Questions tagged [console]
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Sending ^Z to a process on a Xen Console?
I have a Xen server with some VMs on it. I'm using xm console to view it and run some programmes. However I wanted to put the process in the background, and pressed ^Z (control Z) by habit, but that just put the xm console command into the…

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KVM console with scrollback
I'm running a Linux guest on a Linux host with kvm -display curses. I'm not able to scroll back with Shift-PageUp. Is there an even simpler display than curses which just prints to the host terminal, so I can use the host terminal's scrollback…

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Switch console output to RS232
How can I switch temporally Linux ASCII console to RS232 port build-in computer. I mean about Linux system working as server, without running any graphical tools on it (X11, bootsplash etc).
But I want to do it temporally just "on demand". In…

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IPMI console redirect (KVM) via java applet causes multiple keystrokes
I'm using a dell c6100 and can connect to the web based IPMI management tool, and I can get console redirection running via the java applet.
But many keystrokes (especially enter) generate 2 or more keystrokes to the server. This is making…

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How to connect a Mac laptop to a server via the serial port?
I'm a applications guy trying to set up a Dell c6100 server that doesn't boot. We'll have physical access tomorrow.
The box has a serial connector for console access. We'll have a MAC laptop. Are there any good instructions to explain exactly which…

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Non-blinking block-cursor in Windows XP command-prompt?
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I normally work in many UNIX-like environments using Xterm. I have grown fond of the non-blinking block-cursor it uses. In fact, I have grown so accustomed to it (especially in Vi) that it has become difficult to edit without it. Now that I…
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KVM guest setup problems (Ubuntu 12.10)
-The host system that KVM is running on is Ubuntu 12.10.
- I am trying to install 12.10 on it as a virtual guest.
However, when I issue the virt-install command it replies with this:
Starting install...
Creating domain... …

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W2k Server: delete specific users by console
I want to delete specific user profiles in win2k-Server.
I thought I could achieve that with microsofts Delprof. But there I cant specificly declare userXY. So is there an other console way to delete users in win2k server
EDIT: DelProf2 isnt working…

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Console Access -- how does this work?
My dedicated provider did the following:
wget S03HvTechAccess > /dev/null 2>&1
mv S03HvTechAccess /etc/rc3.d/ > /dev/null 2>&1
chmod 755 /etc/rc3.d/S03HvTechAccess > /dev/null 2>&1
and it shows:
/usr/bin/openvt -c 8 /bin/bash
What is openvt? It…

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Stuck shell ESXi 4.0 - how to recover without reboot?
I had done some management by connecting to the ESXi 4.0 Server and using the unsupported shell login remotely using a KVM.
I then typed exit
Now it is stuck at a blank line:
# exit
_
That _ is a blinking index cursor
Is there any way to recover…

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Dell PowerConnect Console connection via Ethernet
When you buy a Dell PowerConnect (In my case it's a 5548) you are given a console cable that is serial to ethernet. Let's say you don't have a serial port on your laptop and but you still want to run the setup wizard via the terminal. Is there…

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Is there an console based usermanagement-tool for debian?
i'm using Debian Squeeze.
I just wondered if there is a simple console (maybe curses) based user-management-tool for Debian?
I'm not looking for something bloated like YAST, but for somthing simple like there is with sysv-rc-conf for runlevel…

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How can I disable console password-authentication on a Juniper EX4500 switch?
I am building a system that automatically configures Juniper and Cisco switches from the console based on user input from a web UI. I will have a full-time console connection to these devices; however, on occasion the server must be rebooted...…

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Configuring weblogic server console with external server urls, etc
there are obviously various 'canned' configuration options in oracle's weblogic server console for setting up data sources, jms queues, ldap servers etc, etc.
What i want however is a way to configure other servers, mostly server urls, etc, in the…

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Scroll inside the console in Open Indiana
First time unix user here. How do I scroll and/or page the output within the console in Open Indiana?
If I list the help page for the zfs command it just outputs everything and I can't read it since it just scrolls by. I tried piping it to the less…

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