From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2FE51381F3 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41282E0D38; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f174.google.com (mail-qc0-f174.google.com [209.85.216.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 415B0E0B83 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id n9so3810204qcw.5 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:36:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=tvnVdbRTJDKrOl9X/URfnBQiKB3neYEGY8KBo1b4nDI=; b=SJo10iP8xZ5hNe77nP6fQr6xPoDNY4FORrQTChrtk9UvAn42p36r80OJyU6e9tobaV +pTekwYq8KyMd7GOOdMDWDUmhGcWFiIZ4zc3/5c91jZAnvkuwJ5jVVUDRwKhxXkh1yCI fyS0TMt9L+Ai5bQ1lHc7g5CvtyT0JqSJw3aevgwL1WFWWFHC4rAd7Cs90J+Ez3PvHKOx f8WB22u5HSVmOHJG2m08xc1x/SY2PSU21vTi+F3MM/HUO9+B0Pjg53eVyJjnJzAbHgsf vgjgq2hfmQnw8eMIrLdv/wPukYfXgMepABTJ0xn3p659B9mPXnHdNz785Yv9izQZg17t IPRQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.53.202 with SMTP id n10mr36708291qag.64.1380094617453; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:36:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.25.83 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:36:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:36:57 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Unable to catch kernel crash dump From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 3180b8ba-7ac7-4bbe-9d50-61e0885ee731 X-Archives-Hash: 58c4bfbca59bd62aa5f1e148ff37125a > 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