[K12OSN] New K12LTSP 5.0.0 server won't wake up

[Carl Keil]

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>Hi Folks,
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>> I just installed 5.0.0 on a new server.  This is the first PC I've ever
>> built from scratch.  MSI Mobo, Dual Core 805 Proc, Gig of Ram, 120Gig
>> ATA drive.  I mention this because my problem might be in the BIOS which
>> I've never had to set up from scratch before.  The server is really
>> working great.  I can't quite pin it down, but the combo of this faster
>> server and 5.0 is really great (thanks Eric).  The first client I tried
>> (an old GX110) booted up beautifully with no tweaks to lts.conf!!!
>>
>> Anyway, one of the few problems I'm having is that when I'm logged into
>> the server console as root, the server eventually goes to sleep.
>> Actually it's just the console, the monitor light actually stays green
>> (and the monitor is hot) but all the button clicking and keyboard
>> tapping and mouse moving in the world won't "wake it up."  I have to go
>> in via ssh from another box and do a "shutdown -r now" to regain console
>> access.
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>> I've tried disabling (and other settings) of power management in the
>> BIOS.  I've tried turning "go to sleep" to "never" in the Gnome power
>> management control panel.  I don't really know whether this is a BIOS
>> thing or Linux thing or both.  Does anyone have any suggestions for how
>> to fix this?  I guess it won't be much of an issue once the server is up
>> and running (it runs the clients great in this mode and I won't stay
>> logged in as root for very long) but while I'm still setting up the
>> server it's a drag, and I don't want to have to reboot every time I need
>> console access in the future.
>>
>> Thanks everybody.
>>
>> ck
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>Carl, Did you ever find a solution for this problem?
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Man, I usually do a horrible job about reporting back to the list how my 
problems get resolved.  This is usually because I'm pretty humiliated by 
my own stupidity when I discover the solution.  As in this case. 

This is indeed resolved now.  I actually cracked the mobo manual and 
figured out what "s1 & s3", "any key wakeup", and etc. meant.  And I 
think I finally got my BIOS set right.  I also changed the settings in 
the GUI power management panels and I added:

        X_DPMS = Y
        X_DPMS_STANDBYTIME = 10
        X_DPMS_SUSPENDTIME = 20
        X_DPMS_OFFTIME = 30

to lts.conf for good measure.  I really think it was the BIOS settings 
that were at the heart of it though.

Thanks for asking, I hope this helps the archives.

ck