lfwelty wrote: > > Will this allow you to run headless? Ummmmm, that's kind of a stupid question, of course it will allow you to run headless. I guess what I mean is, if it passes your vga to the tty, will you be able to boot headless? I don't suppose it changes your bios... so not likely... :/
F. > > Ben Boulanger wrote: > > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > > > 1. Is there any way to get access to the console through the > > > serial port? I have another system that does this for VMS > > > and T64U systems (anyone remember VCS?), but it's unclear > > > to me whether Linux supports it -- and, if so, how I can > > > set it up. I basically want to be able to give an irresistable > > > three finger salute through the serial port if need be, to > > > *force* a crash/reboot. > > > > To get kernel info output to the serial line (and lose it on the VGA > > line), in lilo.conf add: > > serial=0,38400n8 > > image=blah > > append="console=ttyS0,38400" > > > > and to get a vty on your serial line, in inittab add something like: > > s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttyS0 DT38400 ansi > > > > Then connect up the proper cable (Null modem for computer to computer) and > > run minicom or some other terminal program on it. > > > > > 2. Provided I can get in, is there any way I can *crash* the > > > system so I can take a look at a dump to figure out WIH was > > > going on to wedge it? > > > > There's a few different things you can do (gdb?) to crash a system, you > > should be able to find that on google... but I wonder if that kernel > > config option "SysRq key" would help you here. Check the kernel stuff on > > that one. > > > > Ben > > -- > > > > A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without > > trials. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Frank Welty | 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Cary, NC 27513 > Redback Networks | desk:919.678.2175 m: 919.264.7495 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank Welty | 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Cary, NC 27513 Redback Networks | desk:919.678.2175 m: 919.264.7495 ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
