asterisk users - Mar 2009 - How to generate core dump?

Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a
core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug?  I looked
in the obvious places in "make menuconfig" and didn't see anything
appropriate.

Thanks,

-Ken


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Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a
> core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug?  I looked
>   
asterisk -help

Doug


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On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a 
> core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug?  I looked 
> in the obvious places in "make menuconfig" and didn't see
anything
> appropriate.
man asterisk, read about "-g."

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Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a
> core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug?  I looked
> in the obvious places in "make menuconfig" and didn't see
anything
> appropriate.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Ken
> 
> 
Run Asterisk with the -g option and it will dump a core file if it should crash.

Mark Michelson

Hi Ken,

If you run "ulimit -c" on the command line and get a "0"
output, then
you need to run "ulimit -c unlimited" on the command line.

-Steve

Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a
> core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug?  I looked
> in the obvious places in "make menuconfig" and didn't see
anything
> appropriate.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ken
>
>
>

Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a
> core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug?  I looked
> in the obvious places in "make menuconfig" and didn't see
anything
> appropriate.
There should be a file called something like backtrace.txt that gives 
you instructions on how to compile with debugging options, generate a 
coredump when Asteriss crashes, as well as information on how to 
generate a backtrace to determine where the problem is located.  This 
file would be in the doc/ directory in your Asterisk source.


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