[gentoo-user] Re: Unable to catch kernel crash dump

[Grant]

> I've been getting a kernel oops for awhile that is worse than ever in
> 3.11.1.  It seems to be related to my XHCI USB port.  I followed the
> instructions here:
>
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel_Crash_Dumps
>
> but /proc/vmcore doesn't exist after I reboot the system after a
> crash.  I did notice that I was getting a lot of white text dumped to
> the screen against a black background before I followed the
> instructions in the wiki, but after following them the screen just
> freezes when it crashes.
>
> Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong or how to find out?

I've discovered that the crash kernel should automatically boot after
a crash and that is not happening.  Any idea what could be preventing
it?  Does the following document look up to date and valid?

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel_Crash_Dumps

- Grant