From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 14:31:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F100816A4BF for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (law11-f104.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.104]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8B943FBF for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:31:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carneeki@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:31:12 -0700 Received: from 220.240.10.124 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:31:12 GMT X-Originating-IP: [220.240.10.124] X-Originating-Email: [carneeki@hotmail.com] From: "Adam Carmichael" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 07:31:12 +1000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Oct 2003 21:31:12.0334 (UTC) FILETIME=[258D46E0:01C39A76] Subject: Core dumps not containing Symbols X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:31:13 -0000 Greetings all, I have a box that is dumping cores, and I would like to look into the matter further, but my output in gdb does not appear to contain symbols. I modified GENERIC so that it contains the following line: makeoptions DEBUG=-g I have also tried with and without the following two options: options DDB options DDB_UNATTENDED without success. I read in Absolute BSD, and the FreeBSD Developers Handbook that my makeoptions line should be all that is required. This code is from the 4-STABLE source at about 01:20 AEST, Sat Oct 25, 2003 (about 15:20, Fri Oct 24 2003 UTC [sorry if I'm an hour out - I don't know whether I subtract 10 hours or 11 hours for daylight savings/winter time] ). What other stages are there to get the relevant source to appear in gdb when i run 'where'? (I would like to help out by possibly patching what is occuring rather than just post the info when the machine dumped it's core). Could I request all replies be CC'ed to my hotmail account as well as the list as my normal POP3 client is in the process of a change in OS. -- Adam Carmichael carneeki@carneeki.net [upgrading my notebook from XP => BSD - won't be checking for a few hours] carneeki@hotmail.com [interim] _________________________________________________________________ Chat via SMS. Simply send 'CHAT' to 1889918. 33c per message sent. Free to receive. More info at http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/MoChat.asp?blipid=6800