[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa: backtraces.xml

[Diego Petteno (flameeyes)]

flameeyes    09/06/03 07:09:24

  Modified:             backtraces.xml
  Log:
  Add a note about having to enable kernel support for core dumps.
  
  But people should really just not disable it unless they know what
  they are doing... still, better to document it than not.

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1.10                 xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml?rev=1.10&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml?r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Index: backtraces.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- backtraces.xml	22 May 2009 13:42:28 -0000	1.9
+++ backtraces.xml	3 Jun 2009 07:09:24 -0000	1.10
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml,v 1.9 2009/05/22 13:42:28 flameeyes Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml,v 1.10 2009/06/03 07:09:24 flameeyes Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml" lang="en">
 <title>How to get meaningful backtraces in Gentoo</title>
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>0.7</version>
-<date>2006-12-02</date>
+<version>0.8</version>
+<date>2009-06-03</date>
 
 <chapter> <!-- Introduction -->
 <title>Backtraces with Gentoo</title>
@@ -377,6 +377,27 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+The core dump files are generated directly by the kernel; for this
+reason, the kernel need to have the feature enabled at build time to
+work properly. While all the default configurations enable core dump
+files, if you're running an embedded kernel, or you have configured
+otherwise standard kernel features, you should verify the following
+options:
+</p>
+
+<note>
+You can skip this step if you haven't enabled the “Configure standard
+kernel features” option at all, which you shouldn't have if you don't
+know whether you did.
+</note>
+
+<pre caption="Kernel options to enable core dumps">
+General Setup ---&gt;
+   Configure standard kernel features ---&gt;
+      Enable ELF core dumps
+</pre>
+
+<p>
 Core dumps can be enabled on the system level or the shell session level. In the
 first case, everything in the system that crashes and does not have already a
 crash handler (see later for more notes about KDE's crash handler) will dump.