Re: waking up remote console

[Cloudmaster <sauer@cloudmaster.com>]

On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Jeff Licquia wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 05:06:29PM -0500, Cloudmaster wrote:
> > I've got a machine with a monitor hooked up but no keyboard.  It's running
> > nsc.pl to display netsaint stuff on the console (and netsaint itself), if
> > you must know.  Anyway, it uses a PS/2 keyboard, and thus won't recognize it
> > when plugged in.  The display went into blank mode, and I can't figure out
> > how to wake it up...  Is there a way for root to change the "setterm" stuff
> > for /dev/console or whatever terminal it's on (tty1, I guess, since I don't
> > recall changing from teh one it booted into)?  setterm itself doesn't appear
> > to give any way to specify the console, and I haven't found anything else...
> 
> setterm -blank 0 > /dev/tty1
> 
> It all happens through terminal control codes, so it can be redirected 
> wherever you want it.

Oh crap.  I was gonna try that, but it was getting late, and doing that to
/dev/console didn't do anything.  I'll try that tomorrow.  Thanks. :)

--Danny, who'll work cheap...


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