vmware 2

[Keith Owens]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:37:04 -0400 (EDT), 
Evan Sarmiento <evms at cs.bu.edu> wrote:
>I am debugging my kernel module in vmware using kdb.
>When the kernel panics, kdb appears, but, it
>sends a constant string of information to my
>PS2 port making the caps lock and scroll lock keys
>flash at a high rate, making it impossible for me
>to type any debugging commands. Why does this happen?

kdb and recent Redhat kernels flash the keyboard leds during a panic to
tell you that the kernel is dead.  If you are sitting in X with no
console visible it is often the only indication you get that a kernel
has died.

To disable this feature, in arch/i386/kdb/kdba_io.c change

#define KDB_BLINK_LED 1

to

#undef KDB_BLINK_LED