Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-23 Thread Simon Chang
Well, this means that, since your previous kernel panicked but was not able to save a coredump, when you boot up from another kernel there is simply nothing there for savecore to recover. As a result savecore is reporting that there is nothing to recover for you. But that's the way to set it up.

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-23 Thread Rajkumar S
On 3/22/07, Rajkumar S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/22/07, Simon Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check out "man savecore" for a list of flags. Thanks, I will check that out. I have reinstalled and now starting from scratch to see if I can get the core dump of a panic. dumpdev="/dev/ad2s

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-22 Thread Rajkumar S
On 3/22/07, Simon Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Check out "man savecore" for a list of flags. Thanks, I will check that out. Have you submitted a formal PR? I have to say that I have not had experience with that device or driver. What other responses have you gotten from people? Yes, 1

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-22 Thread Simon Chang
I did not use /var/crash because /var was small than RAM. So I manually changed the crash directory to /usr partition. I do not know how to set savecore flag. Check out "man savecore" for a list of flags. You normally set them in /etc/rc.conf by putting in a line like: savecore_flags="-v -z",

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-21 Thread Rajkumar S
Hi, Thanks for your reply! On 3/21/07, Simon Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From what you are saying it sounds like you are getting the panic on bootup. Is that correct? Yes. immediately on boot up. In looking through your config I don't see anything that really stands out (although I wo

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-21 Thread Simon Chang
Hey there, From what you are saying it sounds like you are getting the panic on bootup. Is that correct? In looking through your config I don't see anything that really stands out (although I would use "/var/crash" for dumpdir, and you didn't specify savecore_flags). What else have you tried

No core dump after panic

2007-03-18 Thread Rajkumar S
Hi, I am trying to get core dump of a kernel panic relating to safenet driver, so that I can file a meaning full PR or even try to debug myself. But I am not getting a core dump after panic. I have gone thorough the developers manual and I believe I have taken care of all the usual stuff. rc.con