Detect kernel crashdump
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apport (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apport
As per our IRC conversation. In order to detect that there was a kernel crash which was handled by kdump, there will be a /var/crash/
Apport should tell the user that a kernel crash occurred. If there is a vmcore file, the user should file a bug and include that file. No bug report should be filed without the vmcore file (either because the user didn't want to, or because it didn't exist).
Note that this functionality will only exist when the user has manually installed kdump related packages and a debug kernel. It is hoped that this will be facilitated with a linux-kdump-generic meta package (and similar for other flavors).
Changed in apport: | |
assignee: | nobody → pitti |
Changed in apport: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
instead of teaching apport about vmcore files, it seems to me that the kernel crash dump scripts should handle detecting the vmcore and munging it into an apport crash file in /var/crash (which would then be detected and reported by the existing tools).