Cannot clear screen saver picture after sleep.  A restart is required to resume work.

A three year old iMac owned by a friend freezes after sleep.  It seems the screen saver picture will not clear.  A force quit or finder restart does not work.  Only way to resume work is to restart the computer.

Turned out a bad USB device was preventing sleep. Once I removed it the display went to sleep like a baby.

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