Re: core file not generated when kernel is crashed with Sysrq key

2005-07-28 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 04:52:42AM -0700, dipankar das wrote: > Hi, > core file is not generated when kernel is crashed with > Sysrq key ? > Do you mean that /proc/vmcore is not present once you are booted into capture kernel after crash? If yes, have you enabled the support for /proc/vmcore in

Re: core file not generated when kernel is crashed with Sysrq key

2005-07-28 Thread linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, dipankar das wrote: > Hi, > core file is not generated when kernel is crashed with > Sysrq key ? > > What could be the reason for this ? > > Br, > Dipankar. It's not supposed to write any 'core' file. A 'core' file is a dump of users' virtual memory. It has nothing to do

Re: core file not generated when kernel is crashed with Sysrq key

2005-07-28 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 04:52:42AM -0700, dipankar das wrote: > core file is not generated when kernel is crashed with > Sysrq key ? That's right. > What could be the reason for this ? Because it wasn't designed to do so. Core files are for crashing userland programs. There are projects for ker

core file not generated when kernel is crashed with Sysrq key

2005-07-28 Thread dipankar das
Hi, core file is not generated when kernel is crashed with Sysrq key ? What could be the reason for this ? Br, Dipankar. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs - To unsubscri