[ILUG] Debugging a vmcore

[Conor Wynne]

On 22 Dec 2005, at 20:39, Paul Jakma wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, conor at discuskeeping.com wrote:
>
>> I have a vmcore which was captured by netdump, and when I run "gbd  
>> vmcore" she reports not in excecutable format: file format not  
>> recognised.
>
>> So, all ye programmer heads out there, come on down and tell me  
>> how to analyse
>> it please.
>
> gdb /path/to/vmlinux vmcore
> (gdb) bt

OK, does this mean I need to do this on the problem machine, or can I  
simply install the same sources on any machine and run it there?

> regards,
> -- 
> Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
> Fortune:
> The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

Cheers PaulJ,
Conor.