Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:46:04 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB camera causing OS crash? Message-ID: <41E6354C.5010404@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41E5C6F7.2070807@elischer.org> References: <41E54591.70109@freebsd.org> <41E58102.8010603@elischer.org> <41E58B2D.2040505@freebsd.org> <41E5C6F7.2070807@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > > Mark Ovens wrote: > >>> >>> >>> you probably need to run with ddb, kdb and a serial console, or at >>> least from the console, outside of >>> X11 so you can see the error messages. The system will not go int ddb >>> if the console is being controlled by X11. >>> >> >> I guess I can't do that then as I don't have serial console and can >> only force the crash from within X - and there's no time to switch >> back to the console before it hangs. > > > can you run the program with $DISPLAY set to another machine? > Someone mailed me off-list with that suggestion. I've got another machine that can just about manage to run X so I'll try it; got to rebuild the world first to make sure the kernel and userland are in synch as I've cvsup'd my tree since my last build. What, in particular should I be looking for when it crashes? Regards, Mark
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