[geeks] Unusual Problem with KVM

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dan Sikorski 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.
>>
>>   
> Is the power management on the windows pc completely turning off the 
> signal to the monitor instead of putting the monitor in sleep mode?  I 
> believe that there is a difference, and i believe it is configurable.

I have no idea.  I don't think it matters which.  I don't believe that 
the monitor will switch to a computer even if it's providing one of the 
sync signals instead of both, which is what sleep mode amounts to.

Peace...  Sridhar