debugging kernel panics

[Adam Funk]

On 2012-06-13, NoOp wrote:

> You might install linux-crashdump
> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/linux-crashdump) for more detailed
> "This package installs all the needed infrstracture to get crashdumps
> from your running system. If you are experiencing kernel crashes that
> cannot be debugged normally (because the problem is infrequent or
> panic's the system in such a way as to make information gathering
> impossible), then you can install this package to automatically enable
> capture of the vmcore on crashes. "
> analysis:
>
> $ sudo apt-get install linux-crashdump
> $ sudo reboot
><http://lkcd.sourceforge.net/> for info, documentation etc.
>
> In the past, I've found the kernel wiki pages to be helpful -
> particularly the bug reporting pages. Perhaps these will help:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Debugging/Symptom
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Debugging
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/FAQ
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Bugs
> and if you are getting Oops before the panic:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelOops


That looks very useful, thanks!