From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 20 20:48:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 375DE106567A; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:48:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from hyperion.scode.org (cl-1361.ams-04.nl.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:960:2:550::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E071B8FC14; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from hyperion.scode.org (hyperion.scode.org [85.17.42.115]) by hyperion.scode.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29B8C23C4FD; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:48:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:48:47 +0200 From: Peter Schuller To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20090720204846.GC96793@hyperion.scode.org> References: <20090720201332.GA95896@hyperion.scode.org> <4A64D203.1030908@FreeBSD.org> <4A64D777.30305@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xesSdrSSBC0PokLI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A64D777.30305@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting crashdumps to work (trying to submit crash report) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:48:50 -0000 --xesSdrSSBC0PokLI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Forgot to add, try toggling the value of debug.minidump. Might there be a fear that having minidumps enabled may cause a failure to dump because it is more dependent on kernel data structures? > You might also want to try dumping in the debugger to see if the > infrastructure you have is able to work at all. Break to the debugger > (Ctrl-Alt-Esc at the console, or whatever you need to do for a serial > terminal) and then at the prompt type: >=20 > call doadump(0) >=20 > If it works, you can then just type 'reboot' and make sure that > savecore can do its job. Thanks a lot! I'll try to get my hands on a PS/2 keyboard and experiment with this. --=20 / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org --xesSdrSSBC0PokLI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpk2C4ACgkQDNor2+l1i30j7QCeKq9I+qp/VXVyZsy8aPqVW0Uk 2bIAoJKZ/XKnNTTiD9+sFk0j0s32/+1F =+XMO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xesSdrSSBC0PokLI--