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LCA: Catching up with X.org

Posted Jan 24, 2009 3:20 UTC (Sat) by mitchskin (subscriber, #32405)
Parent article: LCA: Catching up with X.org

Among other things, that will let the kernel present a traceback when the system panics, even if X is running.

Hey, this could be implemented as a bunch of white text on a blue background...

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Posted Jan 24, 2009 14:44 UTC (Sat) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

Been done already (but not merged). Google "colored kernel output".

LCA: Catching up with X.org

Posted Jan 31, 2009 1:17 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

But you still don't see anything if the crash happens while you're in graphics mode. If you want the look and feel of old Windows, you need this new X function.