How do I keep my Mac from constantly going to sleep?

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Published on 2010-06-01T00:36:30Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 0:43 UTC
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The system is a PowerPC Mac Mini running MacOS Tiger 10.4.11.

When I login (I'm the admin), everything seems fine - until about 10-15 minutes later. Then the system goes into sleep mode. Each time I try to wake the system up - I can barely log in before it goes to sleep again. Sometimes I don't have enough time to enter my password (from the screen saver).

If I shut down and restart, then I have that 10-15 mins again - until it again goes to sleep.

I checked the settings in the Displays and Energy System Prefs. I looked at Accounts and at Screen Saver System Prefs; no times seemed to be present. I've already reset the PROM and other things (as part of an earlier problem shooting session).

If I don't log in at the desktop, things seem to be fine. Nothing in .profile, /etc/profile, or /etc/bashrc seems to stand out.

Right now, the system is hardly usable; can someone help? Many thanks...

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How do I keep my Mac from constantly going to sleep?

Posted by David on Super User See other posts from Super User or by David
Published on 2010-06-01T00:36:30Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 3:23 UTC
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The system is a PowerPC Mac Mini running MacOS Tiger 10.4.11.

When I login (I'm the admin), everything seems fine - until about 10-15 minutes later. Then the system goes into sleep mode. Each time I try to wake the system up - I can barely log in before it goes to sleep again. Sometimes I don't have enough time to enter my password (from the screen saver).

If I shut down and restart, then I have that 10-15 mins again - until it again goes to sleep.

I checked the settings in the Displays and Energy System Prefs. I looked at Accounts and at Screen Saver System Prefs; no times seemed to be present. I've already reset the PROM and other things (as part of an earlier problem shooting session).

If I don't log in at the desktop, things seem to be fine. Nothing in .profile, /etc/profile, or /etc/bashrc seems to stand out.

Right now, the system is hardly usable; can someone help? Many thanks...

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