[PLUG] Getting up from chair brings desktop out of suspend

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Wed Feb 21 21:21:16 UTC 2018


I think you will see in my earlier message that I cannot use the mouse to
come out of suspend.  I can drop the thing from a few inches off the
desk--no  response.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Ken Stephens <kennethgstephens at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The mouse is sensing the vibrations you cause when scooting your chair
> back.
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Denis Heidtmann <
> denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Setting anxiety aside, to address the non-EMI possibilities:
> >
> > I am running Ubuntu 16.04.  I use the drop-down menu entry "suspend" to
> > suspend.  The keyboard is about 1 foot from the front edge of a very
> heavy
> > wooden desk.  My hands are on the arms of a wheeled chair on a hard-wood
> > floor.  The return from suspend occurs when I rise from the chair.
> >
> > I just ran an experiment.  I suspended the computer.  Got up carefully
> and
> > went to the kitchen for 10 minutes.   Came back, sat in the chair, then
> got
> > up.  It came out of suspend.  I did not even  touch the desk.  I claim
> > either EMI or gremlins.
> >
> > -Denis
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 02/21/2018 10:54 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I assume this is due to static electricity creating some sort of
> > > >> disturbance.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have an AST usb keyboard.  Keyboard presses are what normally
> wakes
> > > the
> > > >> computer.  Moving or clicking the mouse does not.
> > > >>
> > > >> Although this is but a minor annoyance, I would like to figure out
> > what
> > > >> part of my system is responding to what I assume are electromagnetic
> > > >> waves.
> > > >>
> > > >> Ideas?
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > It's the anxiety sensor. I first learned of these from John, a
> > technician
> > > > at Prime Computer back in the late '70s. Every summer we would get a
> > crop
> > > > of new engineering graduates. They would often get frustrated when
> > trying
> > > > to boot up an machine in the lab. The tech told them it was the
> anxiety
> > > > sensor. The machine can sense when the operator is anxious, and will
> > > > respond by refusing to work correctly. John would then calmly walk up
> > to
> > > > the machine, flip the front panel switches a number of times, and the
> > > > machine would boot up. The new engineers would always gawk in awe of
> > this
> > > > super tech.
> > > >
> > >
> > > John sounds like a wise technician. It is a shame that his talents were
> > not
> > > able to save Prime Computer. Perhaps if he had spent less time bragging
> > to
> > > the newbies, the company may have stood a chance at surviving into the
> > > modern era. I suppose marketing was always their strong point though.
> > >
> > >
> > > As for the question that was asked, there are a number of reasons why
> > this
> > > could happen. Your keyboard is registering input, I doubt there is EMI
> > > involved. If you are sure you aren't the one hitting the keyboard, then
> > you
> > > might have a sticky key, or the suspend feature is struggling for some
> > > reason. Suspend/resume, if thats what you are using, can behave
> > differently
> > > from one motherboard to the next.
> > >
> > > Perhaps you are using a keyboard shortcut to sleep the machine, and are
> > > experiencing the side effects of hardware failure? I bet Doctor Who
> would
> > > want to know more about the specific circumstances surrounded this odd
> > > problem. But of course Doctor Who wasn't able to save Prime Computer,
> so
> > we
> > > can do this without him.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Rich Shepard <
> rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It's the anxiety sensor. I first learned of these from John, a
> > technician
> > > >> at Prime Computer back in the late '70s. Every summer we would get a
> > > crop
> > > >> of new engineering graduates. They would often get frustrated when
> > > trying
> > > >> to boot up an machine in the lab. The tech told them it was the
> > anxiety
> > > >> sensor. The machine can sense when the operator is anxious, and will
> > > >> respond by refusing to work correctly. John would then calmly walk
> up
> > to
> > > >> the machine, flip the front panel switches a number of times, and
> the
> > > >> machine would boot up. The new engineers would always gawk in awe of
> > > this
> > > >> super tech.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >   :-)
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
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