Tim:
>> What are you going to do when serial ports disappear from
motherboards?
Chris Mohler:
> Weep!
Andras Simon:
No! Curse! Much more efficient! :-)
Or, as a last resort, get a usb->serial port converter.
BTW, I'm only advocating this approach, not using it myself. I don't
remember having a lockup since I last tried to use NVidia's driver.
But then I'm not using Gnome or KDE, just a trusty old fvwm (1.24r).
I was serious in asking it. While I haven't done the serial console
trick, I see the purpose of it, and the need to be able to do such
things. I don't know if a USB-serial doodah would be useful in the
situations where you might use a serial console, you mightn't have
anything available to drive it.
--
(This PC runs FC4, my others FC5 & FC6, in case that's important
to the thread)
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