Re: Monitor *and* serial console (was Re: Mono terminal patches...)

Jon M. Taylor (taylorj@ecs.csus.edu)
Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:26:08 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Erik Walthinsen (Omega) wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Philip Blundell wrote:
>
> > Somebody ought to look into multiple displays in text mode one day, I
> > suppose. Do any of the Xservers support multiple screens?
>
> Another thing I was thinking about recently is the ability to capture (at
> the kernel level) the console output to serial, but still have it go to
> the video screen. For instance, booting up computers during demos, you
> want the viewer to see the boot sequence, but you also want to monitor it
> from your control system.
>
> I'm guessing this is what GGI will provide. I should spend a few of my
> copious spare milliseconds looking for docs on GGI's goals...

Indeed. http://synergy.caltech.edu/~ggi.

Jon