On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 at 10:10am, Keith Owens wrote
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:30:12 -0500 (EST),
> Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >The question(s): What can I do next time this happens (as I'm assuming it
> >will)? I'll get a serial console hooked up ASAP (once I figure out
> >how), so that will help. Also, is the Alt-SysRq-p info good for anything?
> >There are /var/log/ksyms.? files at the time of both "crashes", if that
> >will help decode the registers.
>
> Since the keyboard is responding to characters, you do not need the nmi
> watchdog. You should be able to drop into kdb if it is compiled in.
> Build with CONFIG_KDB=y, CONFIG_KDB_OFF=n, hit pause on the keyboard or
> control-A on the serial console. Documentation/kdb contains the man
> pages. Use kdb ps to find which processes are in D state, btp <pid> to
> display what it is waiting on.
Thanks -- that's exactly what I was looking for. I'll post any results to
the list.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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