Comments on: Reboot Linux box after a kernel panic

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:38:02 +0000

Thanks for this tip! As indicated by mangoo: To take this change effect right now, issue the command
sysctl -p to re-read the /etc/sysctl.conf
Otherwise, this change is not active before the next reboot.

By: mangoo

mangoo — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:36:28 +0000

One can also add panic=10 to the kernel command line, it will have exactly the same effect.

Of course, it’s possible to change it later with sysctl, or by writing to /proc:

echo 10 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:47:29 +0000

Thanks for this tip. My computer had a kernel panic for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I had no choice but to reboot it manually.