on 04/04/2010 18:34 Phil Regnauld said the following: > Attilio Rao (attilio) writes: >> I would start by compiling a debugging kernel and using serial port >> for capturing, starting reporting the ACPI bug in the latest case, >> then we can get useful informations. > > Hi Attilio, > > Any pointers on how to achieve that on a machine with no serial ports ? > I've checked out: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-online-gdb.html > and > http://wiki.freebsd.org/DebugWithDcons (there is a recognized firewire > port) > > I don't otherwise see how to get a core to disk halfway through the boot > process.
You could try to use firewire console. See dcons(4). Also, a good and quicker start is to report actual panics that you get, as Attilio has suggested. When everything else fails, a digital camera still can be used to get screen captures:-) -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
