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 <kennethgsteph...@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.heidtm...@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 <techkoe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Dick Steffens <d...@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 < > rshep...@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. 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