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Re: External monitor not waking

From Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject Re: External monitor not waking
Date 2018-04-29 11:20 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <pc468j$i4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <1nntf75.wt7661j3i5vaN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net> <250420181151559247%nospam@nospam.invalid> <fkbo3oFqc21U1@mid.individual.net> <250420181223081607%nospam@nospam.invalid> <1nnust8.msdtdz1fj2a8xN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>

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On 26/04/2018 08:09, Daniel Cohen wrote:
> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> In article <fkbo3oFqc21U1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
>> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> the first thing to try is get rid of the belkin dock. belkin relabels
>>>>>> cheap chinese crap.
>>>>>
>>>>> May be the ultimate solution, but definitely NOT the first thing.
>>>>
>>>> absolutely the first thing to try.
>>>>
>>>>> You are suggesting I spend a great deal of money when the answer may be
>>>>> something much simpler.
>>>>
>>>> what money?
>>>>
>>>> according to what i found online, that display supports hdmi and
>>>> minidisplayport.
>>>
>>> And according to Dell, it comes with a DisplayPort cable in the box:
>>>
>>> <http://www.dell.com/ed/business/p/dell-u2414h/pd>
>>
>> even better.
>>
>> total cost: $0
> 
> 
> Well, yes, for diagnosis, that's fine. But it would mean not having my
> external drives connected for a while, which would be a hassle.
> 
> If I find the issue annoys me enough (most of the time everything is
> fine, but just from time to time it happens), that's what I will have to
> try.
> 
> Any equipment can fail over the years,, though most fail early if they
> are going to fail, so it could be the Belkin or the cables.
> 
>   But it has been solid until recently, and I think the change occurred
> after the upgrade to 10.13.4

There were some extensive graphics subsystem changes in 10.13.4 to 
support external GPUs, and I wonder if one of those changes has bitten you?

It has certainly bitten some DisplayLink users: 
https://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/1849327-important-information-on-macos-10-13-4-update

-- 
Chris

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External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-25 08:15 +0100
  Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-25 05:22 -0400
    Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-25 13:41 +0100
      Re: External monitor not waking nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2018-04-25 08:23 -0600
        Re: External monitor not waking Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-25 14:46 +0000
      Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-25 11:51 -0400
        Re: External monitor not waking Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-25 16:19 +0000
          Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-25 12:23 -0400
            Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-26 08:09 +0100
              Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-26 10:31 -0400
              Re: External monitor not waking Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2018-04-29 11:20 +0100
                Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-29 19:15 +0100
                Re: External monitor not waking Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2018-04-30 17:35 +0100
    Re: External monitor not waking Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-04-25 15:46 -0400
  Re: External monitor not waking Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-25 14:38 +0000
  Re: External monitor not waking MartinC <noreply@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-26 13:27 +0200
    Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-27 07:30 +0100

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