[mythtv-users] Anyone heard of a remote KVM/Display device for Mythboxes/Linux?
Mark
markhsa at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 21:10:56 UTC 2010
Matt Emmott wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:01 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org
> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>> wrote:
>
> On 11/01/2010 04:31 PM, Mark wrote:
>
> Tom Lichti wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Greg Oliver
> <oliver.greg at gmail.com <mailto:oliver.greg at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tom Lichti
> <redpepperracing at gmail.com
> <mailto:redpepperracing at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Ben Kamen
> <bkamen at benjammin.net
> <mailto:bkamen at benjammin.net>> wrote:
>
> On 11/1/2010 3:09 PM, Mark wrote:
>
> Just like many, I sometimes bork my own
> machine, or have hardware
> fail
> etc... when away from Mythtv or Linux boxes.
> Has anyone heard of a device ( Like a
> raritan remove console )
> that would
> allow remote server admin?
> Like the ability to reboot, power off/on a
> box and see the console
> on boot
> with keyboard?
>
> Does such a device exist? Would sure be handy.
>
> There's always SSH. SSH is your best friend!
>
> The only thing I have seen is a Raritan or similar
> device, unless you
> are using an HP or similar server that has built
> in ILO capabilities.
>
> There are lots of IP based kvm solutions, but unless
> you just sweat
> cash, they are kind of pricey for home :)
>
> Quite a bit cheaper are ip based power switches you
> can put between
> the wall and pc.. Someone posted one a while back on
> the list.. They
> can be had for usually around ~$110 a port I have found..
>
>
> If you have another linux box nearby you could redirect
> console to the
> serial port and watch it on the other box. Not fun to
> setup though.
>
>
> There have been comments from time to time on the list by people
> who are running mythtv in a virtual instance on a box. I
> understand that there are problems with getting this
> working...understandably! Some tuners are easy to get working, and
> others are NOT.
>
> But if you are not nearby to the box and *if* you can use a
> virtualized setup with your tuners, it might possibly be the
> answer. I am of course presuming that the problems you are
> experiencing are with the setup of the mythbox and not mythtv
> directly.
>
> Of course, one answer to that is to *stop fiddling with the box!*
> once you have it up and running. Set up another box to fiddle
> with, but leave the main box alone. If you don't touch it, no-one
> can say 'It wasn't boken but he frixxed it anyway'.
>
> Geoff
> Been there, done that, now they give me hoodies so I can hide my face!
>
>
>
>
> --
> R. Geoffrey Newbury
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
> We use Dell and HP IP KVMs here at work, they're all made by Avocent.
> They're pretty pricey although you can occasionally find a cheap
> (cheap being around $200) deal on eBay. They give you the
> functionality you're looking for.
>
> On another note, when building my Dell Precision workstation I noticed
> in the BACS Broadcom Windows software that my Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx
> card MAY have some sort of remote console functionality built into it.
> I spent an hour or so poking around and wasn't able to really turn up
> much, but perhaps those with better resources than I could find more
> information.
>
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I am looking at Avocent now. What models might do this? Do they use
VGA or just serial? Thanks for the pointers!
Mark
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