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10.5.7 Macbook sleeps once, freezes second time

After installing 10.5.7 from combo update, I can now only sleep my mac once. Second time it does not sleep, instead it freezes.
It does this consistently.

I found another user with the same issue:
+Peter Hull+
+After applying the 10.5.7 Combo update, my MacBook freezes consistently the second time I put it to sleep. In other words, sleep works once, but the second time I close the lid or choose "Sleep" from the menu, it freezes before it has a chance to sleep (i.e., the screen backlight stays on, the sleep light doesn't start "snoring", etc+

Anybody got any solution?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 13, 2009 3:26 PM

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May 14, 2009 2:42 AM in response to Dogcow-Moof

The system log messages immediately preceding a forced restart are not consistent, so it's hard to identify a specific message that happens when sleep fails.

I have seen this message sequence repeat, but not at every time sleep fails:

May 14 01:25:35 Mac kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != err" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-168.1.3/IOHDAFamily/IOHDACodecDevice.cpp" at line 129 goto Exit
May 14 01:25:35 Mac kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-168.1.3/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidget.cpp" at line 3134 goto Exit
May 14 01:25:35 Mac kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-168.1.3/AppleHDA/AppleHDAWidgetALC885.cpp" at line 642 goto Exit
May 14 01:25:35 Mac kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 != powerState ( &curPowerState )" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-168.1.3/AppleHDA/AppleHDANode.cpp" at line 538 goto Exit
May 14 01:25:37 Mac kernel[0]: Sound assertion ""( kRequestStateCORB == fCodecRequest->state ) = CORB engine stuck or response was missing"" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-168.1.3/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController.c pp" at line 1981 goto handler

Network 23

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May 14, 2009 2:44 AM in response to Esquared

Esquared wrote:
I had the exact same issue on two MacBook Pro's. Removing a bunch of preference files from HD>Library>Preferences (so NOT the regular pref folder in your Home directory!) seems to have solved this issue on both.

Now I don't know exactly which one did the trick...

I wondered about that root prefs folder. But I couldn't find any containing the word "sleep." Guess I'll just have to try what you did and remove files from that folder until it works right. Thanks for the tip.

My PowerBook G4 sleeps just fine under 10.5.7, by the way.

Si262

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May 14, 2009 3:05 AM in response to AJM83

I have exactly the same problem - try putting the MacBook to sleep for a second time = black screen, lots of noise, unable to wake up. Definitely after I installed 10.5.7.

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May 14, 2009 3:33 AM in response to AJM83

I have the same problem and the solution to erase PowerManagement or AutoWake preference files is not a solution. also disabling safe sleeep/hibernate function doesn't work.

macbook pro (Early 2008) 2,4 GHz 10.5.7

R C-R

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May 14, 2009 3:34 AM in response to fromagique

fromagique wrote:
Anyone at Apple listening? Do you all not test for being able to sleep a notebook, or does your script only try once?

This is a user-to-user forum with no official Apple presence other than the moderators. Use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of almost every Discussions or Support page to learn how to send your comments to someone at Apple who will listen (but probably not respond directly) to them. In particular, check out the "Feedback" links at the bottom of the Contact page, especially http://www.apple.com/feedback/ for product issues.

The feedback forms require entering various info that helps ensure that the right people get your feedback & that it includes at least the bare minimum of info that will help identify & isolate the problem. The more detail that you provide, the more useful your feedback will be.

This is a much better way to get Apple to listen to user comments than by posting here.

May 14, 2009 4:16 AM in response to fruscio

I am having similar hassles on my early 2007 MBP 17" with similar nul results with various fix attempts as on this post. I did a clone using SuperDuper before updating that still has 10.5.6 and when I boot form that everything is fine (no surprise) but it sometimes takes a few tries to even get past the blank dark screen on the restart. I need to remove battery, and main power, and let cool down 15 minutes, reconnect, push startup with option key and select the drive even to get a boot process going.

Oddly as well, when I was getting desperate I tried also to check the status of the permissions (using the Disk Utility) and there were a string of them needing repairing (after the update - most had to do with FrontRow, iTunes and iPhoto.) When I repaired these permissions, then rebooted and checked permissions again, the same permissions were again coming up as faulty so it seems to happen either at reboot or the repair never works. Maybe this has nothing to do with anything but I found it unusual.

I am now going to try to systematically erase the pref files.

Incidentally, I used the Incremental downloadable (delta) update to go fro 10.5.6 to 10.5.7. I also did it on a smaller newer Blackbook but have not yet checked that out. My main iMac remains running quite happily on 10.5.6 and I may just clone my backup back to my HD on the laptops while Apple sorts this out.

Me too I have been on Apple/Mac since their infamous 1984 commercials. Heck I even had a Lisa (anyone remember?)

May 14, 2009 4:18 AM in response to fruscio

I had the same problem and reported it on Macintouch. There is also another thread about this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2005488&tstart=50

I went back to a Super Duper clone of 10.5.6.

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May 14, 2009 4:19 AM in response to Esquared

I tried removing the PowerManagement plist, as well as a few others (virtualmemory...). No luck for me. I'm a bit scared of removing all modified plists, does the system regenerate them as and when they're needed or will it break the system's functioning?

Esquared

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May 14, 2009 4:26 AM in response to Irfus

Yes, System regenerates them. As I wrote, you can put them in a temporary folder on the desktop and will always be able to put them back (if needed).

Irfus

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May 14, 2009 4:37 AM in response to Esquared

So, I searched in that folder for all filenames containing 'com.apple' that had been modified in the last three days. Will remove them to see what happens, now...

Esquared

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May 14, 2009 4:54 AM in response to Irfus

If it doesn't, try deleting the virtual memory file from /var/vm. I may have trashed that one in the same process...

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May 14, 2009 5:00 AM in response to AJM83

Not to wee on your breakfast cereal but I don't really think there's any point deleting things like prefs files etc, as it has been pointed out by other users that this happens even with a brand new install of 10.5.0 updated with the combo to 10.5.7.

A driver or something is broken.

Irfus

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May 14, 2009 5:15 AM in response to AJM83

Here's a system log of the same issue:

May 14 17:18:56 Irfus kernel[0]: System Sleep
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: Wake reason = EC LID0
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: System Wake
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: WLC E_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to ‘X1’.
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 >4 5 6 7 8 9 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
May 14 17:19:00 Irfus kernel[0]: State change timeout, state is 7
May 14 17:19:03 Irfus mDNSResponder[16]: Note: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.233); network >traffic reduction measures in effect
May 14 17:19:03 Irfus mDNSResponder[16]: Note: Frequent transitions for interface tun0 >(FE80:0000:0000:0000:0000:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF); network traffic reduction measures in effect
May 14 17:19:04 Irfus kernel[0]: WLC E_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
May 14 17:19:04 Irfus kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to ‘US’.
May 14 17:19:04 Irfus kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 >40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
May 14 17:19:06 Irfus SystemUIServer[486]: running on battery - smart disabled
May 14 17:20:08 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
May 14 17:20:03 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.

Does this help?

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Esquared

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May 14, 2009 5:17 AM in response to AJM83

Well, explain to me then why my two MBP's don't show this issue anymore after deleting those pref files. 🙂

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May 14, 2009 5:36 AM in response to Esquared

+Well, explain to me then why my two MBP's don't show this issue anymore after deleting those pref files.+

Good point 🙂 , but perhaps the MBPs are freezeing because of a different issue to the Macbooks.

Which exact files did you delete? I'll try it tonight and post back with the findings...

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10.5.7 Macbook sleeps once, freezes second time