Tim wrote:
Tim:
What are you going to do when serial ports disappear from motherboards?
Chris Mohler:
Weep!
Andras Simon:
No! Curse! Much more efficient! :-)
Or, as a last resort, get a usb->serial port converter.
BTW, I'm only advocating this approach, not using it myself. I don't
remember having a lockup since I last tried to use NVidia's driver.
But then I'm not using Gnome or KDE, just a trusty old fvwm (1.24r).
I was serious in asking it. While I haven't done the serial console
trick, I see the purpose of it, and the need to be able to do such
things. I don't know if a USB-serial doodah would be useful in the
situations where you might use a serial console, you mightn't have
anything available to drive it.
These days you'd be much more likely to have another computer or laptop
with an ethernet connector available than a serial terminal or cable
with the right-sized, right-gender ends. If you don't have a hub, use a
crossover ethernet cable to connect and use ssh. Or get wireless
working and forget about all that nonsense.
--
Les Mikesell
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