On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:03:15 +0100, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote:

>GrantC <grant_nospam@dodo.com.au> wrote:
....
>> If they not written, I don't think that will help,
>> lockup --> no log write flush to disk
>
>When trying to track hard locks in the kernel I usually configure syslogd
>to log to /dev/tty12 and then make sure that tty is active and not blanked
>when the machine hangs.
>
>Try this:
>echo hello world > /dev/tty12
>(then press ctrl-alt-f12 to view the result)
>
>If I remember right the following line should then go to /etc/syslog.conf:
>*.* /dev/tty12
Hi Henrik,
Didn't think to suggest testing at CLI to eliminate GUI interference,
and do we have a dozen terminals by default? That's interesting, Alt-12
shows hello world, no login prompt... Learn something every day

Cheers,
Grant.