed that might
interfere with the normal operation of WindowServer?

I've read reports of Google Chrome causing problems with sleep in the
past. Do you use Chrome regularly?

Does this problem occur only in your user account? Have you tried
creating a new temporary OS X user account to see if the problem happens
there?

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JR

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Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-20 18:02 -0700
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-21 16:40 +1100
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-20 23:02 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-21 21:47 +1100
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 10:17 -0700
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:37 +0000
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 10:19 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 07:26 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 14:52 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:14 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:20 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:22 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 15:55 +0000
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 09:24 -0700
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 17:14 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 11:58 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 19:11 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 12:38 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 07:27 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 14:53 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 08:17 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 22:08 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 15:34 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-29 18:37 -0400
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-30 00:09 +0000
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-21 16:08 +0000
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 10:22 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-21 18:44 +0000
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 13:04 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-21 20:39 +0000
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-21 14:45 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 07:24 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-30 07:51 +1100
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 14:02 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-30 10:56 +1300
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 15:31 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-30 10:20 +1100
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-03-29 16:47 -0700
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-30 12:00 +1100
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 07:56 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-02 22:01 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 15:58 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-03 03:29 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-03 16:40 +1300
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-01 11:13 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-02 16:38 +1100
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 08:35 -0700
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 06:43 +1100
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 15:42 -0700
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-02 23:22 +0000
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 16:34 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-02 23:51 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-03 16:53 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-04 03:29 +0000
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-03 22:01 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-04 12:26 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-10 09:15 -0700
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 10:29 +1100
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 16:39 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 10:54 +1100
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-02 17:23 -0700
                Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-03 12:43 +1100
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-18 08:08 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-19 09:24 +1000
  Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-12 14:17 -0700
    Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-14 19:08 -0700
      Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-21 13:01 -0700
        Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-06-21 13:36 -0700
          Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-21 16:59 -0700
            Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-06-21 20:06 -0700
              Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-06-22 08:51 -0700

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