From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 18:32:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A1AC1065673 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:32:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB4688FC25 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:32:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c3so751516ana.13 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:32:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=TzQKJNBC7HTwoFL6PPcojac58OsAQu1EoVBAU7EVkyU=; b=qvhZfEuWiVQSHhyt+2ZO/e+qm8OGrI63pSBeJNGULONyp/bU57GEguwfNzZQ6YpeO5 Tjcc8nZz98r5owWViL0UTzCFDCzC6YIZjjdqV7UWH06S8NROGNzIq2jDMTQ0f3+/yguT 6tAMmb2/dkL1855BtqA7rQ9JLVU0WlbzYaqg8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Zy1E6OR55ZT8rAN810r4WHIJM5Dfj1ugB8E/kyvKUEkHWgEodVv1LHQZjNnBR0U3eJ 0MY7rICRqlqAhWZ+tHlccgTcbcu14XLwE24aeho7i7sB14qFh5052fPvZOMM8s+tIp+P txcOWXxwV+U3+3kWNudy8kZjCaMLzx4mpfGFo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.171.15 with SMTP id t15mr3487525ane.99.1240596587811; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:09:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1240586478.2433.2004.camel@horst-tla> References: <1240586478.2433.2004.camel@horst-tla> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:09:47 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310904241109qbf37b44pa414db7ec2f32c0c@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: magic disappearing coredumps X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:32:01 -0000 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III wrote: > I'm trying to debug a piece of software. It dumps a core file which > mysteriously vanishes. it's not in the program directory, nor my $HOME, > nor /var/crash nor /var/core ... > > Deliberately crashing /bin/sh also results in a core file which turns up > nowhere on my filesystem. > > Crossposting to -stable and -ppc because i'm uncertain whether this is a > ppc issue or a bsd issue or simple operator incompetence. > > I apologise if the answer is something that was a google away. > Do you disable coredumps in /boot/loader.conf? The following would enable them: kern.coredump=3D1 --=20 Glen Barber