Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751116AbVK0RJQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:09:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751117AbVK0RJQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:09:16 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.196]:31588 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751116AbVK0RJP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:09:15 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ZBaAbyHTxpNKSi0HqA9OmADHXkqqDMIx4Sw6DPH8/JCl6mzFoa/lCJTMb/s6VDA/0I+WLhs5ffAtQ22cMWokCIePYAucQWO3ooLQk6EYIyBHLotUqlq1rYQnSMMPWmEPWs4VoRArTr9K6oxxl2NJvtquXxVItNk8ReUWbT9fXxU= Message-ID: <9a8748490511270909o3e0fdd6erdd17d0b6dbd2c36a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:09:14 +0100 From: Jesper Juhl To: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: Alternatives to serial console for oops. Cc: Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <4389D63B.4000702@superbug.demon.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <4389D63B.4000702@superbug.demon.co.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1027 Lines: 23 On 11/27/05, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I wish to view the oops that are normally output on the serial port of > the PC. The problem I have, is that my PC does not have a serial port. > Are there any alternatives for getting that vital oops from the kernel > just as it crashes apart from the serial console. > Could I get it to use some other interface? e.g. Network interface. > Parallel port is also not an option. > Netconsole (Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt) Digital camera to take a photo of the screen. Pen & paper to manually write down the Oops. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - 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/