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My (ongoing) MBP Sleep Problem Saga

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dolphindolphin

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May 29, 2008
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So, let me provide some background details. I own a mid-2010 core i7 15-inch Macbook Pro with the 7200 HDD. It has been great to me so far, except for the lack of sleep it gets. I usually leave the lid of the notebook open when it's not in use; the sleep setting is 5 minutes for both computer and screen sleep. However, my computer refuses to sleep after being left alone for 5 minutes. The problem is simple. The solution is not so simple.

The problem started about a week ago (I purchased the computer around the beginning of May).My MBP will sleep when it is closed, when I click the sleep button on the Apple menu, when I click the power button then press sleep, and when I use SleepX.

I brought it in to an Apple genius today to have a look and he concluded that it was an operating system flaw (after resetting the PRAM, SMC, and deleting the SystemConfiguration folder in the preferences folder in the library of "Macintosh HD"). Basically, no fix there.

The obvious next step was to call Apple Care. First, I got a representative who knew nothing of my problem. I was transferred to a senior adviser, who told me to reset the PRAM and SMC. He then told me to delete some plists from my user's library folder. None of this worked. he then told me to disconnect my Airport and printers. Nada. He then told me that his "buddy" (an apple customer service engineer) was going to help me out.

So, I was transferred for the last time. The guy told me to send him a log using the "send to Apple" feature on the "about this Mac" file menu. He then told me to reinstall OSX and call him back if it works. It didn't. So, that's where I stand as of now; I will let you know what happens next.
 
dolphindolphin said:
So, let me provide some background details. I own a mid-2010 core i7 15-inch Macbook Pro with the 7200 HDD. It has been great to me so far, except for the lack of sleep it gets. I usually leave the lid of the notebook open when it's not in use; the sleep setting is 5 minutes for both computer and screen sleep.

The problem started about a week ago (I purchased the computer around the beginning of May).My MBP will sleep when it is closed, when I click the sleep button on the Apple menu, when I click the power button then press sleep, and when I use SleepX.

I brought it in to an Apple genius today to have a look and he concluded that it was an operating system flaw (after resetting the PRAM, SMC, and deleting the SystemConfiguration folder in the preferences folder in the library of "Macintosh HD"). Basically, no fix there.

The obvious next step was to call Apple Care. First, I got a representative who knew nothing of my problem. I was transferred to a senior adviser, who told me to reset the PRAM and SMC. He then told me to delete some plists from my user's library folder. None of this worked. he then told me to disconnect my Airport and printers. Nada. He then told me that his "buddy" (an apple customer service engineer) was going to help me out.

So, I was transferred for the last time. The guy told me to send him a log using the "send to Apple" feature on the "about this Mac" file menu. He then told me to reinstall OSX and call him back if it works. It didn't. So, that's where I stand as of now; I will let you know what happens next.
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I don't think you actually said what the problem was. Do you mean that it will not sleep automatically after 5 minutes?
 
I have a Apple representative's number, and I will be calling him tomorrow to do a full-reinstall with me. If that doesn't work, he claims it is a hardware problem so either a repair or a replacement will be in order.

As for SleepX, you need to be a Apple Developer to get the program. You can register for an Apple Online Developer Membership for free and download it there.
 
I had that issue and finally tracked it down to Steam. It was fixed with a software update they did last week.

Try creating a new user and see if the same thing happens.
 
Subscribing. I have the exact same problem. It is not a deal breaker, but it is annoying.
 
I have the same model system and have seen this problem a few times my self. At first I thought it had something to do with leaving Xcode/iPhone simulator. But my system just went to sleep with it them open.

Rebooting the system does seem to fix it. I do have steam installed so that might be the problem in my case. The problem has not shown up in a few days and I have not had steam open recently.
 
If updating Steam and adding a user doesn't work, I would seriously consider backing up to time machine, or even a full HDD image backup (carboncopycloner) and trying a clean install. If the sleep problem is still there with a totally fresh (and updated) 10.6.4, then you have a good case to get it replaced by Applecare.

If it fixes it, then you have the wonderful task of reinstalling each program you have until the offender breaks your computer again, at which point you get to start over and not install that program.
 
I had this problem. It ended up being a process that kept trying and failing. Check your log to see if there is a process that is trying to initiate and thus keeping your computer from going to sleep. That would be why it would work fine when closing the computer or using the menu command, but not when there is inactivity. Then you just find the plist that is causing the problem and drag to trash and restart the computer.
 
Thanks Benlee. I actually sent my logs to Apple while talking to one of the engineers. They saw what you experienced, but dragging that plist to the trash didn't help.

Don't worry, I have a clone and a time machine backup ready.
 
dolphindolphin said:
Thanks Benlee. I actually sent my logs to Apple while talking to one of the engineers. They saw what you experienced, but dragging that plist to the trash didn't help.

Don't worry, I have a clone and a time machine backup ready.
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what was the process? perhaps it is recreating the plist. My problem was with software relating to my Lexmark Printer. If you could post a picture of your current log maybe it would help.
 
Here's a sample...

Jun 21 00:30:00 matthew newsyslog[8885]: logfile turned over
Jun 21 00:31:46 matthew loginwindow[39]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback WILL sleep
Jun 21 00:31:46 matthew StatusMenu[161]: receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
Jun 21 00:45:33 matthew loginwindow[39]: loginwindow SleepWakeCallback will power on, Currenttime:6/21/2010 12:45:33.016 AM - Waketime:6/21/2010 12:45:31.830 AM = Deltatime:1.185962021
Jun 21 00:45:35 matthew configd[13]: PMConnection AirPort configd plug-in com.apple.powermanagement.applicationresponse.slowresponse 2800 ms
Jun 21 00:45:35 matthew configd[13]: PMConnection IPConfiguration com.apple.powermanagement.applicationresponse.slowresponse 2803 ms
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh configd[13]: setting hostname to "Macintosh.local"
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh vmnet-bridge[87]: Dynamic store changed
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh vmnet-bridge[87]: Failed to read SCproperties for key: State:/Network/Global/IPv4
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh vmnet-bridge[87]: Stopping bridge for: en1
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh configd[13]: Sleep: Success - AC 41 - Clamshell Sleep
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh configd[13]: Wake: Success - AC 41 - EC LID0
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh configd[13]: Hibernate Statistics
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh configd[13]: Kernel WDDMService com.apple.powermanagement.applicationresponse.cancelled
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh StatusMenu[161]: receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh [0x0-0x14e14e].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[5413]: *** Recognized (0x62) family*** (20 cols X 12 rows) using raw16bitRange= 442, thresh8bits= 3, zsignal_per_pixelsum= 48
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh relaunch[8919]: relaunch
Jun 21 00:45:35 Macintosh [0x0-0x14e14e].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[0]: 2010-06-21 00:45:35.948 relaunch[8919:903] relaunch
Jun 21 00:45:36 Macintosh defaults[8930]: \nThe domain/default pair of (com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse, MouseMomentumScroll) does not exist
Jun 21 00:45:36 Macintosh [0x0-0x175175].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[8923]: 2010-06-21 00:45:36.197 defaults[8930:903]
Jun 21 00:45:36 Macintosh [0x0-0x175175].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[8923]: The domain/default pair of (com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse, MouseMomentumScroll) does not exist
Jun 21 00:45:37 Macintosh configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Jun 21 00:45:37 Macintosh vmnet-bridge[87]: Dynamic store changed
Jun 21 00:45:37 Macintosh vmnet-bridge[87]: Started bridge for 0, en1
Jun 21 00:45:37 Macintosh mDNSResponder[38]: RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.5)
Jun 21 00:45:37 Macintosh vmnet-bridge[87]: Preferences changed called
Jun 21 00:45:38: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jun 21 00:45:38 matthew configd[13]: setting hostname to "matthew.home"
Jun 21 00:45:40 matthew mDNSResponder[38]: RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en1 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:5AB0:35FF:FE80:535F)
Jun 21 00:46:03 matthew loginwindow[39]: no spins reported for this wake
Jun 21 00:46:03 matthew [0x0-0x172172].backupd-helper[8918]: Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume
Jun 21 00:48:26 matthew SecurityAgent[8984]: system.preferences.accounts|2010-06-21 00:48:26 -0400
Jun 21 00:49:46 matthew com.apple.coreservicesd[61]: ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[126] ([0x0-0xd00d].com.apple.speech.synthesis.SpeechSynthesisServer[165]): Exited: Killed
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew SecurityAgent[8984]: NSDocumentController's invocation of -[NSFileManager URLForDirectory:inDomain:appropriateForURL:create:error:] returned nil for NSAutosavedInformationDirectory. Here's the error:\nError Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 UserInfo=0x10012c5d0 "You don’t have permission to save the file “Library” in the folder “empty”." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=13 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Permission denied")
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[126] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[154]): Exited: Killed
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew loginwindow[39]: DEAD_PROCESS: 39 console
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew [0x0-0x175175].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[8923]: *** Recognized (0x62) family*** (20 cols X 12 rows) using raw16bitRange= 442, thresh8bits= 3, zsignal_per_pixelsum= 48
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew loginwindow[39]: CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew loginwindow[39]: CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[39]: Mon Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew.home loginwindow[39] <Warning>: CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[39]: Mon Jun 21 00:49:59 matthew.home loginwindow[39] <Warning>: CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
Jun 21 00:50:00 matthew loginwindow[39]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:50:00 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[39]: Mon Jun 21 00:50:00 matthew.home loginwindow[39] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:50:00 matthew /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[9039]: Login Window Application Started
Jun 21 00:50:02 matthew loginwindow[9039]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jun 21 00:50:02 matthew WindowServer[9040]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:50:02 matthew com.apple.WindowServer[9040]: Mon Jun 21 00:50:02 matthew.home WindowServer[9040] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:50:13 matthew SecurityAgent[9048]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Jun 21 00:50:13 matthew loginwindow[9039]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Jun 21 00:50:13 matthew loginwindow[9039]: USER_PROCESS: 9039 console
Jun 21 00:50:13 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Jun 21 00:50:14 matthew migCacheCleanup[9059]: Flushing Cache Locations...
Jun 21 00:50:14 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[9039]: 2010-06-21 00:50:14.000 migCacheCleanup[9059:903] Flushing Cache Locations...
Jun 21 00:50:14 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: Checking for updates
Jun 21 00:50:16 matthew com.apple.fontd[9068]: FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
Jun 21 00:50:17 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[9083]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jun 21 00:50:18 matthew StatusMenu[9095]: Attempting to monitor /Library/Application Support/WDSmartWare
Jun 21 00:50:18 matthew StatusMenu[9095]: Monitoring /Library/Application Support/WDSmartWare
Jun 21 00:50:22 matthew com.apple.fontd[9068]: FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
Jun 21 00:50:26 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_automator.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:26 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_automator_workflow.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_autoupdate.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_clipart.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_core.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_dock.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/genatsdb[9072]: *GENATSDB* FontObjects generated = 529
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_entourage.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_entourage_help_std.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_equationeditor.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_errorreporting.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_excel.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_excel_help_std.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_fonts.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_graph.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_helpviewer.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_launch.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_messenger.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_ooxml.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_orgchart.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_powerpoint.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:27 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_powerpoint_help_std.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_brazilian.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_danish.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_dutch.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_english.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_finnish.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_french.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_german.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_italian.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_japanese.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_norwegian.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_portuguese.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_spanish.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_proofing_swedish.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_required.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_silverlight.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_sounds.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_word.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:28 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_word_help_std.pkg
Jun 21 00:50:29 matthew iCalExternalSync[9102]: Client state being vacuumed
Jun 21 00:50:29 matthew DockSyncClient[9106]: Client state being vacuumed
Jun 21 00:50:30 matthew com.apple.usbmuxd[1507]: stopping.
Jun 21 00:50:31 matthew com.apple.usbmuxd[9109]: usbmuxd-196 built for iTunesNineTwo on May 17 2010 at 13:53:51, running 32 bit
Jun 21 00:50:39 matthew SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]: SWU: scan found 0 products:
Jun 21 00:50:39 matthew com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.suhelperd[9070]): Exited with exit code: 2
Jun 21 00:50:39 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] ([0x0-0x181181].SoftwareUpdateCheck[9066]): Exited with exit code: 102
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] (com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent[9085]): Exited: Killed
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew loginwindow[9039]: DEAD_PROCESS: 9039 console
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew loginwindow[9039]: CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[9039]: Mon Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew.home loginwindow[9039] <Warning>: CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew loginwindow[9039]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew loginwindow[9039]: CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[9039]: Mon Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew.home loginwindow[9039] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew com.apple.loginwindow[9039]: Mon Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew.home loginwindow[9039] <Warning>: CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
Jun 21 00:51:10 matthew /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[9123]: Login Window Application Started
Jun 21 00:51:11 matthew loginwindow[9123]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jun 21 00:51:11 matthew WindowServer[9124]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:51:11 matthew com.apple.WindowServer[9124]: Mon Jun 21 00:51:11 matthew.home WindowServer[9124] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jun 21 00:51:20 matthew SecurityAgent[9132]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Jun 21 00:51:20 matthew loginwindow[9123]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Jun 21 00:51:20 matthew loginwindow[9123]: USER_PROCESS: 9123 console
Jun 21 00:51:20 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[126] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Jun 21 00:51:20 matthew com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[9137]: com.valvesoftware.steamclean: Already loaded
Jun 21 00:51:21 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[126] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[9153]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jun 21 00:51:21 matthew StatusMenu[9164]: Attempting to monitor /Library/Application Support/WDSmartWare
Jun 21 00:51:21 matthew StatusMenu[9164]: Monitoring /Library/Application Support/WDSmartWare
Jun 21 00:51:22 matthew defaults[9180]: \nThe domain/default pair of (com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse, MouseMomentumScroll) does not exist
Jun 21 00:51:22 matthew [0x0-0x19c19c].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[9171]: 2010-06-21 00:51:22.750 defaults[9180:903]
Jun 21 00:51:22 matthew [0x0-0x19c19c].com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool[9171]: The domain/default pair of (com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse, MouseMomentumScroll) does not exist
Jun 21 00:51:23 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[126] (com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-biggio330@me.com-SharedServices[9159]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jun 21 00:54:32 matthew BetterTouchTool[9171]: _mthid_copyDeviceInfo(216172782187184128) failed
Jun 21 00:54:32 matthew firefox-bin[9181]: _mthid_copyDeviceInfo(73400320) failed
Jun 21 00:54:49 matthew SecurityAgent[9251]: system.preferences.accounts|2010-06-21 00:54:49 -0400
Jun 21 00:55:12 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[126] (com.apple.pbs): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jun 21 00:55:20 matthew SecurityAgent[9251]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Jun 21 00:55:20 matthew /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[9263]: Login Window Application Started
Jun 21 00:55:21 matthew loginwindow[9263]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jun 21 00:55:21 matthew loginwindow[9263]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Jun 21 00:55:21 matthew loginwindow[9263]: USER_PROCESS: 9263 console
Jun 21 00:55:21 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Jun 21 00:55:22 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[9294]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jun 21 00:55:22 matthew StatusMenu[9303]: Attempting to monitor /Library/Application Support/WDSmartWare
Jun 21 00:55:22 matthew StatusMenu[9303]: Monitoring /Library/Application Support/WDSmartWare
Jun 21 00:58:23 matthew SecurityAgent[9367]: system.preferences.accounts|2010-06-21 00:58:23 -0400
Jun 21 00:58:39 matthew com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[9053] (com.apple.pbs): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jun 21 00:58:43 matthew SecurityAgent[9367]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
 
