Failed to logout error message on reaccess after manual sleep?

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Failed to logout error message on reaccess after manual sleep?

Often I just put my Macbook Pro with Lion OS to sleep manually, instead of shutting down. Since the upgrade to OS Lion, when I return to the computer I often am greeted with a message that I could not be logged out because Firefox failed to quit. Is sleep a logout? I don't intend to logout...though I do require a password to regain access after the computer enters the sleep state. This is a consistent issue with Lion, which never occurred with the earlier OS. What's going on, and is there a fix?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Mac and Office updates all current

Posted on Apr 17, 2012 9:37 AM

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Answer 1

nerowolfe

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Apr 17, 2012 9:46 AM in response to kaleopono

Does this happen if the computer goes to sleep normally?

Check the General settings in Security & Privacy.

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kaleopono Author

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Apr 17, 2012 8:28 PM in response to kaleopono

With the Macbook Pro putting itself to sleep, I got the message:

"You haven't been logged out because the application Microsoft Outlook failed to quit. To try logging out again, quit Microsoft Outlook and choose Apple menu > Log Out."

It appears that Lion is confused, trying to log the user out when it should just be putting the machine to sleep.

General Security & Privacy settings: Checked box, Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins. That's OK. But I also see the grayed out option affecting all accounts on this computer is checked: Log out after 30 minutes of inactivity. I think I need to logout as User, and log back in as Administrator, to change this...which I will try after completing this reply.

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alex_nev

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Apr 17, 2013 1:24 PM in response to kaleopono

Same story here, except I only let the screensaver lock the screen, and then log back in.

I think it was the "Security&Privacy/Advanced" tab, "Log out after 60 minutes of inactivity" that actually did it.

I'm not sure how it got set, but that's another question.

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Apr 27, 2013 10:26 AM in response to kaleopono

This is what I get sometimes in the morning, after my computer was supposed to have powered down the previous night automatically. It happens with my MacBook Pro, and it happened sometimes with my ibookG4. It would be great to solve this, so that my computer can spend some time powered down.

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