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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:40:29 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
Cc: mistwolf@ethereal.net, rfg@monkeys.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: A suggested kernel enhancement relating to kernel panics.
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In the last episode (Jun 17), Thomas David Rivers said:
> 
> If you have the savecore file from the panic, I've done
> this in the past:
> 
> 	strings savecore.XX | grep "panic"
> 
> usually the message pops right out :-)

When savecore saves a core, it logs the panic string via syslog:

    if (panicstr)
        syslog(LOG_ALERT, "reboot after panic: %s", panic_mesg);
    else
        syslog(LOG_ALERT, "reboot");

So it's in /var/log/messages too.

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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