On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 6:30 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > > 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, if you have kdump enabled, you can see the full log in /var/crash (after next boot). -- Marcelo "¿No será acaso que esta vida moderna está teniendo más de moderna que de vida?" (Mafalda)