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Re: How to read log files



On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:19:29 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote:

> Camaleón:

>>> The machine is locking up and the keyboard leds flash.
>> 
>> When the machine locks, try to access it via ssh.
> 
> That won't work when the keyboard LEDs are flashing. That's a clear sign
> for a kernel panic. We just haven't seen the corresponding log messages,
> though. Maybe they don't make it to the syslog befor the kernel locks
> up.

Then he could use a serial port and instruct kernel (at boot time) to log 
out there. I've done that one time, with a VM machine and another linux 
(openSUSE).

What are the recommended steps to achieve this in Debian?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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