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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:22:16 -0400
From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
To: mdaljeet@in.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: ppc Linux-2.4.2 not generating core dump for SIGSEGV and abort()
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In-Reply-To: <CA256A8D.0047BE63.00@d73mta01.au.ibm.com>; from mdaljeet@in.ibm.com on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:31:25PM +0530
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:31:25PM +0530, mdaljeet@in.ibm.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>      I am using Suse-linux-7.1 with default linux -ppc kernel on apple G4
> machine.
> SIGSEGV is never generating the core dump. though this signal is being
> caught by the user process.
> I also tried with "abort" call which should generate the core dump, but
> this is also not working. The same program with abort call is generating
> core dumps on other linux/unix platforms.
> Can anybody tell me where is the problem?

    Core dumps are disabled by default for a SuSE install.

    If you're using bash:
    ulimit -c unlimited

    or csh:
    unlimit coredumpsize

    -Jeff
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Jeff Mahoney
jeffm@suse.com
jeffm@csh.rit.edu
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