[clug] VNC into home server?

Mon Aug 14 23:08:47 UTC 2017

Hi Paul,

If I'm understanding you, this is totally doable with a raspberry pi and a
$3 serial port to ttl converter:
1. https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=119356
2. http://blog.macronet.fi/2016/02/20/raspberry-pi-as-a-remote-kvm/
3.
https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=MAX3232+RS232+Serial+Port+To+TTL+Converter+Module+DB9+Connector+With+Cable&_sacat=0

-jac

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> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:53:21 +1000
> From: Bob Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au>
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> On 13/08/17 10:28, Paul Wayper via linux wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Usually when I'm travelling I find out that our home server - which runs
> > MythTV and is therefore a vital part of our entertainment system :-) -
> has
> > decided to reboot and hasn't come back up again.  When it's running I
> can ssh
> > in to see what it might be doing, but when it's booted but CentOS is not
> fully
> > loaded I can't do a thing.
> >
> > The solution to me is a small KVM device that allows a remote VNC
> connection,
> > so I can make that available through my firewall.  Unfortunately, the
> ones
> > I've found seem to be a bit expensive:
> >
> > http://www.adder.com/products/adderlink-ipeps - PS/2?  In this era?
> >
> > http://rose.com/prod/ultralink2.html
> >
> > This looks promising - an open board that runs off a Raspberry Pi:
> >
> > https://www.nexlab.net/product/rasky/
> >
> > But I can't see any way to buy it there.
> >
> > Anyone heard of anything else like this?
> >
> > Have fun,
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> One solution is to introduce a small KVM.
>
> Another is to treat your existing box as a kind of hypervisor to your
> MythTV application.
>
> Re-work the start-up so that you do reliably get an SSH daemon early
> (ie. don't require CentOS to be "fully loaded" in order to SSH in).
>
> You know the sorts of issues that you need to resolve when the box
> doesn't start - I can only guess.
>
> Some suggestions:
>   - don't automatically mount RAID filesystems, or delay their mounting
>     until the system is stable.
>   - consider putting the "critical" (MythTV) function into a container,
>     which can be started manually from the host.
>
> Adding the KVM may introduce more problems than it solves...
>
> cheers,
>
> Bob Edwards.
>
>
>
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> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 15:03:39 +1000
> From: Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com>
> To: Paul Wayper <paulway at mabula.net>
> Cc: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
> Subject: Re: [clug] VNC into home server?
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> Allbids sometimes has enterprise IP kvms for not much money. That said
> they're loud and a bit terrible (mine won't work with browsers newer than
> Ubuntu 12.04's chromium).
>
> Perhaps an option if you can live with the pain?
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 13 Aug. 2017 10:47 am, "Paul Wayper via linux" <linux at lists.samba.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Usually when I'm travelling I find out that our home server - which runs
> > MythTV and is therefore a vital part of our entertainment system :-) -
> has
> > decided to reboot and hasn't come back up again.  When it's running I can
> > ssh
> > in to see what it might be doing, but when it's booted but CentOS is not
> > fully
> > loaded I can't do a thing.
> >
> > The solution to me is a small KVM device that allows a remote VNC
> > connection,
> > so I can make that available through my firewall.  Unfortunately, the
> ones
> > I've found seem to be a bit expensive:
> >
> > http://www.adder.com/products/adderlink-ipeps - PS/2?  In this era?
> >
> > http://rose.com/prod/ultralink2.html
> >
> > This looks promising - an open board that runs off a Raspberry Pi:
> >
> > https://www.nexlab.net/product/rasky/
> >
> > But I can't see any way to buy it there.
> >
> > Anyone heard of anything else like this?
> >
> > Have fun,
> >
> > Paul
> >
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