> I've been getting a kernel oops for awhile that is worse than ever in > 3.11.1. It seems to be related to my XHCI USB port. I followed the > instructions here: > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel_Crash_Dumps > > but /proc/vmcore doesn't exist after I reboot the system after a > crash. I did notice that I was getting a lot of white text dumped to > the screen against a black background before I followed the > instructions in the wiki, but after following them the screen just > freezes when it crashes. > > Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong or how to find out?
I've discovered that the crash kernel should automatically boot after a crash and that is not happening. Any idea what could be preventing it? Does the following document look up to date and valid? http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel_Crash_Dumps - Grant