Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:16:20 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to get more info #2 Message-ID: <200512211116.21392.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <43A91804.4090301@jetnet.co.uk> References: <43A91804.4090301@jetnet.co.uk>
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On Wednesday 21 December 2005 03:53 am, David Reid wrote: > Following on from my last attempt to get more information on why my box > keeps rebooting, it was suggested that the lack of panics was a function > of running under X. Off list it was suggested I try remote debugging > via firewire, something I have now done. > > The panic showed up in vm_map_entry_splay as a page fault. The function > was called following a trap 0xc. > > I tried to get into gdb to get more information but it complained about > a lack of remote debuggers. > > As I'm still new to the remote debugging thing does anyone have any > pointers/suggestions for how to extract more information next time it > crashes and what sort of information I should post? Compile KDB and DDB into the kernel. You can then use 'tr' in ddb to get a stack trace. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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