[Techtalk] kernel panic

[Anne Wainwright]

Fatuous comment below.

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:44:12 -0700
Akkana wrote:

|> Maria McKinley writes:
|> > This is a server, so I don't have X enabled, as I don't really have user 
|> > accounts on it. Anybody know of a way to log the kernel panic dump that 
|> > doesn't involve X? I've always wondered if there was a way to log this 
|> > stuff.
|> 
|> Usually it's the other way around: if you run X, then you're out of
|> luck for debugging panics because you can't see the panic message
|> (unless you have some other provisions for it, like a separate
|> serial console, or the Morse code keyboard LED hack or something).
|> If X isn't running, then usually kernel panics write a bunch of
|> obscure debugging information to the screen.
|> 
|> A while back, a kernel developer gave me a tip on how to save these:
|> use a digital camera to take a picture of the screen. Then you have
|> the message saved in case you want to delve into kernel debugging,
|> or file a bug on the panic. Much better than trying to write all
|> those hex numbers on an envelope without getting anything wrong.

I am glad to hear of other scrappy scribblers. I thought I was alone there. Bright idea, but I am still in the chemical camera age (trusty OM1). I spent a slice of this evening deciphering 18 digit password I hurredly noted at the office without proper regard to case.

Anne

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