Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:53:58 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: antonio@axolotl.ic.gc.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use a FreeBSD box as the console for a machine with NO video-card Message-ID: <19990212205358O.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:18:05 -0500 (EST)" <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902120910080.3639-100000@axolotl.ic.gc.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902120910080.3639-100000@axolotl.ic.gc.ca>
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You've got ethernet for the SGI box right? How about X? Well there you go... Just let the SGI box manage the FreeBSD desktop for you. You'll need to configure X on the SGI box so xdm is started without running a local server and doing something like: # X -indirect sillygraph.domain.com This should produce a 'chooser' dialog where one can select which host to login to (normally you will see the FreeBSD box too). In our case here, using Sun equipment, chooser has the Sun Solaris logo. I would guess that SGI has a customized chooser too? Good Luck, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net From: Antonio Bemfica <antonio@axolotl.ic.gc.ca> Subject: Use a FreeBSD box as the console for a machine with NO video-card Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:18:05 -0500 (EST) > I have an SGI box which has no video-card and is connected via a serial > link to a PC running Windows. A simple terminal program is used to access > the console. > > I want to get rid of the WindowsPC and use a FreeBSD box to access the > SGI. Is is possible to set it up so that the SGI login screen shows up > when I press "Alt+F4", for example, instead of displaying the usual ttyv3 > for the FreeBSD box? > > Antonio > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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