Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 02:00:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Decebal Topala <decebal@mail.md> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re: don't fork bomb Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909100156310.6392-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <199909100830.LAA11465@atlas.dnt.md>
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On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Decebal Topala wrote: > > > Is it possible for you to get a crash dump and give a traceback? > > > How to do this ??? there should be a section on this in the handbook, but here's the short and sweet way: compile a new kernel, give the option "-g" to config: "config -g mykernel" after installing add this line to /etc/rc.conf: dumpdev="/dev/myswap_partition" make sure /var/crash is a directory (or a symlink to a directory) with enough free space (amount of ram) reboot... ok of you crash the box then there should be a few files in /var/crash, try this: cd /var/crash gdb -k /kernel vmcore.0 (if the machine just locks up try ctrl+alt+esc, then type "panic" and hit enter) if you have problems consult the handbook and FAQ. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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