If your Windoze machine does a BSOD, it should generate a folder called "mini dump" with the contents of the error. There are a number of third party programs that will load this data and give you an interpretation of the contents, down to the line of code where the BSOD occurred.
Dan On May 31, 2012, at 12:52 AM, Walt Zarnoch <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote: > It has been said that a BSOD used to do the same thing, if one was > privileged enough to know how to decipher it. > > I need to brush up on GNU/Linux core dump, would help fir when Sid starts > getting angry. > > Walt > On May 30, 2012 10:12 PM, "Rich Thomas" < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> I liked line printers spewing out stacks and stacks of wide paper with all >> sorts of indecipherable stuff, esp when you got a core dump when your >> program bombed. A woman at NASA actually taught me how to read core dumps >> and figure out what bit of code did the nasty, so I could go back and fix >> it quickly. I used this newfound skill with various other students when I >> got back to school, and was a god to them when I did it. It was nothing >> short of magic. I could read it and sort out the problem in about 30sec >> after they had taken hours to try to debug their code. Unfortunately it >> never helped me get, um, female companionship, just respect with the dudes. >> >> --R >> >> On 5/30/12 9:54 PM, Craig wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 30 May 2012 21:38:12 -0400 Allan Streib<str...@cs.indiana.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Peter Frederick<psf...@earthlink.net**> writes: >>>> >>>> But we are talking mid 70's. When Xerox came up with the Diablo daisy >>>>> wheel, all the Selectric terminals went away, too much maintenance. >>>>> >>>> I remember the diablos. Sounded like a gatling gun when they were in >>>> action. >>>> >>> Laser printers were a dramatic improvement. >>> >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
