On 10/11/2017 04:30 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? Surely you do realize there are SEVERAL other display options besides just the video console, right? You can use kdump, you can use a serial console .. you can use google and the search term 'capture kernel oops' to get more than 10 full search page results on how to capture the output of a kernel oops. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171012/5ee12cf7/attachment-0004.sig>