From: Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de>
To: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-console@vger.kernel.org
Subject: wishlist: vnc framebuffer device?
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:05:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FDC6874.4070106@afaics.de> (raw)
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Hi folks,
To make a headless system "less headless", would it be possible
to integrate a vnc framebuffer device into the kernel?
The idea is to have a vnc server instead of a local screen and
keyboard to show the boot output and to provide a console login
on /dev/tty{1..6}. It would be pretty similar to qemu. No need
for fancy graphics, of course. The IP address might either be
obtained using DHCP, or it might use an IP address/netmask
given on the kernel command line.
I understand that authentication might be an issue here.
Hopefully this isn't one of the oh-no-not-again questions. I
haven't seen it mentioned on the kernel or linux-console
mailing lists before.
Regards
Harri
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next reply other threads:[~2012-06-16 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-16 11:05 Harald Dunkel [this message]
2012-06-17 8:57 ` wishlist: vnc framebuffer device? Veyrdite
2012-06-17 10:13 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-06-18 6:59 ` Harald Dunkel
2012-06-18 8:13 ` richard -rw- weinberger
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