[PLUG] strange desktop behavior

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Sat Dec 20 01:29:16 UTC 2014


On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Anthony Thayer <tmt at tonythayer.com> wrote:

> Did your system time reset recently? I've seen that happen when the ACPI
> setting gets set to a default value in the BIOS.
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Denis Heidtmann <
> denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:59 AM, King Beowulf <kingbeowulf at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 12/18/2014 10:01 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > > Twice now I have observed after shutting down  my desktop the machine
> > > > appears to shut down (light off, fan stopped), yet the 'Num' light on
> > the
> > > > keyboard is on and the mouse light is still on.  The first time this
> > > > happened I started the machine in the usual way, and I believe it
> > behaved
> > > > normally.  The second time this happened I interrupted power to the
> > box.
> > > > When the power was restored the lights remained off.
> > > >
> > > > I am assuming that this observation indicates the USB power remained
> on
> > > > after shutdown.  If it  happens again I will check the USB power.
> > > >
> > > > Any comments on this observation, and possible explanations?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > -Denis
> Tony Thayer


I have no idea.  Why would it time reset?  If it did, it was nothing
major.  I would not notice a reset of a minute or two.  How  might I
investigate the possibility?

-Denis



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