Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ENH: SysRq Screen-capture? | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:04:25 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Is it possible to put a screen-capture command in the SysRq stuff? when the > kernel panics, it'd be nice to capture the screen it died on without having > to spend ten minutes with pencil+paper...
Once it has paniced its a bit late and capture to disk might not be safe
There are 3) answers
1. Serial console 2. Use a digital camera (yes I've even had people mail me jpgs of a crash) 3. if you need to use pen/paper then 99% of the time the only values you need are the EIP and the call trace.
Alan
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