The panic text is encoded as a numeric parameter.
This script is to decode such kernel panics without needing to provide it to an external service.
WTF. A solution for an entirely self-inflicted problem.
This script is to decode such kernel panics without needing to provide it to an external service.
WTF. A solution for an entirely self-inflicted problem.
Distro developers and user are separate people. Also, a person viewing the QR code is not necessarily the owner of the panicked system.
No, they don't have to be. How did this user-hostile attitude infect Linux too?
Also, a person viewing the QR code is not necessarily the owner of the panicked system.
So what? Stop hiding things from users. If they don't care they don't have to read. If they do, don't make them jump through additional hoops.
The non-QR/textual panics can be restored with a kernel/module parameter as described here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel#QR_code_on_a_blue_sc...
The QR code can be made to provide the text itself (non-URL-encoded) by rebuilding the kernel with CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL unset.
its meant to make it easy to extract the panic as unless one has a serial console attached, wont have it in a text form that one can use in any manner.