Screenshot is a closeup of text on a CRT monitor. It's a moment from the War Games movie where the system is asking, "SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?"

As I drink my coffee this morning, I'm chuckling because I think that a kernel panic should flash the Caps Lock key, show #ohnoesTux, and simply say, "SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?" #WARGAMESKERNELPANIC #linux #troubleshooting

The left upper corner of my laptop monitor shows an ASCII art image of Tux the Linux mascot followed by a large exclamation point. a cute indicator of big problems.

The laptop screen reads: KERNEL PANIC! Please reboot your computer. VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

The screenshot shows the final steps to fix the kernel panic issue I had. I used Fedora's package manager to reinstall the kernel core after tracking down and removing the (closed source) driver that was causing the problem.

I was able to fix the kernel panic and I'm feeling a bit smug now -- quite different from when the Caps Lock key was flashing and I first saw the error messages #kernelpanic #thanksforthehelpDuckDuckGo #fuckedFedorafinallyfixed

P.S. I want #ohnoesTux on a t-shirt 🐧👕