Interesting. Never heard of a portable control panel. Never seen it. Does
not exist in my cp folder. I am using OS 8.6 and this cp is not there.
Of all the other steps below only step 5 is of any consequence to my
circumstance. I will disbale appletalk and see what happens.
Thanks.
On 11/19/99 7:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
>This is from the TIL:
>
>The following activities may prevent the Macintosh Portable or Powerbook
>computer from sleeping unless a low-power condition occurs:
>
>1. The "Stay awake when plugged in" option is selected in the Portable
>control panel, AND you are plugged into AC power.
>
>2. The PowerBook or Energy Saver control panel slider selections are set to
>"Never sleep."
>
>3. The serial driver is open and active.
>
>4. File sharing is enabled.
>
>5. AppleTalk is active (Check the Chooser).
>
>Note: A volume does not need to be mounted nor do you need to be connected
>to
>an AppleTalk network for this to prevent sleep.
>
>6. An internal modem's auto-answer is on.
>
>7. Some third-party applications keep the CPU busy, not allowing idle
>processor time for sleep to occur.
>
>8. If you have any 7.5 Apple Guide help file window is open.
>
>9. The CSW 4000 Series Background extension needs to be disabled. Use the
>Extensions Manager control panel to turn off the CSW 4000 Series Background
>extension. This will disable background printing but allow the PowerBook to
>sleep normally.
>
>10. Your PowerBook will not sleep automatically after the interval of time
>set in "System Sleeps" in the PowerBook Control Panel if you are using
>version 1.0.3 or earlier of the extension.
>
>
>
>> My upgraded one refuses to go to sleep! Unless I choosed sleep from the
>> special menu. I can't remember if I did install the latest sleeper after
>> running into this problem, but if I did, I think that didn't solve the
>> problem either.
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