Try deleting this plist:

com.apple.launchd.peruser

I'm not on my Mac right now so I can't tell you where it is, but I think it is in User/Application Support/ Launchagents or something to that affect, maybe someone else can help with its location. after you drag it to trash. Empty the trash and then restart your computer. Set the sleep timer to a minute and see if it works.
 
I can't seem to find that plist, even after some googling. I deleted some other plsits from that folder though.

Let's see what happens
 
Ok, update time. I called my buddy over at AppleCare, and he guided me through an erase and install.

Automatic sleeping worked after that on the test account, but after my files were moved over via Migration Assistant, everything went back to normal (bad normal that is). I have a lingering suspicion that it might be Growl, so I deleted that.

I will let you know what happens after I speak to Apple again.
 
dolphindolphin said:
Ok, update time. I called my buddy over at AppleCare, and he guided me through an erase and install.

Automatic sleeping worked after that on the test account, but after my files were moved over via Migration Assistant, everything went back to normal (bad normal that is). I have a lingering suspicion that it might be Growl, so I deleted that.

I will let you know what happens after I speak to Apple again.
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Do you have littlesnitch installed? That could also be the culprit.
 
Hey guys, I fixed it. Western Digital Smartware was responsible for my mbp not sleeping. Here's what happened: after 2 minutes (my set sleep time) my computer put out the command to sleep. WD Smartware said no thanks, even though my external wasn't plugged in. So essentially every time it tried to go into auto sleep, smartware prevented it from happening.

I guess just another argument to not buy hdd's with crapware on them.
 
How do you completely uninstall WD Smartware?

Maybe it's the source of my sleep problem also because I have an external WD HDD.
 
sinsin said:
How do you completely uninstall WD Smartware?

Maybe it's the source of my sleep problem also because I have an external WD HDD.
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I actually never "removed" it per say. Rather, I used appcleaner for the existing smartware.app, reformatted my external hdd, and just never installed smartware when prompted after plugging it in for the first time after the format. Not an elegant solution, but now my mbp can sleep perfectly.
 
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