J Martin Rushton wrote: > On 11/10/17 19:28, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> I've been having a lot of issues with video, for example. However, this >> one... I have a user with a Dell R730. I install kernel and kernel >> devel, and the rest of the full update, and rebooted. >> >> Nope. 100% kernel panic, right around the time it switches root. I even >> rebuilt the initramfs, nope. >> >> And speaking of kernel panics, has *anyone* ever considered that all the >> data dumped to the console during one results in NOT BEING ABLE TO READ >> ANYTHING BUT THE LAST 24 or less, mostly less, lines? >> >> mark, frustrated, removed that kernel > > Ah, the good old days of running a VAXcluster with hardcopy consoles. > Smartass. I never had that.... But, really, what's the point of dumping many, many lines of data... when it cannot be read? Why not assume that it's going to happen on a normal terminal, and dump no more than 25 80-char lines? So the admin might maybe possibly have a clue as to what caused it? mark