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.
Thanks, Ryan Nichols
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.
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