From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKn0y-0002k1-48 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:28:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B5683E03F8; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A42B0E03F8 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:28:45 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgMFAHqtg0hMCpow/2dsb2JhbACBWosUoCmBeg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,220,1215403200"; d="scan'208";a="24577048" Received: from 76-10-154-48.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([76.10.154.48]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 21 Jul 2008 00:28:45 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:28:53 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:28:53 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] I goofed (was Screen-saver annoyance after recent update) Message-ID: <20080721042853.GA16163@waltdnes.org> References: <20080719191813.GC12486@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080719191813.GC12486@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: b269c95e-418f-40bf-8e1e-108044aafb9e X-Archives-Hash: bf9ae66d37453fe00a1be759a1b67384 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, 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