[gpm]Re: gpm freezes console (fwd)

[Alessandro Rubini]

> i tried to send the following message, but it was rejected by the mail
> server at lists.linux.it because it was too big

we have a 250k limit in the mail server. I usually place 50k or so
in the list configuration, don't remember what it is now, though.

> i suspect there a let of repeated stuff in the strace log, but i don't
> know anything at all about C, so i couldn't really edit it.

you can gzip or bzip2. It really helps. Also, please send the file
only to Nico (and possibly me, if you want).

The strace surely helps in this case, though.

> the kernel obviously only keeps a certain number of lines (or bytes) of
> dmesg and everything else was obliterated.

everything goes to /var/log/kern.log or whatever you /etc/syslog.conf
directs it to. "dmesg" only reads the circular buffer inside the kernel,
which is a few kB.

> the attached section of my /var/log/daemon ("gpm_syslog") includes an
> example of what was written to the system log during the same time. again,

thanks.
/alessandro