On 05-Nov-2002 Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Joel M. Baldwin writes: > > <...> > > don't think this is related to the X FP problem ( although I am > > running X11 ). There have been many times when I'd walk in the > <...> > > options DDB #Enable the kernel debugger > <...> > > Its likley you are panic'ing in X, and the system is waiting at the > ddb prompt. But you can't see it or do anything, since X has control > of the graphics and kbd, so it looks like the machine is frozen. > > Try adding options DDB_UNATTENDED to your config. Or just do > sysctl debug.debugger_on_panic=0 > > Both of these have the same effect: they will prevent ddb from stopping > the panic. Make sure you have a dump device setup to capture a > crashdump.
DDB is smart enough (if you are using sc(4)) to notice that the display is in graphics mode and won't drop into a debugger prompt if you panic. -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
