Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270833AbTHARXE (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:23:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270845AbTHARXE (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:23:04 -0400 Received: from [66.212.224.118] ([66.212.224.118]:55568 "EHLO hemi.commfireservices.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270833AbTHARXC (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:23:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:11:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo X-X-Sender: zwane@montezuma.mastecende.com To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Timothy Miller , "Richard B. Johnson" , James Simmons , Charles Lepple , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking In-Reply-To: <20030801151945.GA12501@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <20030730012533.GA18663@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3F2928AD.90501@techsource.com> <20030731152007.GA6658@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030801151945.GA12501@mail.jlokier.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 740 Lines: 22 On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > > > iirc the screen already unblanks. But it's been a while since i've looked > > > > at a panic'ing box via the screen. > > > > > > That's still not good enough if the boot-time crash is not a panic. > > > > You mean oopses? > > I mean if /sbin/init or /linuxrc crash early, for example. Boottime crashes are different, they are usually reproducible and you should just reboot and watch it. -- function.linuxpower.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/