Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:28:30 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: why panic(9) ? Message-ID: <4D3CF1DE.8010403@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4D3CB2FE.2080603@gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=OQbS-0jJx0YwZhM7xDWPLOkaYYZAYfESUEvvM@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=6ODRNH5Z_oRVzqWStAuv%2B4-aBDoUSY5baYkvQ@mail.gmail.com> <4D3CB2FE.2080603@gmail.com>
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On 01/23/2011 15:00, David Demelier wrote: > In any case, when panic occurs, switching display to the tty can be > great. Why not a sysctl like kern.tty_on_panic? Because when you're > running X and a panic occurs not everybody understand what happens. Putting the following in /etc/sysctl.conf can help: debug.debugger_on_panic=0 The reason being that sometimes when you panic in X the system is attempting to drop to the debugger, but can't, which is why it hangs. hth, Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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