Linux Kernel Newbies -- RE: kernel panic

Configure kernel with frame pointers and then try to insert the module manually using insmod. If possible you can either use kdb/kgdb or xen to load the module in an environment where you might have some debugging capabilities. I have used all of the three and in my opinion, kdb is the simplest.

Ani

From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mrunal Gawade
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:52 PM
To: Kernel Newbies
Subject: kernel panic

Hi,

I am facing a strange scenario. My kernel module contains bugs and every time I am inserting it my system hangs. I was hoping to get a stack trace on screen in single user mode, but it is not providing one. Contents are not written to /var/log/messages also as I think flushing of the data to disk is not happening.

Is this problem a common one? Do I need to compile my kernel to provide a stack trace on console or is it configured by default? I am using a Open SUSE 10.1 kernel 2.6.18.

Your quick help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Mrunal