From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750834AbWFKTa1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:30:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750859AbWFKTa1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:30:27 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:50089 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750834AbWFKTa0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:30:26 -0400 Subject: Re: Video drivers and System Management mode. From: Lee Revell To: James Courtier-Dutton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <448C5BF0.7070601@superbug.demon.co.uk> References: <448C5BF0.7070601@superbug.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:30:31 -0400 Message-Id: <1150054232.14253.157.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:07 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I know we all laugh about the windows blue screen of death, but to be > fair, when Linux oops, it is not even able to display anything on the > screen, unless in dump terminal mode. I.e. Not X or some other GUI. > > Are there any plans to implement a sort of interactive system management > mode, that would pop up a window when Linux oops. Something like the > program called SoftICE for windows would be a nice addition to Linux, > and help with kernel development. kdb would definitely be a good starting point. But I don't think it works if you're in X when the kernel crashes. Lee