On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:36:47 -0700, Drew wrote in message <445260BF.5010406@xxxxxxx>: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >> I'm not sure I understand, but you seem to be suggesting a way by > >> which I could use a console window in X. As a base case, I have to > >> support somebody connecting with a vt100 and a 9600 baud modem. > >This > solution needs to be completely independent of X. > > > > ..yup, and I was thinking of the various ttys, on which again you > > offer a shell menu to choose from, instead of the usual shell > > prompt, any tty (except mingetty or fgetty) should do this for you, > > a few quick ideas: arnt@a45:~ $ apt-cache search tty |grep tty > > [...] > > Okay, so what you're talking about now has nothing to do with > sdm-terminal, ..yes and no, it can remain as an alternative on the console login menu and vice versa. > and is just a script run when users log in ..yup. > to the director ..no need, just have each box fetch the menu text du jour from it. >, which will > give the user a menu and then shunt them off through ssh or some other > means to one of the participating hosts. > > I wouldn't bother with the menu, though, because that defeats the > 'load-balacing' part of it (unless I put the latest load figures in > the menu and let the user choose). > > This solution requires login access to the director host. Not > necessarily a show-stopper, but it's a drawback. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
