Re: ksymoops packaged ? System.map issues ...
Bernd Eckenfels writes:
> If you have installed a current MAP File for the kernel (which is done
> automatically by the kernel installer package), syslogd/klogd will be able
> to read this and will display all Ptr references in lines from the kernel
> with the resolved symbol.
It doesn't contain the *modules* symbols.
> This is a good start for debugging, have u ever
> looked into /var/log/messages?
>
> Apr 6 21:19:28 lina syslogd 1.3-3#25: restart.
> Apr 6 21:19:28 lina kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
> Apr 6 21:19:29 lina kernel: Cannot find map file.
> Apr 6 21:19:29 lina kernel: Error seeking in /dev/kmem
> Apr 6 21:19:29 lina kernel: Error adding kernel module table entry.
>
> -> no support for translation, because the /System.map file was not found.
What kernel version do you use ? Do you use kernel flavours ?
> >From klogd(8)
>
> # As a convenience klogd will attempt to resolve kernel
> # numeric addresses to their symbolic forms if a kernel sym-
> # bol table is available at execution time. A symbol table
> # may be specified by using the -k switch on the command
> # line. If a symbol file is not explicitly specified the
> # following filenames will be tried:
> #
> # /boot/System.map
> # /System.map
> # /usr/src/linux/System.map
The manpage is out of date. It also looks for
"/boot/System.map-$(uname -r)".
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