Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Video drivers and System Management mode. | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:30:31 -0400 |
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On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:07 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I know we all laugh about the windows blue screen of death, but to be > fair, when Linux oops, it is not even able to display anything on the > screen, unless in dump terminal mode. I.e. Not X or some other GUI. > > Are there any plans to implement a sort of interactive system management > mode, that would pop up a window when Linux oops. Something like the > program called SoftICE for windows would be a nice addition to Linux, > and help with kernel development.
kdb would definitely be a good starting point. But I don't think it works if you're in X when the kernel crashes.
Lee
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