Re: i915kms.ko not loading

On Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:39:45 am Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote:
> On 29.08.2013 17:35, Alexander wrote:
> > in sysctl:
> > kern.coredump: 1
> > kern.corefile: /var/coredumps/%U.%N.%P.core
> > 
> > but coredump files not created.

These control user process core dumps, not kernel crash dumps.

> > How to set for creating core files?
> 
> You must add the following line to your /etc/rc.conf:
> dumpdev="AUTO"
> 
> Also add this line to your /etc/sysctl.conf:
> debug.debugger_on_panic=0
> 
> The core dump is written to the swap device when the crash occurs.
> During the next boot, it's written to the specified kern.corefile path.

This is mostly correct, but the cash dump is written to /var/crash, not
the contents of kern.corefile.

-- 
John Baldwin