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> It it possible, via a monitor cable plugged into a headless machine, to
> display all the video signals (from boot time to running an X session) in
> a window on another computer?

Well, to do *exactly* what you're asking for... Let's call them computer A
and B, A being the one you want to watch on B. :-)

First, put a composite/svhs out card in A and configure it (you may already
have a video card that can do this, such as a modern ATI, Matrox or Nvidia).
If that's too painful (or the previous solution doesn't give you complete
visibility), you can get a vga to composite/svhs external adapter at places
like Jaycar. Put a video capture card into computer B, and switch to the
composite/svhs input - da-da, all vga output of computer A.

That said, you're probably better off using Tony's solution, and making sure
computer A has full serial console support from the BIOS on (most server
class machines and motherboards will).

- Jeff

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