From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 3 18:59:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB0D16A47E for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hpeyerl@beer.org) Received: from andgasm.beer.org (static-64-201-182-187.ptr.terago.ca [64.201.182.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADED43D62 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:59:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hpeyerl@beer.org) Received: from [192.168.16.65] (static-66-11-84-109.ptr.terago.ca [66.11.84.109]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by andgasm.beer.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED465ED5E; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:26:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20061103130046.T60549@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> References: <20061031175606.P63561@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> <20061101025904.GA30503@duncan.reilly.home> <1162361104.4169.525.camel@compulsion> <20061101084044.GA8922@drowsy.duskware.de> <20061103130046.T60549@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <769C34CE-60F6-4778-B813-D6247D10CE58@beer.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Herb Peyerl Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:26:43 -0700 To: "Brian A. Seklecki" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Console Redirection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:59:53 -0000 On 3-Nov-06, at 11:13 AM, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > With the Real Weasel, you could connect on demand and force a screen > refresh/redraw and it would grab the current VGA framebuffer and re- > write to the TTY. I invented the Weasel and even I use it in Serial passthrough mode. The VGA display is nifty and all, but as a sysadmin, I want more than 25 lines of display history. (for those who don't know, serial passthrough, when set to auto, causes the weasel to either use its VGA framebuffer or its PCI Uart as the source for data to be sent to its serial port; switching automatically depending on where the last write occurred by the host CPU). Disclaimer: I no longer have any association with any company or individuals who may or may not be dealing in new or used PC Weasels.