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Date:      Thu, 26 Dec 1996 03:42:51 +0100 (MET)
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de>
To:        curt@tkg.com (Curt Finch)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions)
Subject:   Re: crash on xinit
Message-ID:  <199612260242.DAA25916@freebie.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91.961214144728.42790B-100000@spycam.tkg.com> from Curt Finch at "Dec 14, 96 02:48:38 pm"

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Curt Finch writes:
>
> i have a situation where xinit crashes my machine everytime.
> i even tried switching cards.
>
> how can i diagnose the problem?  How do I get the dump.

Create a directory /var/crash, and ensure that you have something like
this in your /etc/sysconfig:

  # Set to the name of the device for kernel crashdumps, or `off' to
  # disable any statically configured dumpdev, or NO for no change.
  # The device should normally be one of the swap devices specified
  # in /etc/fstab.
  dumpdev=/dev/sd0b

  # Set to YES if you want kernel crashdumps to be saved for debugging
  savecore=YES

Greg




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