Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

On Sun Mar 23 2008 at 16:08:16 +0100, Tobias Nygren wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:53:35 +0100
> Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Am 13.03.2008 um 04:21 schrieb Tobias Nygren:
> > >> Modified Files:
> > >>  src/sys/arch/x86/x86: vga_post.c
> > >>  src/sys/dev/wscons: wsdisplay.c
> > >>
> > >> Log Message:
> > >> -add a function to vga_post which can be called from DDB to get a
> > >>  usable VGA console ("call ddb_vgapost")
> > >
> > > Sweet. I guess it should "just work" to put this in  
> > > ddb.commandonenter?
> > 
> > Sweet. Shall we ship that by default? :)
> 
> Some people might want to see what the last thing that was going on on
> their X display before panic was.
> 
> I do however think that this and similar useful snippets should
> be documented somewhere. (Perhaps as commented out in lines
> in sysctl.conf?)

Would it be possible to have a simple keypress alias for this?  So that X
would freeze, but if you press e.g. ctrl-esc, you get ddb?  The rationale
is that a simple keypress is harder to mess up when driving with your
eyes closed.

Dunno what's a better default, though.  Maybe one billion bluescreens
can't be wrong?

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