[olug] headless PC operation

[Sean Edwards]

It is pretty cool and not that hard.  One way is to
edit /etc/inittab to not spawn any tty* (local
terminals accessible via CTRL+F*), and only spawn
terminal sessions to active serial ports.  Here is an
example of an inittab entry from the "TEXT TERMINAL
HOWTO":

S1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 19200 ttyS1 vt102

To save on memory and increase performance when
running Linux as a desktop (X, GNOME, BlackBox, etc.),
I usually edit the inittab to spawn only 2 or 3 local
terminals.

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com


--- "Matthew G. Marsh" <mgm at midwestlinux.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, neal rauhauser wrote:
> 
> > http://www.realweasel.com/
> 
> Cool. Now that is a groovin' gadget. I run buttloads
> o'servers headless
> but they are spanko about the BIOS (except the intel
> and ibm rack mount
> systems). Heh - curious if anyone with those name
> brand racks (Dell etc)
> knows if they can do true headless in the BIOS. I
> know my intel
> clone'o'rack bios does. And the ibm racks seem to
> (at least the few I have
> played with).
> 
> >   This site is mentioned in the Absolute OpenBSD
> book - if you've got
> > $250, you can make a machine headless/serial. I
> can think of a few
> > immediate uses for this one ...
> >
> > --
> > mailto:neal at lists.rauhauser.net
> > phone:402-301-9555
> > "After all that I've been through, you're the only
> one who matters,
> > you never left me in the dark here on my own" -
> Widespread Panic
> 
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