I thought for a minute that Linux now panics when trying to play DRM'd content
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Also see: systemd-bsod. Generates QR codes, too. I think blue for userspace boot-time errors and black for kernel stuff might be nice.
What does drm mean in this context?
Direct Rendering Manager I believe
A QR code created from the actual fault text would be super helpful. That way we can scan it and get the full error message (details and all) on another device without having to snap a picture or something. But not like windows does it, where it's a link to a defunct page. I'm taking about the actual text transcoded into a QR code.
I believe the main contributor for drm_panic wants to add one eventually. Here's what it might look like:
https://gitlab.com/kdj0c/panic_report/-/issues/1
Also it looks like the colours are configurable at compile time (with white on black default).
This looks EXACTLY as I imagined!
Ah man, I was hoping I'd be rickrolled
And windows shows it for a few seconds, never enough time to pick the phone.
Agreed. Probably the only ~~One of the~~ good thing about the win98 BSOD is that it crashed/froze along with the computer, and the PC required a hard reboot. Yeah, I know, not intentional, but it allowed me to fully read the message.
Edit: crossout
You have to disable auto reboot on bsod
This should be the default option when the blue screen happened, giving users chance to scan the QR and find out about the causes before they can try restarting their PC
Most users don't want to immediately troubleshoot every error, they want to get back to work. The ones that do know how to find it in event viewer or the crash dumps or disable auto reboot on bsod.
It needs more information about what went wrong. That's about as useful as a windows BSOD.
Did they have to go with such a loud shade of blue? It would look so much better on the eyes if it was a nice deep dark blue.
Tbh I don't even know why it needs to be blue or any colour at all.
Everyone knows what the blue screen is. This makes the implication when the screen does appear really obvious.
No need to reinvent the wheel.
Agree, the old windows blue screen would sear your retinas, could definitely be tuned down a bit.
Exactly
Black with big white text would be nice
Reminds me of my Windows XP days when I used to customise the hell out of everything I could... custom boot screen... and yes custom BSOD. Which I switched to red 🟥❗ One day my PC RSODs in front of a family member and he said, "Oh shit, that must be really bad if it's red instead of blue!" 😂
VMware went with Purple for their hypervisors so you get a PSOD instead. Always was fun when you’d hit the console for a server and get greeted by that instead of the yellow and black split screen.
Ahh, that sweet yellow and black split screen 😌
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