Re: OpenBSD 3.8 and Compaq iPAQ Desktop PC (more info)

"Kunle Odutola" <noemails@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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k> Some info aboout the kernel panic (I haven't any means to capture the
whole
k> dmesg - any ideas?):

<http://www.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/faq/faq4.html#getdmesg>

Thanks, I'd already read that. The redirection to a serial port looks like
the option for my environment but I haven't got the right cables. What
cables do you use?

You'll need a null-modem cable, i.e. one where the Tx and Rx lines (at
least) are swapped.

Thinking about it now, I can see that the computer and the OpenBSD
installation might still be active despite the [usb] keyboard being dead.
It
is a new install with all the X-related file sets excluded but I did opt
to
start sshd by default. This was to be the firat reboot after the
installation.

Would I be able to access and use box via the network even if the usb
errors
have effectively killed the 'console'?. That might just be enough until
the
usb/kernel-panic issue is resolved.

If the machine is indeed active, yes indeed. Try pinging it.

Steve
http://www.fivetrees.com


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