[LUNI] using laptop monitor for desktop monitor

[K.R. Foley]

Mike Scott wrote:
> Pretty easy to RYO if you are moderately handy with a soldering iron.
> You can also get the cable and null-modem adapter at Radio Shack.
> 
> - Mike Scott
> 
> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [LUNI] using laptop monitor for desktop monitor
>> From: "Jay Strauss" <me at heyjay.com>
>> Date: Sun, May 13, 2007 10:55 am
>> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion"
>> <luni at luni.org>
>>
>> On 5/13/07, Mike Scott <mscott at pyewacket.org> wrote:
>>> Can the server BIOS be configured to use a serial port for I/O?
>>> Then you could hook the laptop to the server with a null-modem cable
>> and
>>> just run a terminal emulator program on the laptop.
>>>
>>> - Mike Scott
>> I don't know about the BIOS.  I'll have to look.  I don't have a
>> null-modem cable either.  I'm guessing I'll have to attach it to the
>> CRT regardless
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> 

As for using the serial port for I/O: If you add something like
console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0 to the kernel boot parameters you can
enable a serial console. Of course the options above are for COM1. COM2
would be ttyS1 and tty1.

-- 
   kr