Public bug reported: I can not trigger a kdump with my installed hwe kernel (5.8) on 20.04. 5.4 does work.
sudo kdump-config show DUMP_MODE: kdump USE_KDUMP: 1 KDUMP_SYSCTL: kernel.panic_on_oops=1 KDUMP_COREDIR: /var/crash crashkernel addr: 0x98000000 /var/lib/kdump/vmlinuz: symbolic link to /boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic kdump initrd: /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img: symbolic link to /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-5.8.0-44-generic current state: ready to kdump kexec command: /sbin/kexec -p --command-line="BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=UUID=2c41957a-476a-4416-bab8-9aa718afdf5c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 reset_devices systemd.unit=kdump-tools-dump.service nr_cpus=1 irqpoll nousb ata_piix.prefer_ms_hyperv=0" --initrd=/var/lib/kdump/initrd.img /var/lib/kdump/vmlinuz dmesg | grep crash [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=UUID=2c41957a-476a-4416-bab8-9aa718afdf5c ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:1G vt.handoff=7 [ 0.000000] kexec: Reserving the low 1M of memory for crashkernel [ 0.000000] Reserving 1024MB of memory at 2432MB for crashkernel (System RAM: 16337MB) [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=UUID=2c41957a-476a-4416-bab8-9aa718afdf5c ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:1G vt.handoff=7 [ 0.599000] crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:1G [ 4.153854] pstore: Using crash dump compression: deflate ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Feb 24 00:00:29 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-01 (815 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe-5.8 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-25 (304 days ago) ** Affects: linux-signed-hwe-5.8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916665 Title: kdump does not trigger for hwe kernel (works for 5.4) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-5.8/+bug/1916665/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs