From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 8 14:58:14 2002 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 68D3337B400 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:58:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.wearix.com (ad96e1d2c.dsl.de.colt.net [217.110.29.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ADB443E4A for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:58:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from H@Schmalzbauer.de) Received: from obst.test (ad96e1d2b.dsl.de.colt.net [217.110.29.43]) by mail.wearix.com (Postfix on SuSE Linux 7.3 (i386)) with ESMTP id E164A358A; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 23:58:07 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: USB-Console, is it brain-damaged? From: Harald Schmalzbauer To: Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 09 Aug 2002 00:05:11 +0200 Message-Id: <1028844312.29407.113.camel@obst> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Am Do, 2002-08-08 um 23.46 schrieb Kevin Stevens: > On 8 Aug 2002, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: >=20 > > Hello all, > > > > I'm wondering if anybody has ever thought about a "USB-Console". > > Currently I have the problem that my laptop doesn't have any RS232 and > > my servers (and switches etc.) are headless. Now I wanted to purchase a > > RS232 to BlueTooth adapter (BT is the thing my laptop has built-in) but > > even if I agreed with that horrible prices nobody can deliver such a > > product. > > Then I decided to by a RS232 to USB cable which brought me to that idea= . > > > > Since I'm a really fastidiuos (well, thats what the dictionary said) >=20 > I'll bet it didn't. Hmmm, have a look at http://dict.leo.org and enter "fastidious" or "verw=F6hnt" >=20 > > newbie UNIX-user (since four years) I don't really know much about > > "terminals" and the underlaying serial idea (esp. VTxxx). I know serial > > transmissions in all (un-/modulated) kinds quiet well, in fact 10 years > > ago I constructed some converters for rs232 to centronics, but just fro= m > > the hard wire (or the HF/RF carrier)! > > > > Since I always wanted to start learning C and I'm still fascinated like > > a child when I can control some RS/6000 with my HP Jornada (via RS232!) > > I think this would be a funny project. > > > > Please correct me, > > > > -Harry >=20 > Ok, I'll correct you. This list is for freebsd-QUESTIONS. Your post > wasn't about freebsd and didn't contain a question. Correct, (exeptec the freebsd claim, I meant freebsd) but considering -stable -current and -hackers I decided to ask here first, perhaps some others have the same problem.=20 >=20 > If you're trying to say that you want to run serial console connections > directly over USB, it would require some hacking to get the tty/vtys to > listen to that device. Doable, but probably not nearly as useful as the > hardware USB-serial converter you already have. It's an opinion. I don't share that. Thats why I asked on QUESTIONS. Perhaps I should have gone to CHAT Sorry for that, -Harry >=20 > KeS >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message