Re: Oops not catched by klogd

Didier Contis (didier@ece.gatech.edu)
Sat, 18 Sep 1999 23:31:42 -0400 (EDT)


On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Keith Owens wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:24:43 -0400,
> Didier CONTIS <didier@ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
> >Right now, this machine won't stay up more than 3 days. I get on
> >the console an oops, but it does no appear in
> >my /var/adm/messages.
> >
> >This is really bad because I cannot track what is happening.
> >
> >Both syslog and klog are running :
>
> Does klogd die after the oops? There is a bug in klogd that makes it
> SEGV itself when trying to decode an oops. I always run "klogd -x", no
> klogd decode.
>

Well, I cannot answer this question since after the oops I am unable
to access the console. I can still switch from one console to
another (alt + fx) but cannot login.

Thanks for the tip regarding the "-x" switch.

Regards, Didier.

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