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Re: Kernel hang with latest snapshot
My approach is usually to set up a serial console and collect the
output of the stack back trace on another machine using minicom. This
requires a second machine and a null modem cable. This approach
doesn't work so well on machines that don't have serial ports like
newer laptops.
Ha ! If I want to get really retro, I have a VT220 here somewhere...
Does vmware allow you to set up a virtual serial console and route the
output to another vmware virtual machine?
It would appear that the vmware people thought of this already.
There is an option to add a virtualized serial device to the VM,
the output from which can be written to a file on the host machine.
This option is disabled by default.
Thanks for the pointer...