[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Crash

[James Carlson]

On 01/15/13 23:02, Rich wrote:
> mkdir -p /var/crash/$(hostname)
> pfexec dumpadm -y
> 
> And ideally, put "set dump_plat_mincpu=0" in /etc/system, lest the
> core dump code try to thread and fail miserably.
> 
> Next time you die, you should get a core dump in
> /var/crash/[hostname]/, presuming your dump device has enough space.

Good advice.  If you're seeing hangs, I also suggest this in /etc/system:

set snooping = 1

That causes the scheduler to panic if it fails to make progress.  It's
probably not something you want to have for the long term, but to help
identify the cause of a hard hang, it can be useful.

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James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>