In message <20050429195309.GA19680@atheria.tumfatig.net>, Joel CARNAT writes:
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>Hi,
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>I decided to try to connect to my firewall using xdm/Xnest.
>My FW has no screen, no keyboard, no mouse connected.
>I boot it with serial console enabled.
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I'm confused -- if you have no screen, why are you trying to run xdm?

		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb