Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > John Foster wrote: > > > > Any idea what I need to edit to get my system back to what I like. I > > > > will probably figure it out sooner or later, but sooner will be > > > > better. > > > > > > P

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:59:35 -0500, John Foster wrote: > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production > server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are > different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting > ctrl,alt, delete. I reca

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 08:39:24PM -0500, John Foster wrote: >On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bob Proulx <[1]b...@proulx.com> wrote: > > John Foster wrote: > > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing.

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Proulx
John Foster wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > John Foster wrote: > > > Any idea what I need to edit to get my system back to what I like. I > > > will probably figure it out sooner or later, but sooner will be > > > better. > > > > Probably. But please do tell us on the mailing list what it is that >

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing. I also do both on > > this system and it is an intranet server as well. > > When you said production

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Whit Hansell
On 09/14/2011 06:59 PM, John Foster wrote: I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, delete. I recall a couple of ye

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Proulx
John Foster wrote: > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing. I also do both on > this system and it is an intranet server as well. When you said production server it implied something like a rack mount data center server

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production > server. > > Excellent! > > > Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are > different > > since my last time. I can not access the c

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Proulx
John Foster wrote: > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production server. Excellent! > Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are different > since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, > delete. You mean Control-Alt-F1 inste

Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread John Foster
I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, delete. I recall a couple of years ago that I had to edit something somewhere

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Camaleón
ices..." > > I then manually rebooted the box a few times and it always said the same > thing, a few times though, it would print a few characters of garbage > and then hang, no physical console access or serial access. The only way > I got the machine to come back up was to unp

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Brennan
it would freeze during the boot process w/ "Loading the saved-state of the serial devices..." I then manually rebooted the box a few times and it always said the same thing, a few times though, it would print a few characters of garbage and then hang, no physical console access or serial acces

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Brennan
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 23 May 2011 12:17:29 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > > >> OTOH, /etc/inittab can be restarted/reloaded by issuing "telinit q", or > >> at least that was what I used on another

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 23 May 2011 12:17:29 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> OTOH, /etc/inittab can be restarted/reloaded by issuing "telinit q", or >> at least that was what I used on another distributions, in Debian I'm >> not sure if remains the same

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Brennan
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Camaleón wrote: 115200 is a bit high speed rate, for testing I would lower that value and > once it works, you can play with this. > Yeah, it is high, that was just my last change, I started at the typical 9600, went to 19200, 38400 and then 115200. All produces

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 22 May 2011 18:05:47 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > I've embarked on the trial and error process of setting up a serial > console on my Debian 6 machine. So far, the configuration has been > pretty straight forward. As a reference point I used the following two > websites (...) 115200 is

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Brennan
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:04 AM, David Parker wrote: Was your onboard serial port disabled in the BIOS at the time you installed > Debian? If it was, then the first port on your serial card should be mapped > to /dev/ttyS0. If not, then udev may have picked up the onboard port as > /dev/ttyS0

Re: Serial Console Access

2011-05-22 Thread David Parker
> In a nut-shell, this is what is how my Debian box is configured (for serial > console) > root@leviathan:~# setserial -g /dev/ttyS[0123]> /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xdc00, IRQ: 16> /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xdc00, IRQ: 16> /dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4 > /dev/t

Serial Console Access

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Brennan
I've embarked on the trial and error process of setting up a serial console on my Debian 6 machine. So far, the configuration has been pretty straight forward. As a reference point I used the following two websites http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-setup-serial-console-on-debian-linux/

Re: Console Access

2004-04-12 Thread Adam Aube
Umar Draz wrote: > i have woody and is running perfect now i got Catalyst 2950 switch there > is option in swtich i can connect switch with its consol port. > no i have use command line debian not graphicall. Try gkermit or ckermit - both command-line variants of the kermit terminal program.

Re: Console Access

2004-04-12 Thread Adam Aube
Katipo wrote: >> i have woody and is running perfect now i got Catalyst 2950 switch > I am not all that familiar with the kind of hardware you are talking > about, but with Linux hardware, always check first, or it can cost you It's a managed Ethernet switch made by Cisco. I don't think Linux

RE: Console Access

2004-04-12 Thread Mark McRitchie
Heyas, > > i have woody and is running perfect now i got Catalyst 2950 switch > > Which one? > Model? Sounds like a bit of Cisco kit if I'm not mistaken. > > Is is it possible that i can access consol same loke > Microsoft windows > > like (hyper terminal services) but remember i just wan

Re: Console Access

2004-04-12 Thread Katipo
Umar Draz wrote: hi dear members i have woody and is running perfect now i got Catalyst 2950 switch Which one? Model? there is option in swtich i can connect switch with its consol port. Before you buy hardware, it's a good idea to make sure that it is going to be compatible with your system.

Console Access

2004-04-12 Thread Umar Draz
hi dear members     i have woody and is running perfect now i got Catalyst 2950 switch there is option in swtich i can connect switch with its consol port.   no i have use command line debian not graphicall. How i can access switch consol? because i want some configuration over swtich. Is is it pos