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Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?




On Friday, September 28, 2012 10:29, "Darac Marjal" <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> said:

> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:20:16AM -0500, craig@gtek.biz wrote:
>> Good morning,  When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is
>> happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f
>> to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it
>> possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh?  Thanks, Craig
> 
> Try the "vtgrab" package.
> 
> 
Bingo! Thank you so much. I didn't even think of a vnc like console solution.
I was focused on ssh. Your reply is much appreciated.


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