Ryan Nichols wrote:
I am very very new to the linux world.. I am having problems with CentOS5.1 with kernel panics. I belive the cause of the kernel panics are a software that I am running on the machine, but I cannot find any information as to what the system was doing prior to the crash, i have looked in the /var/log/messaging to no solution. I guess what I am asking is what do i need to turn on for when this kernel crash comes again? It happens with in hours or days of running this software, it is random and sudden.
Easiest I have found is configure the system to use serial console and connect a system to the console. When the system panics it will output the panic to the console which you can then copy/paste to a file and post to a mailing list or support forum for help.
nate