Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
Hello Ginger, I cannot speak for the Linux clinic, but if you are up for an adventure, you can try a few things before going. Here are two possible options: 1) attach an external monitor and install linux as you normally would 2) attach a single-port KVM switch[1], connect to it, and install as you normally would. As for Ubuntu or RedHat, they are both good distros. Since you are familiar with CentOS, you may want to try that one first. Then repeat with Ubuntu. Good luck and let us know how things turn out. [1] http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/spider.html Regards, - Robert On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:34 PM, G C foxyco...@gmail.com wrote: I want to use an laptop that has a broken screen to install a headless linux os on it and connect it to my new windows laptop. Is the Linux clinic on Sunday the 16th a good place to assist and get info on how to complete this task (or get better solutions LOL). I have a download of ubuntu server as well as a full download of centos (I work with Red Hat and centos so not sure how much different ubuntu is). Ginger ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
Robert, Thanks for the input. I will check out Spider and see if that works. I was also thinking of hooking it to my tv to see if I could use that as a temporary monitor. Sincerely, Ginger Coxey On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Ginger, I cannot speak for the Linux clinic, but if you are up for an adventure, you can try a few things before going. Here are two possible options: 1) attach an external monitor and install linux as you normally would 2) attach a single-port KVM switch[1], connect to it, and install as you normally would. As for Ubuntu or RedHat, they are both good distros. Since you are familiar with CentOS, you may want to try that one first. Then repeat with Ubuntu. Good luck and let us know how things turn out. [1] http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/spider.html Regards, - Robert On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:34 PM, G C foxyco...@gmail.com wrote: I want to use an laptop that has a broken screen to install a headless linux os on it and connect it to my new windows laptop. Is the Linux clinic on Sunday the 16th a good place to assist and get info on how to complete this task (or get better solutions LOL). I have a download of ubuntu server as well as a full download of centos (I work with Red Hat and centos so not sure how much different ubuntu is). Ginger ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Robert Citek wrote: Hello Ginger, I cannot speak for the Linux clinic, but if you are up for an adventure, you can try a few things before going. Here are two possible options: 1) attach an external monitor and install linux as you normally would 2) attach a single-port KVM switch[1], connect to it, and install as you normally would. Or 3) Install CentOS over VNC (a standard CentOS installer option), 4) Use a serial console, assuming the laptop has an RS232 port. The details for serial consoles are tricky (and long enough that I don't have time to cover them), but the benefit is that you'll be able to do out-of-band remote management. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Robert Citek wrote: I cannot speak for the Linux clinic, but if you are up for an adventure, you can try a few things before going. Here are two possible options: 1) attach an external monitor and install linux as you normally would 2) attach a single-port KVM switch[1], connect to it, and install as you normally would. Or 3) Install CentOS over VNC (a standard CentOS installer option), 4) Use a serial console, assuming the laptop has an RS232 port. Thanks, Paul. I meant to have written Here are just two of many Kind of like measuring the height of a building with a barometer. Regards, - Robert ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Paul. I meant to have written Here are just two of many Kind of like measuring the height of a building with a barometer. Attaching an external monitor seems like the best option if it works. One more for the list is to pull the hard disk from the laptop, attach it to a desktop machine and install from there. Then put the hard disk back into the laptop. Bill ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Robert Citek wrote: Thanks, Paul. I meant to have written Here are just two of many I didn't mean to imply that you were suggesting your list was exhaustive. In fact, your solutions are probably the most accessible. The VNC installation may be unique to Red Hat-based distributions (I don't recall seeing it as an option in Debian or Ubuntu, but that may be my oversight). Installation via serial console is definitely not a beginner-level operation and probably more of an acquired taste. Then again, beer is also an acquired taste, so there's that to be said in defense of serial consoles. I didn't mention a fifth option, but will do so now: 5) Put the laptop's hard drive in another machine, do the installation there, then move the drive back to the original machine. Of course, that doesn't solve the how do I get a local console? issue, but with Linux (pace Windows), it's a very viable solution. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Headless Linux Machine
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Paul Heinlein wrote: 5) Put the laptop's hard drive in another machine, do the installation there, then move the drive back to the original machine. I swear I didn't see Bill's suggestion before sending this! :-) -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] ArchLinux boot never gets as far as grub
I've just installed ArchLinux on a spare machine. The install process worked, but when I try to boot the installation I just get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I've Googled for this, but all of the answers I've seen appear to get as far as GRUB before getting a black screen, and then recommend appending something to the GRUB command. I don't get that far. I can boot the install disk again, and I can mount sda1 on /mnt and look at /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg, but don't know what to do with what I see. Recommendations appreciated. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] ArchLinux boot never gets as far as grub
Did you do the grub initialization while chrooted? Do the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#BIOS_systems make sense? or do you have an UEFI system? On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 05:35:47PM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote: I've just installed ArchLinux on a spare machine. The install process worked, but when I try to boot the installation I just get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I've Googled for this, but all of the answers I've seen appear to get as far as GRUB before getting a black screen, and then recommend appending something to the GRUB command. I don't get that far. I can boot the install disk again, and I can mount sda1 on /mnt and look at /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg, but don't know what to do with what I see. Recommendations appreciated. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate Follow Your Curiosity The most violent element in society is ignorance. ~ Emma Goldman ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Scanning for and connecting to wifi networks
John == John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net writes: John [...] If I right-click on the nm-applet icon I can select Edit John connections, which gives me a GUI showing all the available John networks. But all the options are grayed out for all of them John except the ones that are open and my own network. For my own John network the Wifi Security tab allows me to enter or change John password. If I run 'sudo nm-applet' the editing options are also John all grayed out. John I'm pretty sure I will be able to connect to the Flashair if I John can just figure out how to tell network manager what the John password is. Any ideas? You could try forgetting the network and then try connecting again. If it had cached a password earlier, that should forget the password too and re-ask for it. -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Scanning for and connecting to wifi networks
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:43:31 -0800 Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net dijo: John I'm pretty sure I will be able to connect to the Flashair if I John can just figure out how to tell network manager what the John password is. Any ideas? You could try forgetting the network and then try connecting again. If it had cached a password earlier, that should forget the password too and re-ask for it. I can't find any option in the nm-applet to forget a network connection. But the word forget reminded me that forget is the term I see in the wifi options on my Note3. So I looked in the wifi networks visible to the phone and the Flashair did not appear at first, but it did appear after I removed the card from the laptop and reinserted it. And indeed, it took the password and I connected to it. The phone said its IP address is 192.168.0.11. But when I connect to it with the laptop it says it is connected, but the icon keeps spinning around waiting for me to give it the password, which I cannot do because the GUI gives me no place to enter it. After a while it times out. I might add that the neighbors whose networks are secured operate the same way in the GUI. I have never even attempted to connect to them, but just now I tried one and got the same results - spinning icon until it times out, and never a popup asking for a password. Is there a way to connect to a network and give it a password from the command line? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
