Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block

[linux-2.6] / Documentation / oops-tracing.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index 66eaaab7773d551691181070daead961fca33df2..05960f8a748e6169822b1954530150502135cde0 100644 (file)
--- 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
 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
 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
 
 (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
 
 (2) Boot with a serial console (see Documentation/serial-console.txt),
     run a null modem to a second machine and capture the output there