11-11-2004
I've had similar problems with certain models of Compaq Presario desktops - where the machine would appear to do nothing - the monitor would remain on standby, the power light would come on the base unit, but nothing else. If you'd cycle power a few times - the thing would come up. I never really bothered investigating the problem further as these are my "legacy" boxes that I scavenge and fiddle with.
Even if you have really smart new hardware, you'll be able to get most of the oldest Linux distros running, even if it's in text mode with no sound, USB support, etc. It's up to you what you want to get out of the machine.
Also, have you attempted removing the KVM from the setup, and using the monitor directly connected to the troubled box?
As norsk said, are there *any* signs of life at all? Can you hear the machine booting even with the monitor "off"? If so, this is probably an issue with the KVM, maybe that particular port/channel is knackered.
Cheers
ZB
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APM(1) APM(1)
NAME
apm - interface with the APM subsystem
SYNOPSIS
apm [ -VvmMsSdin ]
DESCRIPTION
This command requires the Advanced Power Management subsystem. If run without arguments it reads /proc/apm and presents the output in a
human-readable format.
Given a -S or -s option it requests that the machine be put into the APM standby or the APM suspend state, respectively. For a brief
description of these states, see apmd(8).
OPTIONS
-V, --version
Print the version of the program and exit.
-v, --verbose
Also print version information for the APM subsystem. The APM subsystem consists of power-management hardware, firmware usually
referred to as the APM BIOS and a driver in the operating system kernel.
-m, --minutes
Print the time remaining as a number of minutes. The default is to print the time remaining in "hours:minutes" format.
-M, --monitor
Continuously monitor and update the status information. Assumes that the standard output is a terminal.
-S, --standby
Request that the machine be put into the APM standby state.
-s, --suspend
Request that the machine be put into the APM suspend state.
-d, --debug
Print APM status information in a format more useful for debugging. Implies -v.
FILES
/proc/apm
AUTHOR
This program was written by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) and may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program. The current maintainer is Avery Pennarun (apenwarr@worldvisions.ca).
SEE ALSO
xapm(1), apmd(8).
January 2004 APM(1)