From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Unable to catch kernel crash dump
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 05:23:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw36i_TK03GwUuxiBdy03YB1J6oASZ+=OKX+pXmah_OGZw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0CFw2jsLBGsLzn0Sx_+JqLFdXX_0ypBoNqrF8VXYej1MZLNw@mail.gmail.com>
>> 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
It turns out the crashkernel itself crashes when I have the Mini
DisplayPort connected. I've filed a bug:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62671
- Grant
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-07 12:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-19 12:24 [gentoo-user] Unable to catch kernel crash dump Grant
2013-09-25 7:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant
2013-10-07 12:23 ` Grant [this message]
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