Re: Turn off passive scanning?

[Chuck Anderson <cra WPI EDU>]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 02:16:30AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Quoting Chuck Anderson <cra WPI EDU>:
>> netconsole may also be helpful here:
>>
>> http://www.novell.com/communities/node/4753/netconsole-howto-send-kernel-boot-messages-over-ethernet
>>
>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-netconsole-log-management-tutorial.html
>
> If the system is wedged so hard that I can't even use the pageup key
> to scroll back on the console do you really think it will be up sufficiently
> to send out netconsole messages?

Yes.

> If I turn the screen into an 80x60 display instead of 80x24 then at least
> I can get more lines printed before the system locks up....   And I don't
> need a second machine off on the network to help me debug this.

boot with vga=ask and choose a large resolution