Bug#414742: Kernel panic when quitting X under amd64
reassign 414742 linux-2.6
thank you
Troy Davis wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-i810
> Version: 1.7.2-4
>
> I can repeatably cause a kernel panic simply by hitting CTRL-ALT-Backspace.
> I have seen the panic on screen in one case, but I have not been able to
> actually capture the panic in the logs, nor do I have any meaningful output
> in X's log. I *can* switch to the text console and back while X is running
> without any problem.
>
A kernel panic is clearly a kernel bug. Even if X is doing something
wrong, the kernel has to be able to handle it without crashing.
Reassigning to linux-2.6 then.
We really need to see the panic message, there is no way to debug
without it. Next time you see it on screen, please take a photo with a
digital camera. Note that having a small font might help since you will
have much more lines on the screen :)
Maybe the netconsole module could help too. I am not sure it can capture
kernel panics though. But, if it does, it would be a very nice solution
to capture the panic message from another machine. See
Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt in the kernel source for
details. There are probably some howto in google too.
Brice
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