On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:36:40PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > The first thing to determine is that whether it is freezing of the > user interface or the underlying kernel. For desktops I often compile > the kernel with the option that it flashes the keyboard LEDs when it > is panicking, so I can see at a glance that the omelette has hit the > fan.
On second thought, I am not sure if the keyboard flashing is optional... every desktop that I've come across that kernel panic'd did flash the LEDs, that and the fact the last time I built my desktop kernel is over a year ago makes me a non-authority on kernel options. W -- Willie W. Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] 408 Fine Hall, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
