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diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index 66eaaab7773..05960f8a748 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ NOTE: ksymoops is useless on 2.6. Please use the Oops in its original format (from dmesg, etc). Ignore any references in this or other docs to "decoding -the Oops" or "running it through ksymoops". If you post an Oops fron 2.6 that +the Oops" or "running it through ksymoops". If you post an Oops from 2.6 that has been run through ksymoops, people will just tell you to repost it. Quick Summary @@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ the disk is not available then you have three options :- (1) Hand copy the text from the screen and type it in after the machine has restarted. Messy but it is the only option if you have not - planned for a crash. + planned for a crash. Alternatively, you can take a picture of + the screen with a digital camera - not nice, but better than + nothing. If the messages scroll off the top of the console, you + may find that booting with a higher resolution (eg, vga=791) + will allow you to read more of the text. (Caveat: This needs vesafb, + so won't help for 'early' oopses) (2) Boot with a serial console (see Documentation/serial-console.txt), run a null modem to a second machine and capture the output there |