FreeBSD 8.0 how to enter kernel debugger inside vmware

2010-01-27 Thread Daniel Mueller
Hi all

I have an unstable machine running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE inside vmware. It
freezes on average once a week but doesn't panic, so i would like to
enter the kernel debugger, to at least being able to force a panic.
Unfortunately, i have no serial interface and can't enter into the
debugger on the console using ctrl-alt-esc either, because it conflicts
with the key sequence to leave the console in the vmware client. What
can i do?

many thanks and best regards
-Daniel
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Re: FreeBSD 8.0 how to enter kernel debugger inside vmware

2010-01-27 Thread Andrew Brampton
You might want to recompile your kernel with the ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER
option. This allows you to use CR~^b to enter the debugger instead
of ctrl-alt-esc.

Andrew

2010/1/27 Daniel Mueller d...@imp.ch:

 Hi all

 I have an unstable machine running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE inside vmware. It
 freezes on average once a week but doesn't panic, so i would like to
 enter the kernel debugger, to at least being able to force a panic.
 Unfortunately, i have no serial interface and can't enter into the
 debugger on the console using ctrl-alt-esc either, because it conflicts
 with the key sequence to leave the console in the vmware client. What
 can i do?

 many thanks and best regards
 -Daniel
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