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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers console access via serial port - settings Post 2903 by PxT on Friday 8th of June 2001 04:30:13 PM
Old 06-08-2001
I'm not sure what your question is exactly, but if you hook up a serial cable to the console port and attach the other end to a windows box, you should be able to console access through a program such as hyperterminal. If the other end is attached to a Unix box, use minicom.

HTH
 

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DMX(3X) 																   DMX(3X)

NAME
DMX - X Window System DMX (Distributed Multihead X) extension DESCRIPTION
The DMX extension provides support for communication with and control of Xdmx(1) server. Attributes of the Xdmx(1) server and of the back- end screens attached to the server can be queried and modified via this protocol. SUMMARY OF LIBRARY FUNCTIONS
The following is a summary of DMX library functions: DMXQueryExtension(3X) - determine if DMX is available DMXQueryVersion(3X) - determine DMX extension version DMXSync(3X) - flush protocol requests between Xdmx(1) and back-end X servers DMXForceWindowCreation(3X) - force immediate back-end window creation DMXGetScreenCount(3X) - determine number of back-end screens DMXGetScreenAttributes(3X) - determine back-end screen attributes DMXChangeScreensAttributes(3X) - change back-end screen attributes DMXAddScreen(3X) - attach a new back-end screen DMXRemoveScreen(3X) - detach a back-end screen DMXGetWindowAttributes(3X) - determine back-end window attributes DMXGetDesktopAttributes(3X) - determine global bounding box DMXChangeDesktopAttributes(3X) - change global bounding box DMXGetInputCount(3X) - determine number of input devices DMXGetInputAttributes(3X) - determine input device attributes DMXAddInput(3X) - attach a new backend or console input DMXRemoveInput(3X) - detach an input DMXAddBackendInput(3X) - attach a new back-end input DMXAddConsoleInput(3X) - attach a new console input Each of these functions is described in its own man page. SEE ALSO
Xdmx(1), xdmxconfig(1), vdltodmx(1) X Version 11 libdmx 1.0.2 DMX(3X)
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