monitor in sleep and not able to wake

[Noah]

Matthew Kuiken wrote:
> Noah wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> dapper installed.
>>
>> Never really saw a response to my original post.  I am hoping that 
>> rewording hte situation brings about some response.
>>
>> so I have a USB/VGA KVM switch box from Gefen Technologies.  When I 
>> switch away from the ubuntu server the screen is sent into a power 
>> saving mode and the video is shut down and no signal is sent.
>>
>> When I return to the KVM port that the ubuntu server is attached I am 
>> unable to awake the monitor and regain a viewable image of the 
>> screen.  The monitor never gets a signal again.
>>
>> I am using a USB keyboard and mouse and they don't appear to be 
>> operational and/or responsive at all.  so I think there is something 
>> else going on here.  They are in an operation where they are unable 
>> to be read by the ubuntu server therefore unable to awake the monitor 
>> from its sleep status.
>>
>> Any clues on what to do here?  It could be an unwanted feature that 
>> needs fixing.
>
> Hi, I saw the first email, and I really don't have an answer.  The 
> only thing I can do is recall that there were people in the list 
> talking about issues with USB keyboards and mice.  I wonder if the 
> equivalent of an unplug/replug of your keyboard and mouse is causing 
> problems.  The people with issues were talking about a setting in the 
> BIOS for legacy support for USB keyboards, or something like that.  My 
> only suggestion is to look for such an option and see if it helps...
>
> Sorry I can't really help more.
>



thanks I will see.  I believe my BIOS is fine and at the most up to date 
version.  I was running Fedora Core and currently running XP without 
issue.  This is looking more like an issue specifically with ubuntu and 
possibly its interaction with USB and/or the Gefen KVM box.

Cheers,

Noah


> -Matt
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