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I use display-switch to workaround an issue where MacOS sometimes does not wake-up its external display when switching between a Macbook and Linux desktop via a KVM.
Macbook (closed lid) -
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--> KVM --> External display on DisplayPort1
/
Linux desktop --------
I have configured display-switch on my Macbook to monitor a USB device that is connected to the KVM and to send a DDC input-switch command to my monitor whenever the USB device is connected. Although, the monitor is always connected to DisplayPort1 (no other video cables are connected), the input-switch command (or perhaps a wake-up command is also sent?) has the side-effect of waking the monitor up, which solves the wake-up flakiness issue I was experiencing.
This usually works:
19:27:26 [INFO] Monitored device ("14b0:011e") is connected
19:27:28 [DEBUG] (1) display_switch::display_control: Setting display 'DELL U3417W' to DisplayPort1(0xf)
But sometimes, due I think to timing of the USB detection and KVM port switching, the monitor is not detected:
15:00:26 [INFO] Monitored device ("14b0:011e") is connected
15:00:27 [ERROR] Did not detect any DDC-compatible displays!
I believe that this issue could be worked around by introducing a retry mechanism. Perhaps something with a slight delay - even a fixed 2 second sleep before retrying would probably be sufficient.
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I use display-switch to workaround an issue where MacOS sometimes does not wake-up its external display when switching between a Macbook and Linux desktop via a KVM.
I have configured display-switch on my Macbook to monitor a USB device that is connected to the KVM and to send a DDC input-switch command to my monitor whenever the USB device is connected. Although, the monitor is always connected to DisplayPort1 (no other video cables are connected), the input-switch command (or perhaps a wake-up command is also sent?) has the side-effect of waking the monitor up, which solves the wake-up flakiness issue I was experiencing.
This usually works:
But sometimes, due I think to timing of the USB detection and KVM port switching, the monitor is not detected:
I believe that this issue could be worked around by introducing a retry mechanism. Perhaps something with a slight delay - even a fixed 2 second sleep before retrying would probably be sufficient.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: