Kernel panics will generally dump _something_ to the (real) terminal. The way to try and grab this would be to switch to a VT (with ctrl+alt +F1) and wait for the kernel to die, then take a photo.
I seem to recall something about there being work to enable panics to be visible while in X, but can't place it. -- iwlagn causes kernel panic on 802.11n wifi https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs