[opensuse] My media center goes to sleep and the monitor kills the HDMI input in retaliation
Hi, I was working at my media center, which is running Leap 42.3, and, in retrospect, it seems I hit the sleep function key instead of F8 (on its keyboard, I have to push an extra key to access the function keys, and if I forget, they act as multimedia keys). I had no idea what had happened, but they keyboard did not respond. I tried accessing via ssh, no response... and then I noticed the blinking power led. I hit it, led goes constant but still no response from keyboard. I tried moving cables, including the HDMI cable. I rebooted the machine forcibly, still no response visible. This machine does not boot without keyboard entry (encrypted partition password), so no more ssh was possible. I removed all cables, except hdmi. Nada. Then I tested the machine connecting to the TV set on the sitting room - it worked! So now I knew it was the hdmi cable. I replaced it, but same issue. Then it occurred to me to try the secondary HDMI connector of the display, and it worked! Tried the original cable, it also worked. So not the cable, but the connector. The first HDMI connector on the display (a Samsung) has died. Any idea what has happened? How can a connector die because the computer goes to sleep? Or perhaps the display also went to sleep in that connector, never to wake up again? I have not tried power (full) of the display. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" (Minas Tirith))
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Carlos E. R.