Re: Sleeping X

[csj <csj@mindgate.net>]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:12:58 -0700
"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>  on Wed, Jun 19, 2002, Jeremy Turner (jeremy.turner@oc.edu) wrote:
>  > I am running Debian Sid with XFree86 4.1 and a USB keyboard and mouse. 
>  > When my display power management kicks in, I cannot awake my display
>  > with the keyboard or the mouse (both USB devices) but only with a PS/2
>  > keyboard (haven't tried a PS/2 mouse).  Is there a way to tell XFree86
>  > that my mouse should be able to wake the display back up?
> 
>  Moving the mouse generally won't do this.  Clicking will.
> 
>  Me?  I hit the <shift> key.  Why?  Because sometimes it's hard to tell
>  the difference between a blanked display, and a powered-down monitor.
>  <shift> (or other modifiers -- <atl>, <ctrl>, etc.) are pretty unlikely
>  to have any effect on the system, as they don't send a signal to an
>  application in most cases.  You're not going to accidentally do
>  something if you'e guessed wrong about display state.

Use the power button. If the computer is under power management, I'm
sure there's a bios option to have the soft power button toggle the
power state.


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