Re: how to set up headless machine?

1998-05-07 Thread Truxton King Fulton II
The newer linux kernels do "serial console" if no video card is detected. This is a kernel configuration option -- get a new 2.1 kernel and compile it. -Truxton Stuart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I need to set up a debian/linux PC for use without a > keyboard or monitor.

Re: Am I missing something or is this a HUGE security flaw?

1998-05-07 Thread Truxton King Fulton II
Colin Telmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: another method is to use "exec startx". -Truxton > On Tue, 5 May 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > > > This is a no-answer. Starting X from the console is a valid -- and > > > even prefered, IMHO -- way of starting X. If I *ne