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Date:      Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:09:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Swapfile problem in 6?
Message-ID:  <20051116020933.72951.qmail@web36209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051115103821.GJ39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>

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--- Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-Nov-15 02:08:12 -0800, Rob wrote:
> 
> >2) Is such debugging possible on a headless PC
> >   without a keyboard attached?
> >   I do have serial console access.
> 
> Yes.  See above URL.  The advantage is that you can
> (hopefully) capture a log of your debug session.
> Send a serial BREAK and you should get a DDB>
> prompt.

What is this "serial BREAK"?
How do I "send a serial BREAK" at the serial
console? Is this some magic key combination?

And, eh, at the moment of deadlock, there is no
response at all from the serial console; will the
"serial BREAK" not be bothered by that?

Rob.




		
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