From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 15:30:34 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C53FD16A400 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:30:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phoffman@proper.com) Received: from balder-227.proper.com (Balder-227.Proper.COM [192.245.12.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB2C13C465 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:30:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phoffman@proper.com) Received: from [10.20.30.108] (dsl-63-249-108-169.cruzio.com [63.249.108.169]) (authenticated bits=0) by balder-227.proper.com (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l54FIIYx027556 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:18:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from phoffman@proper.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:18:07 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Paul Hoffman Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Cc: Subject: Short HOWTO on reading a core to determine why my server is rebooting? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:30:34 -0000 Hi again. I have a server running 6.0 that has been spontaneously rebooting every few weeks. Is there a short HOWTO that tells me how to read the files in /var/crash to at least find out what the kernel thinks the issue is? There is nothing in /var/log/messages of interest before the crash, nothing in 'dmesg -a' in coming up that says anything interesting, and there's plenty of room on the drives. --Paul Hoffman