OS X Lion 10.7 Sleep Issue

Having the problem the second time now, after using Parallels. I suspict it is related to Parallels. Any others having Parallels, that also have the Sleep issue? I'm using version 6.0.

Thanks Anton,

when running this command my mac says sleep is being 'imposed by 210'. I've tried running the following command but it tells me it is an illegal operation...

any further thoughts on what '210' might be, how to discover it, and then how to deal with it?

much appreciated...

I need a bit more info about your problem. Which command is failing for you? Quick recap...

Run command

pmset -g

to grab the id of the problem, in my case the number was 30. Then run the following command, replace 30 with your problem id.

ps -ef | grep -e 30

... where does it fail and what's the error message. Please copy-paste output.

Hi Anton, the problem has resolved itself after i followed trashing the folder

Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration as others had suggested.

A warning to others that follow this...

Lost all my network settings... Had to re-input them all. A Potential pain if you operate on many different secure networks and don;t have the keys handy...

Fixed the sleep issue though.

Thanks so much for a speedy reply.

DIsabling file sharing solved my problem. Simply click GO-->>Applications-->>System preferences-->>click on SHARING icon-->>disable all sharings

ENJOY!!!

Before you run any of these scripts or make any drastic changes in settings CHECK YOUR PRINTER QUEUE!

I had a document HIDING in the print queue from a month ago, since the printer application wasn't active in the doc i didn't think to check this, but sure enough after clearing the queue sleep works fine.

Thanks Jgould

A thoguht just occured to me as I sit in a coffee shop, actually pondering printing something so that it will print when I get home, is this printer queue inhibiting sleep something new in Lion. I seem to recall doign this quite a bit when I was running Snow Leopard on my old (now) White MacBook and the Mid 2011 MacBook Pro with nary a problem.

I guess the part that I'm having an issue with is why would the print queue affect sleep?

This could be a serious concern for those of us that have the MacBook Air as we don't have a light (or audible hard drive activity) to indicate that the system has not slept yet.

Hey,

I have been having automatic sleep issues since the last update for Snow Leopard in late July (detailed here at an earlier post I made: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3462852?answerId=16633025022#16633025022 ). Today I resolved to upgrade to Lion in the hopes this would fix my problems.

I am STILL having the problem!

As it stands now, my display goes to sleep after the set time as instructed, but the actual computer never goes to sleep unless manually told to do so.

Third party programmes such as 'Please Sleep' drive me crazy as I have to constantly enable and disable it or it will shut down my Mac even during a download.

Has anyone got this same problem and solved it?

I have done SMC resets, PRAM start-ups, safe mode start-ups, restored disc permissions, cleared cache manually and using third-party software and so on and so on. Considering how much I get my Mac to do while I am not present to put it back to sleep manually, I am thinking of taking my Apple Care plan to its limit and trying for a full replacement as this problem has continued across two operating systems. Who knows? It may actually be hardware.

Thanks

Fantastic solution! Worked like charm! My problem was there was a print job with no printer connected.

i have THE SAME PROBLEM!!!

i deleted: com.apple.PowerManagement.plist, DONT work for me! after restarte same prob

no printer jobs in queue

no sharings activated

no external usb-devices in/at my mac

there IS NO AUTOMATIC sleep-modus, i have to click it myself "apple" -> "sleep modus" this cant be the solution for this problem!

You do have set when the computer is going to sleep in the power managment dialog?

Had the same problem, and what finally solved it was the printing queue! I had one job pending, and although the printer was ok from other computers (on the network), for some reason it did not print from my MacBook Pro. When deleting the job, the MBP immedialtely went to sleep when closing the lid. Finally!! Remains to be solved what was wrong with the printing, but that is a completely different issue...

I was ablle to fix mine by Unchecking (Wake for network acees) Under Energy Saver.

This is working for me too. Thanks for the post.

I used this: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist . It seemed to be my issue and is now working.

Active Profiles:

Battery Power 1

AC Power 2*

Currently in use:

womp 1

halfdim 1

sms 1

panicrestart 157680000

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

networkoversleep 0

disksleep 10

sleep 0 (imposed by 49)

hibernatemode 3

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 10

acwake 0

lidwake 1

Assertion status system-wide:

ChargeInhibit 0

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0

PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0

NoRealPowerSources_debug 0

CPUBoundAssertion 0

EnableIdleSleep 1

PreventSystemSleep 1

DisableInflow 0

DisableLowPowerBatteryWarnings 0

ExternalMedia 0

Listed by owning process:

pid 49: [0x0000012c00000031] PreventSystemSleep named: "org.cups.cupsd"