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[Dave Anderson]

----- "Mike Miller (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller at hp.com> wrote:

> Hello again,
> I sent this yesterday but since I wasn't a member maybe it didn't go
> anywhere.

Hi Mike,

I accepted your message:

  https://www.redhat.com/archives/crash-utility/2010-October/msg00052.html
  
and answered it here:
 
   https://www.redhat.com/archives/crash-utility/2010-October/msg00053.html

Dave


> Hello,
> I'm trying to debug an issue using crash. I've moved the vmcore file
> over to a system other than the system from which the dump was
> collected. I've installed a variety of debug rpms including the
> kernel-debuginfo, kernel-debug-debuginfo, glib-debuginfo, and
> kernel-debuginfo-common. I've also copied the lib/modules from the
> test system to mine. 
> 
> When I run the command "p hba" it returns:
> 
> 	Crash > p hba
> 	Hba = $2 = 778764288 (please ignore the uppercase, stupid mail client)
> 
> I expect to see something like:
> 
> 	Hba = $1 = {0x102170b0000, 0x0, 0x0,..., 0x0}
> 
> Why is that? Do I need to be running crash on the test system itself?
> I thought all relevant info would be contained in the vmcore file and
> I could attempt the analysis on any system?.
>  
> The crash version command returns version = $3 = v0.25941.
> My running kernel is 2.6.18-prep. /etc/issue reports rhel5.5.
> The kernel on the test system is 2.6.18-164.el5. That is also the
> version of the debug packages I installed as well as the vmlinux file
> I'm using. Any problems mixing and matching like that? I have not
> rebooted my system since installing the debug packages but that
> doesn't seem necessary. Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- mikem