V.T. Eric Layton 6,379 Posted February 5 Quote PANIC! Kernel segmentation fault; core dumped... And then I noticed the parenthetical remark on the far right side of the screen: (HA! Just kidding!) It was "Fortune". Fortune is an app I have going on CLI. Whenever I start a terminal or boot to RL3 w/ no X running (standard for Slackware), Fortune puts some quirky saying or quote on the screen. It's fun. Bruno told me about Fortune years ago. I've had it enabled on all my systems/Linuxes since then. Heh! It did phreak me out a bit this morning, though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,595 Posted February 5 Haha, that is hilarious!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,379 Posted February 5 Yeah, Linux users, or at least me, are very alert to that word "panic" whenever they're watching the boot screen scroll up the monitor. It's funny because right below the Fortune comment, was this: ericsbane07 Linux 4.4.208 login: (flashing cursor) ... but it was definitely the "panic" that I noticed first. Once I saw the normal login below it, that's when I looked up at the Fortune comment again... and laughed out loud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,379 Posted February 5 I've been using CLI w/ Fortune enabled for nearly 15 years and I don't think I've ever seen a repeated Fortune comment. https://linux.die.net/man/6/fortune The fortune sayings are stored in /usr/share/games/fortunes/ on most systems. There are a BUNCH of them (18 text files @ 3.8M). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 10,595 Posted February 5 I never seen the point of using it as it would only annoy me but I understand why others like it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ichase 491 Posted February 5 I would normally "Panic" when I would see "Panic" on boot That is funny though 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebrke 1,291 Posted February 5 I have never had a kernel panic, but I would certainly have a momentary heart stoppage if I saw that message! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauser 15 Posted February 7 I had more kernel panics than you can shake a stick at because of an eleven month old ASUS motherboard that went bad. I couldn't figure it out until about a month later when it wouldn't even try to start. The only other time was trying the 5.5 kernel. It seems my hardware doesn't get along with the 5.5 kernel. It seems to like the 5.4 kernel. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,379 Posted February 7 Poop occasionally happens. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
