[gentoo-user] I goofed (was Screen-saver annoyance after recent update)

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

  Never mind.  Here's one for the books.  I have 2 computers.  d530 is
the "production" machine and d531 is the "hot backup".  I only have one
24" LCD, which has 1 DVI plug and 1 VGA plug.  So I hooked up the DVI to
d530, and the VGA to d530.  My former production machine died recently,
and I moved d530 from hot backup to production status, and bought a
similar machine (d531) to use as my new hot backup.  Normally I only
start up the hot backup every 2 to 4 weeks to update it with the latest
updates/patches, then I switch it off.

  Since d531 is relatively new, I was still screwing around customizing
it to my specs.  So both machines were on for hours on end.  Rather than
switching the LCD monitor back and forth, I ssh'd from d530 to d531.

  It turns out that...
  - if the DVI and VGA inputs are hooked up to 2 different computers
    that are turned on
  - and the DVI connection is active
  - when the screensaver on the DVI-attached PC kicks in
  - the LCD monitor automagically switches over to the VGA-attached PC

  Now I understand.  Pounding away on d530's keyboard is *NOT* going to
wake up d531 from screensaver mode<g>, which the LCD is now displaying.
And it also explains why I had to go into the monitor's menu and
manually switch the connection back to the DVI-attched PC.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>