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        !            14: <h2><font color="#e00000">Extracting useful information from kernel crashes</font></h2>
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        !            17: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Minimum information for kernel problems</font></h3>
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        !            19: Familiarize yourself with <a href="reports.html">the general bug reporting procedures</a>
        !            20:  first. All of that will apply.
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        !            22: When reporting a kernel panic or crash, please remember:
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        !            24: <ul>
        !            25: <li><em>We need the console output on the screen</em>. Capture it and
        !            26: save it. Serial consoles are best, but if you are on a VGA console you
        !            27: can <a HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html">scroll the console
        !            28: back</a> and take readable pictures with a phone or camera.<BR>
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        !            30: <li><em>If the kernel paniced we need the traceback.</em> It may be
        !            31: displayed on the screen.  If are at a <tt><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&amp;sektion=4&amp;format=html">ddb</a>&gt;</tt> prompt, type <tt>trace</tt>, If you are running SMP, use the <tt>mach ddbcpu N</tt> command for each of the <tt>N</tt> processors you have and repeat the <tt>trace</tt> command for each processor.<BR>
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        !            33: <li><em>We neet the process list.</em> Use the command <tt>ps</tt> to get us that.
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        !            36: <em>Reports without the above information are useless. This is the minimum we need to be able to track down the issue.</em>.
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        !            38: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Additional information you can send</font></h3>
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        !            40: In some situations more information is desirable. Below are outlined some additional steps you can take in certain situations:
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