[GRLUG] Monitor Sleeping, Sorry, My first Post...Ever

[Raymond McLaughlin]

john-thomas richards wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 03:59:33PM -0500, Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
>> john-thomas richards wrote:
> [snip]
>> If you really want to you can try to ssh in and see what's what:
>>
>> -While on a network let knoppix boot. If you have speakers you should
>>   hear "Initiating startup sequence" when it's about ready
>> -Do <Ctrl><Alt><F1> and press <Enter>. Even if you can't see it, you
>>   are at a root console.
>> -Type "/etc/init.d/ssh start <Enter>" (It ought be ".../sshd start"
>>   but on Knoppix it isn't.)
>> -Then type "passwd" <Enter>" and type in a trivial password
>>   such as "12345<Enter>", twice.
>> -Find the IP address of the target box, and exercise I'll leave to you.
>> -From another box on the network "ssh root at knoppix"
>>     Welcome to Knoppix!
>>     root at Knoppix:~#
>> All this assumes that the machine is working except for the video.
>> Working blind like this is weird, and if you fumble you might need to
>> reboot. If you get it working, and can't fix the video, you might still
>> have a pretty good headless server or router. :)
>>
>> At least it's an interesting problem!
> 
> I cannot do the above; when th  monitor shuts down t e system becomes
> unresponsive and requires a hard reboot.

Unresponsive to the point that the <Num Lock> and <Caps Lock> LEDs don't
toggle?

In case no one else suggested it, have you tried a new power supply?

>  Either I have three identical
> machines that happen to have an identical problem, or I am a complete
> idiot.
> 
> No responses to that last statement are necessary.
> 
> Seriously.
> 
> ;-)