On Tuesday 05 December 2006 09:55, M Harris wrote: > On Tuesday 05 December 2006 11:31, Simon Roberts wrote: > > This, I guess, is probably a generic Unix question, > > No, most Suse users will never do this... > > > I want to attach to the output stream of an existing terminal. > > You will need to redirect your console to /dev/tty10... then have > another > terminal or shell monitor the output (could be as simple as minicom... with > history, hung off the machine over a null modem) I've done this plenty of > times... in fact... all of my headless boxes have the console directed to > the serial port. > > > The problem is that I'm getting a recursive kernel panic. . . which I > > guess > > is reasonable in the event of a panic, as not much of the kernel's behavior > will be trustworthy . . . > uh, no. A "kernel panic" is a "casters-up" dead-as-a-doorknob > condition... the kernel is not running... it has stopped.
You also mentioned 'kdb' on Solaris. I've not yet used it, but there is a similar program for Linux -- kgdb. It requires two machines and a serial port or ethernet connection between them. Perhaps more than you wanted to get into. See: http://kgdb.linsyssoft.com Jim Cunning -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
