Mysterious activity wakes up G5

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Mysterious activity wakes up G5

After putting my G5 to sleep for the night, I wake up in the morning to find it is running.
Console logs this type of activity :
2007-03-22 00:30:31.135 SyncServer[15219] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 01:00:31.148 SyncServer[15964] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 01:30:32.568 SyncServer[16627] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 02:45:32.969 SyncServer[18372] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 03:15:33.152 SyncServer[19179] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
Mar 22 03:31:21 Base-Christian /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: AFPServer::AbnormalATListenerShutDown - clear listener
2007-03-22 04:15:33.466 SyncServer[20635] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 04:30:33.545 SyncServer[20961] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 04:45:33.637 SyncServer[21331] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 05:15:33.755 SyncServer[22008] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
In HrOamApplicationGetCommandBars
2007-03-22 05:45:33.979 SyncServer[22865] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
2007-03-22 06:00:34.048 SyncServer[23204] A Sync Server is already running on this computer, exiting process.
Mar 22 06:02:23 Base-Christian /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: AFPServer::AbnormalATListenerShutDown - clear listener

Any idea what's going on ?

Thanks

iMac G5 20 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2 Gig RAM

Posted on Mar 22, 2007 6:34 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 22, 2007 7:51 AM in response to Christian Barrette1

Just a shot in the dark, but in the Energy Saver preference pane go to the Options tab and try deselecting one or more of the "wake on" settings.

Doug

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Answer 2

Mar 22, 2007 10:04 AM in response to Doug Eldred

Thanks.

I've got that now. We'll see tomorrow. By the content of the Console log, it seems to have something to do with a Sync Server... Could it be related to Synchronization with dotMAC being set to «Automatic» ?
I have installed NetBarrier that also keep a detailed log of my network activites. Reading it now, I notice a lot of activity with 17.250.248.103 and 105 throughout the night. This address is from Apple.

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Answer 3

Mar 22, 2007 10:08 AM in response to Christian Barrette1

I wouldn't think that synchronization would WAKEN your Mac, but it would certainly do stuff once your Mac IS awake. But I can't say from experience. You could certainly try toggling that and see, but do one experiment at a time, or you won't know what you did that actually fixed the problem!

Anything happening on a connected peripheral, especially USB, might awaken the Mac, too.

One "workaround" - in the Security preference pane, select the "Require password to wake this computer..." option; if you aren't there to enter the password, it should go back to sleep in a few seconds. But fixing the source of the problem would be better, if you can do that!

Doug

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