Kernel Crash Dumps

[Brian Murray]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 06:26:18PM -0500, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> On 03/03/2011 04:46 PM, Brian Murray wrote:
> >In reviewing the kernel debugging documentation I came across the
> >instructions for saving a crash dump for a kernel panic[1].  I tried
> >following them and I'm unable to generate a crash dump.  Additionally,
> >that page hadn't been touched in quite some time.  I've also found a bug
> >report[2] about another person having an issue getting crash dumps.
> >
> >So my question is - is there something wrong with the documentation?
> >the crash dump process? or me?
> >
> >
> >[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/CrashdumpRecipe
> >[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/710733
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> 
> I was able to generate a crash dump on a desktop running Natty.

How?  Your last comment in the bug report mentions intermittent failures
and maxsize is no longer used by apport so that shouldn't have any
effect.  I'd really like to get the documentation and or the process
squared away.

-- 
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
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