[Tfug] Use laptop as external kbd/monitor?
Harry McGregor
micros at osef.org
Fri Jan 25 12:24:42 MST 2008
I can think of two options.
Option 1, console over serial, use an null modem cable, and a terminal
program (minicom or hyperterm), and bring up a console. On most PC
hardware, this won't help with bios issues, etc, but you can configure
grub to use a serial console, and the kernel can use a serial console, etc.
Option 2, buy an IP KVM (single head) unit.
such as this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/KVM-over-IP-Server-remote-control-Startech-SV1110IPEXT_W0QQitemZ150209341566QQihZ005QQcategoryZ11175QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
unfortunately, most of the IP KVM units require an active X control to
view the KVM....
Harry
Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
> Does anyone know of any way to use a laptop as an external keyboard+monitor for
> systems that are running headless and can't run VNC? I have a number of Linux
> boxes running stripped-down distros as firewalls or as NAS-devices, and it's a
> PITA to have to lug around a keyboard and a monitor to get to them when I need
> to troubleshoot beyond what I can do an SSH session.
>
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