makedumpfile: kdump-config load fails with vmlinux kernel (vs. vmlinuz)

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Attaching debdiffs for Utopic and Trusty.

The patch fixes this issue:

 $ sudo kdump-config load
 Cannot open `/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic': No such file or directory
  * failed to load kdump kernel

Test OK on Utopic:

 $ sudo kdump-config load
 Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.16.0-14-generic root=UUID=780a7cc8-faf1-4613-bc3b-9b9fda9f0862 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb elfcorehdr=154688K
 segment[0].mem:0x8000000 memsz:24117248
 segment[1].mem:0x9700000 memsz:65536
 segment[2].mem:0x9710000 memsz:65536
 segment[3].mem:0x9720000 memsz:65536
 segment[4].mem:0x9730000 memsz:21692416
 segment[5].mem:0xfff0000 memsz:65536
  * loaded kdump kernel

 $ sudo kdump-config test | grep -A1 'kdump kernel:'
 kdump kernel:
    /boot/vmlinux-3.16.0-14-generic

 $ sudo kdump-config status
 current state : ready to kdump

Test OK on Trusty:

 $ sudo kdump-config load
 Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.13.0-35-generic root=UUID=742d5ea0-2a70-4a5a-a8eb-7215d36a4caa ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb elfcorehdr=157440K
 segment[0].mem:0x8000000 memsz:26935296
 segment[1].mem:0x99b0000 memsz:65536
 segment[2].mem:0x99c0000 memsz:65536
 segment[3].mem:0x99d0000 memsz:65536
 segment[4].mem:0x99e0000 memsz:20054016
 segment[5].mem:0xfff0000 memsz:65536
  * loaded kdump kernel

 $ sudo kdump-config test | grep -A1 'kdump kernel:'
 kdump kernel:
    /boot/vmlinux-3.13.0-35-generic

 $ sudo kdump-config status
 current state : ready to kdump

Marking as confirmed since this is hit / mentioned as part of LP #1352056 and LP #1350443

@mauricfo:
Uploaded fix in comment #5 to utopic with slight modification to version number.
Thanks!

Thanks, Chris!

This bug was fixed in the package makedumpfile - 1.5.6-2ubuntu1

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makedumpfile (1.5.6-2ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * kdump-config: load kdump kernel from vmlinux too (LP: #1324544)
 -- Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <email address hidden> Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:34:02 -0300

Hello Mauricio, or anyone else affected,

Accepted makedumpfile into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/1.5.5-2ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Verified for Trusty.

This bug was fixed in the package makedumpfile - 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.1

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makedumpfile (1.5.5-2ubuntu1.1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * kdump-config: load kdump kernel from vmlinux too. (LP: #1324544)
 -- Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:46:27 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for makedumpfile has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.