[NTLUG:Discuss] linux console

[Kenneth Loafman]

There is a way to make Linux do the same thing as a SUN box, i.e. become 
a VT100 type terminal over a serial port, but let me suggest that what 
you might want is to just bring it up and use SSH for everything after 
that.  I've got boxes here that have not had real consoles, rats, or 
keyboards attached to them years.  We do everything with SSH remotely 
and as long as you don't need gooey, that's the way to go (IMNSHO).

...Ken


fredjame wrote:
> We have the switches - both KVM, and Console types - we want to use the 
> Console switch in this case, and we assume that means connecting from a 
> serial port on the Linux box to a serial port on the Console switch, as 
> with other *NIX boxes (example, SUN).  At any rate I know of no DB15 to 
> DB9 pin converter.
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> 
>> fredjame wrote:
>>
>>> Intel box running Red Hat Linux 7.x, running as DNS server.
>>> The desire is to connect this box via the serial port to a console 
>>> switch to share keyboard and monitor with other devices, and remove 
>>> the VGA monitor.
>>> If anyone can offer advice or point us toward documentation, it would 
>>> be most appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> I use KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switches that solve the many 
>> computers single chair problem nicely.
>>
>