K.S. Bhaskar on 21 Sep 2008 06:41:37 -0700 |
Thanks. It happens so fast that I am not able to do anything meaningful, but I guess I will try, try and try again like the proverbial spider... Regards -- Bhaskar On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:58 PM, David A. Harding <dave@dtrt.org> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:42:35PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: >> Since my reading and reflexes are not as fast as the computer, any >> suggestions on how to troubleshoot this? > > You can try freezing the output by pressing the scroll-lock key > or Ctrl-S. Unfreeze the output, respectively, by pressing scroll-lock > again or Ctrl-Q. > > Different things will happen depending on what facility is displaying > the output. If you're viewing kernel output directly, and you block > additional output by freezing the screen, you may get a non-recoverable > kernel oops[1]. The chance of a kernel oops increases the longer you > keep the screen frozen. If you get an oops, hard reboot the machine by > holding down the power button for 5-15 seconds. If you're viewing > multiplied syslog[2] output, freezing the screen won't prevent > additional errors from occurring, and the machine may reboot before you > see all the output. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_oops > [2] syslog(2) and syslog(3) > > -Dave > -- > David A. Harding Website: http://dtrt.org/ > 1 (609) 997-0765 Email: dave@dtrt.org > Jabber/XMPP: dharding@jabber.org > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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