Brent Eckhout wrote: > I'm not sure if I can capture the console messages as the system is shutting > down. I tried killing klogd process and restarting with -f (file) option to > see if the messages could be written to a file. However, it looks file > system is closed and the klogd is shut down before the system executes the > halt command. Any suggestions on how to capture the console messages at > shutdown would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Brent >
You could attach a serial console and see all the messages during shutdown. See http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html and http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3164/1/ as well as your linux/documentation/serial-console.txt file HTH David >>On Tuesday 28 May 2002 03:40, Brent Eckhout wrote: >> >>>I've just started using Red Hat 7.2 (Enigma). It installed successfully >>>but whenever I shut down the system, I get an "oops" error-- Bad EIP >>>Value. It looks like it's bombing on the command "halt -i -d -p". Any >>>suggestions for fixing this problem? >>> >>>If I need to turn off some auto shutdown functions, that's fine (BIOS or >>>others). I tried a Google search-- there were several folks with similar >>>problems but no quick and dirty solutions. >>> >>What you need to do is find out which process is causing the EIP, i suggest >>you read /usr/src/linux/Documantation/oops-tracing.txt that will show you >>howto find that out. >> >>Next time you require help please include your kernel version and as much >>information as possable that will help us to help you. >> >>I have redhat-7.2 on my laptop and have no such problems. >> >> >>>Brent >> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
