gharris999 wrote: > It seems like you're saying: "You really don't want what you think you > want, so don't even try." > > So tell me, absent: > > > > > - access to the router - access to the dhcp server - a broken lms that won't start - no monitor or keyboard on the server - only an iPad with a ssh terminal app to remotely access the > server > > > > > ..how would you go about logging in and fixing things?
I use sometimes the following trick. When I ask "what is the address of your computer?" and visibly won't get an answer, I fallback to: "send me an email from your computer right now." I get the mail and by looking at the headers I will read something like "Received: from [192.168.0.8] " and this gives me a hint. On a headless server I have used the Espeak TTS program to speak computer status around important boot phases. I also re-hooked the "ACPI button" (aka Power button) to get live status information when the button is pressed. (I failed at attempts to use a keypad hooked to LIRC, which would have provided for more buttons/codes. Perhaps I did not try hard enough.) For simple messages, plugging a pair of headphones + launching a TTS can replace the screen. (on a Mac, you can get an impression very easily by using "say" in the Terminal, like "say my address is now 192.168.1.222". Espeak is not as good a TTS, I believe. But you'll get the general idea.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95037
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