On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 06:40:12PM -0700, Martin Hess wrote: > I had to do 3 things to get this working: > > 1) Set BIOS ConsoleRedirection Terminal Type to VT100 > 2) Set my terminal emulator to VT100 > 3) Set my terminal window size to 80x24 > > This worked for my SuperMicro board. > > On Apr 18, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Hebenstreit, Michael wrote: > > >I've been using Ipmitool SOL for remote control of a linux cluster > >(RH4 based). Everything works fine, except that BIOS screen is > >completely garbled and almost unusable. Any recommendations which > >terminals to use as a front end - and what settings on both the > >forwarding and receiving end.
You should make sure that the flow control settings are correct, too. (BTW, despite of correct settings, sometimes, in particular during heavy serial traffic [FAI installation log] my output gets out of sync but re-syncs later. Perhaps this is due to UDP? BIOS screens never have been a problem, independent of the size of the terminal window (I often forget to switch back from maximized) HTH, Steffen -- Steffen Grunewald * MPI Grav.Phys.(AEI) * Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam Cluster Admin * http://pandora.aei.mpg.de/merlin/ * http://www.aei.mpg.de/ * e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7233,fax:7298} No Word/PPT mails - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
