Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> writes:

> Virtual Machines (Qemu, KVM, Xen, ... ) and OCI containters ( "Docker
> images") are the new serial port only computers.
>
> In other words: There are many servers without video hardware.

(Un)fortunately, depending how you look at it, running a remote qemu
machine with full desktop access is easy. You'll just add

 -vnc localhost:$displaynum

and then connect to it from a remote client over ssh using

 vncviewer -via $vmhost :$displaynum

I definitely agree wrt the usefulness of serial console, but I don't
think virtual machines are going to increase the demand much.  Getting
full desktop access in qemu is so much easier than any "Lights Out" or
other remote "keyboard, video and mouse" solution I've tried on bare
metal.


Bjørn