Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:23:45 -0800 From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@suse.com> Message-ID: <20001203142345.H32265@gimp.org> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] SuSE 7 -- Serial Console Installation
* Richard E. Robbins <rerobbins@home.com> [001203 13:47]:
> It appears that the system is still trying to establish a set of virtual
> consoles since I get messages from init about ID's one through six
> respawning too fast. Presumably I should just comment out those lines in
> /etc/inittab. I'd would have hoped that this would have happened
> automatically by virtue of doing a serial console install. Oh well.
Yep... editing the /etc/inittab and using the telinit program to
modify this. On the plus side, if you ever plug in a moditor, you
won't have to worry about there not being a terminal there.
> What do I need to do to allow root logins from something other than the
> console?
Add it to "ttyS0" /etc/securetty.
> Also, what do I need to do to allow xdm or kdm to manage window sessions
> established over a network connection?
I believe there's a HOWTO at www.linuxdoc.org on this.
> YaST and YaST2 or not very useful when running a session hooked up to my
> VT420 (which is in VT100 mode). The display quickly gets too garbled to be
> helpful.
It'll be fine over ssh... if that's an acceptable work-around.
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