On Wednesday 01 November 2006 17:13, Jean-Michel Pouré wrote: > Dear friends, > > Because of several daily freezes under AMD64 + nvidia, > I decided to make a custom 2.6.18-rc4 Debian package. > > I followed the normal procedure: > * Download 2.6.18 kernel and patch agains 2.6.19-rc4 > This is done by patch -p1 < patch.txt > * cp /boot/config.xxx /usr/src/linux > * make gconfig (and save) > * make-kpkg kernel-image --initrd > * make-kpkg kernel-headers > > After kernel installation and reboot, the freeze *** seem to dissapear > ***, as I could copy three DVDs of DV content to my hard disc. > > Just a few questions: > > * How do I enable console debugging in the kernel. I heard it was > possible, after a crash, to hit a few keys and display an error message. > > * What 64 bits kernel flavor should I choose? Debian chooses standard, > but I have an Athlon64x2. Should I choose Athlon64 type? > > If people are interested, I can publish my kernel debs. But I doubt it > is very interesting, as it is so easy to build a custom package with > Debian. > > Kind regards, > Jean-Michel Pouré
This is documented in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt. "You need to say "yes" to 'Magic SysRq key (CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ)' when configuring the kernel" HTH! cmr -- Debian 'Etch': Registered Linux User #241964 ---- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]