Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: thegeezer <thegeezer@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Capturing hard hang info?
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:46:41
Message-Id: 526416FB.2080905@thegeezer.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Capturing hard hang info? by Mark Knecht
1 On 10/20/2013 06:30 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:19 AM, thegeezer <thegeezer@×××××××××.net> wrote:
3 >> On 10/19/2013 11:01 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
4 >>
5 > <SNIP>
6 >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3682124.html
7 >>
8 >> check out netconsole -- it's fiddly to setup but essentially in the dying
9 >> breath it send dmesg entries over the network (LAN only)
10 >> it is really "last breath of death" - you need to add ip and mac address and
11 >> have netcat listening on the other end.
12 >>
13 >>
14 > Thanks!
15 >
16 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-netconsole-log-management-tutorial.html
17
18 might be a better tutorial. rather than keep rebooting you can modprobe
19 netconsole with new parameters til it is right.
20 be warned it is fiddly but oh so very useful