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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:08:57AM +0200, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: |
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> Since I'm using the box as desktop, I have only a frozen X-server and no |
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> possibility to switch to console (maybe there's some hint whats happened?). |
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> How do I find out what happened, why it crashed? Modern systems have |
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> MCE-logs, but how do I read it in this case? After reboot, all information |
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> seems to be gone since mcelog is always empty. |
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> Alex |
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If it's a kernel panic you actually get debugging information on the |
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console. It's just hidden "behind" the X server. Maybe you can reproduce |
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the problem working without X (If you can do your work purely from the |
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VTs) |
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Do you use any proprietary drivers? |
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-Erik |
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