[geeks] Unusual Problem with KVM

[Lionel Peterson]

Can you "hot plug" a second mouse or keyboard into the sleeping computer?

I'm confused about the "KVM in the monitor" reference - I've never seen that,
except in purpose-built KVM & monitor combinations built by KVM mfg...

Lionel

-----Original Message-----
From: "Phil Stracchino" <alaric at metrocast.net>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: 1/10/2008 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Unusual Problem with KVM

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Hi.  I have a monitor (Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2040u) which has a
> built-in USB KVM switch.  When one of the computers on the switch puts
> it into power-save mode, and the other is still providing signal, its
> normal behavior is to automatically switch to whichever computer is
> still providing signal.
>
> This is normally just fine, but it leads to a problem.  One of the boxes
> I have connected to the switch has fallen asleep.  If I hit the
> switch-upstream button on the front of the monitor, the monitor detects
> that it isn't getting signal from the other input, and immediately
> switches back to the machine I was just working on.  This means I can't
> wake up the other machine.
>
> I don't even think it gets to the point of reconnecting the USB devices
> to the other upstream, so I don't believe that a USB doohickey that
> would wake up a computer as soon as it is plugged in would work.  It
> just wouldn't even have the chance.
>
> Any ideas?  This seems really stupid.


Can you enable wake-on-LAN and ping it?


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