[Crash-utility] crash failing with CentOS 5 under VMware

[Brian Reichert]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 04:54:58PM -0500, Dave Anderson wrote:
> There is an inconsistency between the 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5.centos.plus kernel
> and the running kernel 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5.  I don't know what the "centos.plus"
> vmlinux kernel is, but its symbols apparently do no match the 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5
> kernel that is running.
> Is the system running a bona fide RHEL5 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5
> kernel, and you're using a centos-generated kernel-debuginfo package?

No, this is a CentOS 5.7 installation.  These RPMs came from the CentOS
official repos.  I was concerned by the apparrent disrepancy in the
names of the files.

> Anyway, you could try what the error message suggests.  There is probably a 
> "/boot/System.map-2.6.18-274.17.1.el5" on that system, and presuming so,
> try this on the live system:

I'll go looking for such a file, and explore your other suggestions.
Thanks for the feedback!

> Dave
> 
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Brian Reichert				<reichert at numachi.com>
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