[GRLUG] Kernel panic?

[Greg Folkert]

On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 15:41 -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
> I didn't have time to check it out besides rebooting to make sure it
> still can(it can), but my Kubuntu 8.04 desktop froze and the numlock
> and scrolllock kept flashing.  This happened a lot in my Kubuntu KDE4
> partition.  I just thought it was KDE 4, but this just happened in
> Kubuntu KDE3 which is my main OS and has got me worried.
> 
> Doing a quick google search I think this might be kernel panic.  Is
> there anyway to find out what happened?  Does linux log this stuff
> somewhere before going down?

You have to have magic sys request enabled... or whatever its called
now.

There is: http://lkcd.sourceforge.net/

But I'm not sure that is what you want.

Perhaps:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-magic.html

But you have to enable it. Also there is a nice Search IBM Docs URL on
that page:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?source=google&searchType=1&searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&query=Linux+kernel+Panic+magic+key

Hope this helps.
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