Re: howto: serial consoles && frame buffers?

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00

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In <873ev0wiv2.fsf@dogbert.efn.org> Andy Schenck <abs@dogbert.efn.org> writes:

>Hello.  I've got a few ss5's and ss20's with serial consoles.  I would
>like to be able to use frame buffers in them, but I haven't been able
>to figure out how.  Has anyone here managed to put a sun on a serial
>console, but still run a getty on the frame buffer?  If so, I would
>appreciate some help.

The only way I can think of to do this is to run X on your system since 
the xdm login screen isn't tied to the console.

Regards,

Craig.
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From: craig@zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Subject: Re: howto: serial consoles && frame buffers?
Date: 1997/02/14
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