ctl-alt-esc not taking me to kernel debugger

2013-06-06 Thread i2u2yn902
Is ctl-alt-esc "working" for others on 8.x & 9.x? See http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=40111 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-qu

Attempting to use the kernel debugger over the serial port not working (well)

2010-09-24 Thread Patrick Mahan
owing lines: console="comconsole vidconsole" comconsole_speed=9600 hint.uart.0.flags="0x90" I invoke the kernel debugger on the target using: 'sysctl debug.kdb.enter=1' Which gets me to the DB> prompt where I enter the following: DB>gdb Step to enter the gdb debug

Re: FreeBSD 8.0 how to enter kernel debugger inside vmware

2010-01-27 Thread Andrew Brampton
ezes on average once a week but doesn't panic, so i would like to > enter the kernel debugger, to at least being able to force a panic. > Unfortunately, i have no serial interface and can't enter into the > debugger on the console using ctrl-alt-esc either, because it conflicts &g

FreeBSD 8.0 how to enter kernel debugger inside vmware

2010-01-27 Thread Daniel Mueller
Hi all I have an unstable machine running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE inside vmware. It freezes on average once a week but doesn't panic, so i would like to enter the kernel debugger, to at least being able to force a panic. Unfortunately, i have no serial interface and can't enter into the d

freeze after entering kernel debugger

2006-03-15 Thread Robert Huff
I've been having problem with the kernel debugger on one of my machines, and the time has come to try and hunt the critter down. The machine in question is running -CURRENT; I'm not posting to that list because I first noticed the problem when it was running -Stable some

kernel debugger

2005-08-10 Thread Sergey Lapin
Hi! We have some networking problem, with PF and route-to, actually, system locks and sends junk to net. But I'm able to enter debugger. Is it possible to localize problem using it? I have acess to console and get do debugger prompt. I'd like to make proper report using debugger to send to freebsd-

Re: Help on kernel debugger

2004-02-24 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Tuesday, 24 February 2004 at 11:23:40 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to use a kernel debugger on FreeBSD 4.8 to check if > my messages to the kernel have all the info required and if > Is being processed. I don't really understand what you mean here. >

Help on kernel debugger

2004-02-23 Thread sundeep.puliccott
I need to use a kernel debugger on FreeBSD 4.8 to check if my messages to the kernel have all the info required and if Is being processed. DDB is the debugger mentioned in the handbook. Will DDB help Me debug the kernel on the target itself? All that I have read abt DDB is debugging from a

Re: escape to kernel debugger

2003-12-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
> how can i break into the kernel debugger when the console >>> is a serial one? (Ctrl-Alt-Esc has now ascii equivalent :-) >> >> Try: >> >> sysctl debug.enter_debugger=gdb >> >> to go into gdb, or >> >> sysctl debug.enter_debugger=dd