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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Problem with comp built for Linux.. Post 58000 by zazzybob on Thursday 11th of November 2004 05:18:22 PM
Old 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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DPMSSetTimeouts(3)						    X FUNCTIONS 						DPMSSetTimeouts(3)

NAME
DPMSSetTimeouts - permits applications to set the timeout values used by the X server for DPMS timings SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lXext [ library ... ] #include <X11/extensions/dpms.h> Status DPMSSetTimeouts ( Display *display, CARD16 standby, CARD16 suspend, CARD16 off ); ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server standby Specifies the new standby timeout in seconds suspend Specifies the new suspend timeout in seconds off Specifies the new off timeout in seconds DESCRIPTION
The DPMSSetTimeouts function permits applications to set the timeout values used by the X server for Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) timings. The value standby is the amount of inactivity time, in seconds, before standby mode is invoked. The actual effects of this mode are depen- dent on the characteristics of the monitor and frame buffer card. Standby mode is implemented by shutting off the horizontal sync signal, and pulsing the vertical sync signal. Standby mode provides the quickest monitor recovery time. Note also that many monitors implement this mode identical to suspend mode. A value of zero disables the standby mode. The value suspend is the amount of time of inactivity, in seconds, before the second level of power savings is invoked. Suspend mode's physical and electrical characteristics are implementation defined. For DPMS compliant hardware, setting the suspend mode is implemented by pulsing the horizontal sync signal and shutting off the vertical sync signal. In general, suspend mode recovery is considered to be slower than standby mode, but faster than off mode. However it may vary from monitor to monitor. As noted above, many monitors implement this mode identical to the standby mode. A value of zero disables this mode. The value off is the amount of time of inactivity,in seconds, before the third and final level of power savings is invoked. Off mode's physical and electrical characteristics are implementation defined. In DPMS compliant hardware, it is implemented by shutting off both hor- izontal and vertical sync signals, resulting in powering down of the monitor. Recovery time is implementation dependent. Usually the recovery time is very close to the power-up time of the monitor. A value of zero disables this mode. Chronologically, standby mode occurs before or simultaneously with suspend mode, and suspend mode must occur before or simultaneously with off mode. Therefore, non-zero mode timeout values must be greater than or equal to the timeout values of earlier modes. If inconsistent values are supplied, a BadValue error will result. RETURN VALUES
TRUE The DPMSSetTimeouts function returns TRUE when the function has succeeded. ERRORS
BadValue An argument is out of range. SEE ALSO
DPMSCapable(3), DPMSInfo(3), DPMSGetTimeouts(3) X Version 11 libXext 1.0.5 DPMSSetTimeouts(3)
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