Last time I saw kernel panic I was on 2.6. I don’t think I’ll ever see him. :(
On the one hand, that is cool as fuck.
Unfortunately though, I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve been using Linux for 16 years and never experienced a panic screen, so I probably won’t get to see Tux :/
Delete /etc to make your system faster. /s Also, obligatory warning to NEVER DO THIS for anyone new to Linux.
For destructive commands I much prefer
find / -type f -exec mv {} /blackhole \;Would this even cause a kernel panic? I think this just causes a userland “panic”
Idk, you’re probably right.
maybe on some public displays,
but those surely wont update to such a new kernel for a long time
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The DRM Panic handler in Linux 6.10 that is used for presenting a visual error message in case of kernel panics and similar when CONFIG_VT is disabled continues seeing new features.
With Linux 6.11, the DRM Panic display can now handle monochrome logos.
With the code in Linux 6.10 when DRM Panic is triggered, an ASCII art version of Linux’s mascot, Tux the penguin, is rendered as part of the display.
If ASCII art on error messages doesn’t satisfy your tastes in 2024+, the DRM Panic code will be able to support a monochrome graphical logo that leverages the Linux kernel’s boot-up logo support.
This monochrome logo support in the DRM Panic handler was sent out as part of this week’s drm-misc-next pull request ahead of the Linux 6.11 merge window in July.
This week’s drm-misc-next material also includes TTM memory management improvements, various fixes to the smaller Direct Rendering Manager drivers, and also the previously talked about monochrome TV support for the Raspberry Pi.
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Hes not fat hes a rotund penguin on his way to mate!
It’s just the regular penguin. Clickbait!!!1!!
DRM = Direct Rendering Manager, in case anyone else was thinking Digital Rights Management…
Yea we need to say it all the time.
Digital Radio Mondiale enthusiasts: First time?
Hell yeah now Linux and I both will panic in style
This is making me realize that I have never encountered this equivalent of a blue screen of death on Linux.
ive seen it a few times on those screens that buses here have, that shows the next stations on the route.
but never on any of my computers
(im refering to those old ‘kernel panic’ messages)
It’s very new. Previously the system would just drop to a console with a message saying “Kernel panic: not syncing: [reason]” and a whole bunch of debug info.
But still, on a well-maintained system, that pretty much never happens. Mainly because Linux is significantly more resilient to faults in device drivers than Windows.
Begs the question what’s the point in all of this? In 20 or so years of using Linux (usually maintaining multiple systems at once) I’ve had a kernel panic maybe about 4 times for different reasons, and on those occasions the console debug info was fine. I don’t really understand the excitement around making error messages look more like Windows. It can’t be around being more newbie friendly since if you’re having kernel panics you probably need to be an expert or have expert advice anyway.
