Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Core_dump

Timestamp:

Sep 16, 2008 7:23:57 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Frank Mehnert

Comment:

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Core_dump

@@ -25 +25 @@
 Sometimes it is required to force a !VirtualBox process to terminate, for example, a VM hangs for some unknown reason. This can be done like this (I assume that the VM was started from the GUI):
 {{{
+$ ulimit -c unlimited
+$ sudo echo -n 1 > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable
 $ /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox -startvm VM_NAME &
 $ pidof VirtualBox
@@ -30 +32 @@
 $ kill -4 7145
 }}}
-Passing the signal number 4 `SIGKILL` is essential! The same applies to the alternative frontends `VBoxHeadless` and `VBoxSDL`.
+Passing the signal number 4 (`SIGKILL`) is essential! The same applies to the alternative frontends `VBoxHeadless` and `VBoxSDL`.