Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 01:25:22AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > On 1/6/06, Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Jesper Juhl <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Reverted that one patch, then rebuild/reinstalled the kernel
> > > > (with the same .config) and booted it - no change. It still locks up
> > > > in the exact same spot.
> > > > X starts & runs fine (sort of) since I can play around at the kdm
> > > > login screen all I want, it's only once I actually login and KDE
> > > > proper starts that it locks up.
> > >
> > > Oh bugger. No serial console/netconsole or such?
> > >
> > > Or are you able log in and then quickly do the alt-ctrl-F1 thing, see if we
> > > get an oops?
> > >
> > I switched to tty1 right after logging in, and after a few seconds
> > (corresponding pretty well with the time it takes to hit the same spot
> > where it crashed all previous times) I got a lot of nice crash info
> > scrolling by.
> > Actually a *lot* scrolled by, a rough guestimate says some 4-6 (maybe
> > more) screens scrolled by, and since the box locks up solid I couldn't
> > scroll up to get at the initial parts :( So all I have for you is the
> > final block - hand copied from the screen using pen and paper
> > ...
> > It never makes it to the logs, and as mentioned previously I don't
> > have another machine to capture on via netconsole or serial, so if you
> > have any good ideas as to how to capture it all, then I'm all ears.
>
> If only someone did a patch to pause the text output after the first oops..
>
> Oh wait! Someone did!
>
umm, it'd be more helpful if you'd actually sent the patch so Jesper could
apply it so we can find this bug.
I think I did one of those too. It required a new kernel boot option
`halt-after-oops' or some such. Sounds like a good idea?
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