Marking "Won't Fix" as trusty is ESM only now. Could as well be Invalid, though it's possible there is a bug dumping a kexeced kernel.
** Also affects: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785686 Title: makedumpfile not able to use compression in trusty kernel 3.13 (fallback to 'cp') Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty: Won't Fix Bug description: When kdumping in 3.13.0-85-generic, using the sysrq trigger "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger", I got the following messages: The kernel version is not supported. The created dumpfile may be incomplete. check_release: Can't get the kernel version. makedumpfile Failed. * kdump-config: makedumpfile failed, falling back to 'cp' * kdump-config: saved vmcore in /var/crash/201808061812 * running makedumpfile --dump-dmesg /proc/vmcore /var/crash/201808061812/dmesg.201808061812 The kernel version is not supported. The created dumpfile may be incomplete. check_release: Can't get the kernel version. The vmcore was generated, but it is RAM-sized (in my case, 64G). Compression failed. Thanks, Guilherme ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: makedumpfile 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-85.129-generic 3.13.11-ckt36 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-85-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Aug 6 18:32:06 2018 ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: makedumpfile UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1785686/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp