On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 05:29:18AM +0100, Christian Biere wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've compiled the kernel with DDB support but as I'm under X most of the
> time I've set ddb.onpanic and ddb.fromconsole to 0 (zero). However, I
> had several kernel panics for (probably) different reasons recently. I
> expected the system to dump its kernel and reboot then. This did not
> happen. I typed "sync" blindly (still under X) but I had to push the
> reset button to force the system to reboot. So do I have to compile a
> kernel without DDB to make it reboot in case of a kernel panic?

If you want to be sure, yes. If the kernel traps instead of panic,
it will drop to ddb regardless of the ddb.onpanic setting.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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