Re: sparcstation serial consoles

On 7 Feb, 22:19, Darren Dunham <ddun...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Is it possible to have serial console access simultaneously with a
proper keyboad console attached? Even on workstations it would be
useful to have remote console access for emergency situations.

Keyboard attached, yes. Keyboard console, no.

Hmm. I don't understand. Is it not the case that if a keyboard is
attached then that's the console, no choice?

No, untrue.

You can have a keyboard attached (and used as a system terminal), but
have the console be on ttya.

You can attach a keyboard and use it on the machine while Solaris is
running for normal user logins, but you cannot use it as a console if
ttya is the console.



But wait - there's more... I'm still jiggered here (with no apologies
to B Wright ;-)

I tried it:

input-device = ttya
output-device = ttya
Keyboard and monitor connected are connected but unusable sfter
resetting.

All I'm trying to acheive here is to have a normal desktop graphical
login at screen and keyboard (don't care if Stop-A doesn't work), and
the console device on ttya (or ttyb - don't care about that either as
long as I can get at it from four thousand miles away).

Obviously I'm missing something - probably obvious. Can't see what it
is though on my blank screen.

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