Geoff Wing <g...@pobox.com> writes: > Unfortunately my machine is mostly headless and I can't get dmesg saved > after reboot. > [...] > Is "bt;sync" better?
If you want the dmesg output, you do want the core dump: # dmesg -N /var/crash/netbsd.42 -M /var/crash/netbsd.42.core ...and for backtraces after the fact (your path will vary): # gdb /sys/arch/amd64/compile/obj.amd64/GENERIC/netbsd.gdb (gdb) target kvm /var/crash/netbsd.42.core (gdb) bt -tih -- Most people who graduate with CS degrees don't understand the significance of Lisp. Lisp is the most important idea in computer science. --Alan Kay