From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 12 10:20:34 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 04CC71065670; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:20:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962408FC14; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from localhost by koef.zs64.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6CAKVbH022526 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:20:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) (authenticated as stb) Message-Id: <231E941D-4656-4D88-BAA9-29361A3C2B51@lassitu.de> From: Stefan Bethke To: Lawrence Stewart In-Reply-To: <4A598DDF.4010306@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:20:31 +0200 References: <128E7C52-CCBD-4BAF-A4AE-1D914A3968CB@lassitu.de> <4A58DD8D.3090308@freebsd.org> <6D58BB3C-85F4-44A6-A43B-F6E18F056FA4@lassitu.de> <4A598DDF.4010306@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Automatic crashdumps, etc. 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: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Am 12.07.2009 um 09:16 schrieb Lawrence Stewart: > You can set debug.debugger_on_panic=0 in /etc/sysctl.conf which will > make the system automatically dump core and reset instead of sitting > at the ddb prompt. I was under the impression that adding ddb_enable="YES" to rc.conf would run a DDB script that records some information, creates a dump, and then resets. However, whenever I've had a panic, I was presented with just the ddb prompt. Is something else needed? Thanks, Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Fon +49 151 14070811