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Running a UDP Remote Console with Linux 2.6

Posted by simoniker on from the so-there dept.

Bruce Perens writes "Many system admins have learned how to use syslog to log events of remote systems. But when the kernel crashes, its final messages never get to syslog. If you don't have a remote console manager, you won't see them, unless you run netconsole."

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  1. Re: First Post? by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 5, Funny

    did you send them via UDP? perhaps your first attempt hasn't made it yet.

  2. Re:Tempting... by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 3, Funny
    Writing another client daemon would not be a big job. This is at most a 200-line program. No doubt a Perl hacker could do it in one line - but I might lose my lunch from looking at that :-)

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.
  3. Re:Huh? by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 3, Funny
    Well, I've got to say that I switched from the stable 2.4 kernel to the unstable 2.6 one to use netconsole, and so far 2.6 hasn't crashed and I haven't been able to see how far into the panic I'll get the messages. The system is being slashdotted now, maybe that will help.

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  4. Re:Oh I'll see them... by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Funny
    My console is a 300 baud teletype you insensitive clod!

    THERE'S STILL LOTS OF LIFE LEFT IN MY 5-LEVEL BAUDOT MACHINE.

    BRUCE

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  5. That's A Phrase You Never Hear by RogL · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never heard this before, probably never hear it again:

    "The system is being slashdotted now, maybe that will help."