Re: [Crash-utility] crash tool not working

Hi, > > Well, that's your first mistake... > Thanks for pointing it out :) .. [snip] .. > Like the error message indicates, the vmlinuz-2.6.32.12-crash-crash > file is not a supported file format. Never has been, never will > be... > I tried with vmlinux and it seems ok. But got another error hltncra110731:/home/adil # crash linux-2.6.32.12-0.7/vmlinux /var/crash/2012-02-08-14\:13/vmcore -------------------- crash 5.0.1 Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Red Hat, Inc. Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Fujitsu Limited Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. Copyright (C) 2005 NEC Corporation Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions. This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for details. GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0 Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"... crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: ffffffff81827aa0 type: "kernel_config_data" WARNING: cannot read kernel_config_data crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: ffffffff8181a660 type: "cpu_possible_mask" hltncra110731:/home/adil # ---------------------------------- > Also, do yourself a favor, and upgrade your crash utility version > from crash-5.0.1, which is two years old. I am using for learning purpose. So i guess this version should be Ok to use for learning purpose.