[plug] laptop screen/keyboard/mouse 2 control the server?

[somewhereintime]

sorry but i am a Perth resident, what i am asking is that, can i replace
the server monitor/keyboard, with that on my laptop.

Say my server is up and running, and decided that the monitor/keyboard
or mouse there takes too much space and i want to free it up, but i want
to plug my laptop in with a gadget (if it exist) to automatically become
the monitor/keyboard and mouse of that server? i know that kvm switches
exist, but would prefere that laptop solution to act as the kvm switch,
so that their is less cables hanging all over the place.

Thanks for your time...:)

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:11:53 +0800 (WST), "Michael Holland"
<myk at westnet.com.au> said:
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, somewhereintime wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering if it's possible that i could use a laptop
> > screen/keyboard/mouse as if that server had a monitor/keyboard/mouse, to
> > control the server? Need a simple solution as possible via a cable if
> 
> Hmmm .. I don't see any replies so maybe I am missing something here.
> 
> The answer seems to be trivial: X-windows. Too trivial for anyone to
> answer?  Don't like anonymous posters with US timezones and simple Qs?
> 
> Are you (anon OP) aware that X works over a network?
> You can run a local X server, and remote window-manager, desktop.
> Do you need to use console mode instead? More info?
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