[mythtv-users] Anyone heard of a remote KVM/Display device for Mythboxes/Linux?

[Mark]

Matt Emmott wrote:
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>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:01 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org 
> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>> wrote:
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>     On 11/01/2010 04:31 PM, Mark wrote:
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>         Tom Lichti wrote:
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>             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:
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>                         On 11/1/2010 3:09 PM, Mark wrote:
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>                             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