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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get a core dump from seg-faulting software?
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:29:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ybx0kOefBCE6cYmw@ACM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211216163258.43C65823F6E2@turkos.aspodata.se>

Hello, Karl.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 17:32:58 +0100, karl@aspodata.se wrote:
> Alex:
> > I've got CONFIG_ELF_CORE and CONFIG_COREDUMP both configured to yes in
> > my kernel.

> > When I do

> >     $ uclimit -H -c

> > , it tells me "unlimited".

> > But still, no dump.  :-(

> > What am I missing?

> Have you tried:

> $ man gcore
> $ man 5 core

I've looked at them now, thanks.  It was tastytea who spotted the crux,
the file /etc/security/limits.conf.

> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-17 11:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-16 15:55 [gentoo-user] How do I get a core dump from seg-faulting software? Alan Mackenzie
2021-12-16 16:32 ` karl
2021-12-17 11:29   ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2021-12-16 20:23 ` Rich Freeman
2021-12-17 11:27   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-12-16 23:18 ` tastytea
2021-12-17 11:20   ` Alan Mackenzie

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