[Techtalk] oops and kdb and gui

[Nguyen D. Nguyen]

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/
> 
>