> >>> X11 server in PROM is very nice, it allows using the X terminal as a > >>> RS-232 console for headless computers without a catch-22 of needing the > >>> computer to be up to serve the X-server code to the X terminal and needing > >>> the X terminal up to see why the computer will not boot. If you have a > >>> problem booting the computer, you can use X's cut-and-paste to capture > >>> the messages. > >> In the South, we call this "going around your elbow to get to your > >> thumb." Anyone who needs an RS-232 console isn't going to bother with > >> this, there are tons of existing solutions on the market. > > > > What bother? Plug the RS-232 cable into the port on the X-terminal. > > Done. It works very nicely. > > Yes it works, but you didn't address my point? Who in the heck buys an > entire X terminal just for an RS-232 console? Almost nobody, I would bet.
It's not *just* a console. It is an X11 server *and* a console. The console is "free with purchase". > Heck, that's the whole point of headless. Sometimes machines are headless because they don't have video. Sometimes machines are headless because the brain dead video isn't compatible. And so on. There a lots of reasons a machine might be headless. > >> Even better are the "ethernet console" devices, which translate > >> video/mouse/keyboard signals into packets sent over a network to the > >> remote administrator's console. > > > > a) What makes you think that a headless computer *has* video/mouse/keyboard > > signals? > > Most servers do in my experience. Your experience is quite limited. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
