Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 05:24:39 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Random (?) kernel panics Message-ID: <20010426052439.A96027@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010426115855.5657F3830B@naza0.gandi.net>; from jkikpole@cairodurham.org on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:58:54AM %2B0000 References: <20010426000900.A88014@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010426115855.5657F3830B@naza0.gandi.net>
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--GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 11:58:54AM +0000, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> said: > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:42:45PM -0400, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > > > makeoptions DEBUG=3D-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols > >=20 > > The debugging stuff is all stripped out when the kernel is installed > > into /, however it remains in the kernel.debug file in your kernel > > build directory: if you haven't rebuilt your kernel since, you can use > > this kernel with gdb and the vmcore image (it must be the same one as > > the kernel which panicked and dumped the vmcore, otherwise it won't > > work properly). >=20 > So I'll need to reboot to the kernel.debug kernel, wait for the next=20 > panic, and then I'll have the details in gdb. Right? Nope, you just run gdb using the kernel.debug instead of the /var/crash/kernel. That's the point; the debug kernel is kept around in case you need it later. Kris --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE66BOHWry0BWjoQKURAiTdAJ43bbYR7Ukaueq+IDRf7Ff/9xUKuACfUfnL XyZD3ZRHAkN+EJ8QPTlKlp4= =lXkx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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