Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Cookbook

Using ABRT

ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool), is a set of tools that help users detect and analyze application crashes.

How to do it…

First, we'll install the necessary packages and then take a look at how to use these tools.

Installing and configuring abrtd

Let's install abrt and get it running:

1. Install the abrt daemon and tools via the following command line:

   ~]# yum install -y abrt-cli
   

2. Now, enable and start the abrt daemon through these commands:

   ~]# systemctl enable abrtd
   ~]# systemctl restart abrtdThere's more...
   

Using abrt-cli

List all detected segmentation faults by executing the following command:

~]# abtr-cli list

Here's what the output should look like:

The displayed location contains all the information about the segmentation fault. You ...