X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Foops-tracing.txt;h=9f30ac6ca47b4caa382a281523b27a8abc95f541;hb=ddad86c2d6f660112c6ce8aabae6ffd346e25b9b;hp=66eaaab7773d551691181070daead961fca33df2;hpb=deb75f3c29a13ac37a50d82a256c8dc17de58c3d;p=powerpc.git diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index 66eaaab777..9f30ac6ca4 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 +30,9 @@ 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. (2) Boot with a serial console (see Documentation/serial-console.txt), run a null modem to a second machine and capture the output there