On Wednesday 27 August 2003 12:05, Pupeno wrote: <snip> > > I've dealt with random freezes due to badly supported hardware - driver > > bugs - for IDE controllers and SCSI controllers. Grabbing newer sources > > is one good test. Another is using the NMI watchdog, which can help you > > understand the crashes and identify which driver may be at fault. Info > > on the NMI watchdog can be found in: > > > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt > > > > It's extremely useful, but only if you're either not running X or using > > an external serial console - so you can see its output. > > Unfortunatly, I'm using X and I don't have any serial consoles at hand... > is there anything that I can still do ?
If you have an extra machine, you can use it as a serial console. Just connect the serial ports together using a null modem cable. You can even log the output doing it this way. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
