Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) Home | Calendar | Mail Lists | List Archives | Desktop SIG | Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings
Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Blog | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

CentOS 5.5 - kernel panic - Help!



On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Tim Callaghan <tmcallaghan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm trying to track down the source of a kernel panic that I see once
> or twice a week on one of my CentOS machines, specifics:

You might look into enabling MAGIC SYSRQ key and see if you can gather
any information that way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

I haven't tried it, but that page claims that you can trigger
kexec/crashdumps with the appropriate
key sequence (I'm sure you have to set it up ahead of time though).

Good Luck,
Bill Bogstad






BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org