[CiaoTime]

Hello! I've got a bit of an edge case here, today, but I'm curious if anyone here has a clever solution to my issue.

I currently have my Onyx4 set up beside my desk, with a monitor located near my primary PC workstation. My usual start-up procedure for the system is as follows: I send the power on command to the SGI via a serial terminal, boot it up, then I have to plug a keyboard into the SGI just to type the login info by hand. If I attempt to log into the system via serial, I can get into a shell prompt, but I still need to use a separate keyboard in order to get past the login screen.

Once IRIX is at a desktop, I can launch the nekoware Synergy client and then interact with the system with my normal PC peripherals. It works great once the system is booted, but Synergy cannot interact with the GUI login screen in any meaningful fashion, even when started via the serial connection.

Any ideas? In a perfect situation, I'd love to have the machine boot up, accept a serial login, then throw me into a desktop IRIX environment with Synergy either running or ready to run. Hoping there's a feasible way to do so, heh.