[Techtalk] oops and kdb and gui
Nguyen D. Nguyen
ndnguyen at ivengr.com
Thu Oct 10 01:42:06 EST 2002
Hi Jenn, those control sequence only work before the oops
occurs. Once the oops occured, it seem only typing "go"
follow by the "enter" key work. Thanks.
- Nguyen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenn Vesperman" <jenn at anthill.echidna.id.au>
To: <ndnguyen3 at attbi.com>
Cc: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] oops and kdb and gui
> On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 11:45, ndnguyen3 at attbi.com wrote:
> > Hi all again,
> >
> > I am running a kernel (2.4-19)patched with kdb (2.3). An
> > oops occurs while the system is running KDE without any
> > console window. The kdb traps (as indicated by flashing
> > LEDs) the oops. How do I open a console so I can use kdb
> > to debug? The key board still respond, since I can type
> > go and the system moves (I purposely cause a "mild"
> > crash via seg fault with a kernel module) on.
>
> Try holding the CONTROL and ALT keys down, and pressing F1. This should
> take you to the virtual terminal that also gets console messages.
>
> CTRL-ALT F2 to CTRL-ALT F6 will give you other virtual terminals you can
> use.
>
> CTRL-ALT F7 should return you to KDE.
>
>
>
> Jenn V.
> --
> "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
> you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
>
> jenn at anthill.echidna.id.au http://anthill.echidna.id.au/~jenn/
>
>
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