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

[john-thomas richards]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 05:21:03PM -0500, Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> 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?

Yes, the LEDs do not toggle.

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

I have not.  Could *all three* power supplies on the three machines be
bad?

> >  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.
> 

Thank you.  :-)
-- 
john-thomas
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