Why crash command giving an error "crash: /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/kernel/vmlinux: No such file or directory" while opening a vmcore file ?
Issue
- Crash utility giving error message while opening a vmcore file.
Eg:
# crash vmcore /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/kernel/vmlinux
crash 6.0.4-2.el6
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crash: /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/kernel/vmlinux: No such file or directory <<<----
Usage:
crash [OPTION]... NAMELIST MEMORY-IMAGE (dumpfile form)
crash [OPTION]... [NAMELIST] (live system form)
Enter "crash -h" for details.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- crash
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