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From: nieusma@cs.colorado.edu (Jeff Nieusma)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: BAD TRAP
Keywords: adb trace back
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.203228.19169@csn.org>
Date: 24 Jan 91 20:32:28 GMT
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In article <1991Jan23.002124.15503@ssd.kodak.com>, dcox@ssd.kodak.com
(Don Cox) writes:
|> System: Sun4/260, SunOS4.0.3
|> 
|> Our news server (coop) has re-booted twice in the last week because
|> of
|> a "BAD TRAP".  Below is a record of the /var/adm/messages file.  Any
|> ideas or suggestions as to what could be causing this would be
|> greatly
|> appreciated.  Thanks.
|> 
|>  [ /var/adm/messages deleted ]
|>
|>                   Don Cox
|> Phone (716) 253-7121      KMX (716) 253-7998
|> INTERNET    dcox@ssd.kodak.com

you should set your machine up to do a savecore when it crashes.
after you get the core file, 

cd /var/crash/`hostname`
adb -k vmunix.0 vmcore.0
$c
$q

The $c should show you a traceback complete with the names
of the routines that were being executed when the crash occurred.

It may help you determine what your problem is.

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