A look into what causes kernel panics and some utilities to help gain more information. Working in a Linux environment, how often have you seen a kernel panic? When it happens, your system is left in ...

Testing is an integral and important part of any software development cycle, open or closed, and Linux kernel is no exception to that. Developer testing, integration testing, regression, and stress ...

Microsoft released a new version of the WinDbg debugger tool for Windows, a very popular utility among developers and system administrators working in investigating crash reports, and debugging BSODs ...

As with many Linux-related topics, the issue of using debuggers to troubleshoot the Linux kernel is not only technical--it's political. Linux is being mostly developed on the x86 platform, which does ...

How do I use WinDBG Debugger to troubleshoot a Blue Screen of Death? Your email has been sent By Jacky Howe Have you ever wondered how to obtain extra information from the infamous Blue Screen of ...

It used to be that building the Linux kernel was not easy. Testing and debugging were even worse. Nowadays, it is reasonably easy to build a custom kernel and test or debug it using virtualization.

Windows 8 has been out for a while, featuring an interface that’s as cool as it is annoying . . . until you get the hang of it. But, like any computer operating system, it can fall over. Luckily, ...

Everything is perfect; you’ve upgraded to Windows 7. It’s fully patched, all drivers are updated, security is tight, maybe you even have new hardware…yet the old Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) taunts you ...

A system crash: If you’re lucky, it only ruins your day. More than likely, you’re in for several bad days followed by a few stressful weeks or months. After all, systems rarely fail only once. Rather, ...