[geeks] Unusual Problem with KVM

[Michael Parson]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>>>> OK, so Windows is putting the monitor  to sleep, therefore no video
>>>> signal on that machine's cable, and the KVM thinks nothing is there.
>>>> Could you simply disable the screensaver in Windows? Set screensaver
>>>> to none, and under under "Power..." set turn off monitor to never.
>>> I could, but then I'd have to manually turn the monitor off every
>>> time.  Leaving it running is not an option.  It uses hundreds of
>>> watts.
>>
>> The KVM has no way of knowing that the display has stopped providing a
>> sync signal because it's asleep or because you turned the device off.
>> If you dislike the behavior of your KVM, you'll just have to ask the
>> manufacturer to fix it in firmware.
>
> It's a KVM switch built into a monitor which is waaay outside of
> warranty and never had upgradeable firmware to begin with.
>
> What I need is a way to remotely convince Windows I just moved the
> mouse.  I can do it with VNC, but that's a pain in the ass.  If there's
> a way I can send a "mouse moved" command to the VNC server running on
> the machine by running a script on the other machine, that would
> probably be good enough for me.

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Michael Parson
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