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* How to capture bootstrap oops?
@ 2002-09-29 23:56 cwhmlist
  2002-09-30  0:03 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: cwhmlist @ 2002-09-29 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

I need some help, I'm new to this.  I have compliled a 2.5.39 kernel for my quad pentium pro system and it is oopsing on bootup.  Unfortunently, it looks like a good portion of the oops scrolls off of the screen.  Since I don't have the ability to hook up a serial terminal, how do I capture this oops so I can report it?

Thanks,

Chris


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* Re: How to capture bootstrap oops?
  2002-09-29 23:56 How to capture bootstrap oops? cwhmlist
@ 2002-09-30  0:03 ` Andrew Morton
  2002-09-30  1:46   ` Chris Wedgwood
  2002-09-30  9:21   ` bert hubert
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2002-09-30  0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cwhmlist; +Cc: linux-kernel

cwhmlist@bellsouth.net wrote:
> 
> I need some help, I'm new to this.  I have compliled a 2.5.39 kernel for
> my quad pentium pro system and it is oopsing on bootup.  Unfortunently,
> it looks like a good portion of the oops scrolls off of the screen.  Since
> I don't have the ability to hook up a serial terminal, how do I capture
> this oops so I can report it?

This might suffice?

--- linux-2.5.39/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	Fri Sep 27 15:09:03 2002
+++ 25/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	Sun Sep 29 17:02:38 2002
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg
 	handle_BUG(regs);
 	printk("%s: %04lx\n", str, err & 0xffff);
 	show_registers(regs);
+	for ( ; ; )
+		;
 	bust_spinlocks(0);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&die_lock);
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);

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* Re: How to capture bootstrap oops?
  2002-09-30  0:03 ` Andrew Morton
@ 2002-09-30  1:46   ` Chris Wedgwood
  2002-09-30  9:21   ` bert hubert
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Chris Wedgwood @ 2002-09-30  1:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: cwhmlist, linux-kernel

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 05:03:33PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

    cwhmlist@bellsouth.net wrote:

    > I need some help, I'm new to this.  I have compliled a 2.5.39
    > kernel for my quad pentium pro system and it is oopsing on
    > bootup.  Unfortunently, it looks like a good portion of the oops
    > scrolls off of the screen.  Since I don't have the ability to
    > hook up a serial terminal, how do I capture this oops so I can
    > report it?

> This might suffice?

[... patch removed ...]

Or try a serial console (if you have access to such a thing).


  --cw

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* Re: How to capture bootstrap oops?
  2002-09-30  0:03 ` Andrew Morton
  2002-09-30  1:46   ` Chris Wedgwood
@ 2002-09-30  9:21   ` bert hubert
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: bert hubert @ 2002-09-30  9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: cwhmlist, linux-kernel

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 05:03:33PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> cwhmlist@bellsouth.net wrote:
> > 
> > I need some help, I'm new to this.  I have compliled a 2.5.39 kernel for
> > my quad pentium pro system and it is oopsing on bootup.  Unfortunently,
> > it looks like a good portion of the oops scrolls off of the screen.  Since
> > I don't have the ability to hook up a serial terminal, how do I capture
> > this oops so I can report it?
> 
> This might suffice?

People also like using digital cameras these days to photograph their oopses
for typing them in later :-)

Regards,

bert

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