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"Forcing" a kernel panic from the terminal on Linux

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I'm using Solus 4.0 (in a VM) and trying to make screenshots of "typical" kernel panic output ("BSOD"). The init system in Solus is systemd. I tried the following commands in the terminal without success: $ kill -6 1 Doesn't do anything (no echo). $ sudo kill -SEGV 1 Also does nothing... # echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger Freezes the system but it's not what I need. Any ideas? I'd like to see the stack calls and all. It's not about freezing the system with a fork bomb. **References used:** - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85357/intentional-kernel-panic-under-linux - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66197/how-to-cause-kernel-panic-with-a-single-command - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66698/how-does-systemd-survive-a-kill-9 - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49655943/how-to-create-a-kernel-panic-in-rhel-without-rebooting-after-panic
Asked by Frederik (11 rep)
Apr 16, 2019, 03:56 PM
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