Enable core dumps (for every user) in Raspbian
Create file:
/etc/sysctl.d/core.conf:
With this content:
kernel.core_pattern = /var/lib/coredumps/core-%e-sig%s-user%u-group%g-pid%p-time%t
kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
fs.suid_dumpable = 2
Create such a folder, and set permissions:
mkdir /var/lib/coredumps/
chmod 777 /var/lib/coredumps/
Edit file:
/etc/security/limits.conf
Add this content:
* soft core unlimited
Logoff and logon, then:
ulimit -c unlimited
Check if it worked:
$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 7345
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 7345
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited
Memento gdb core dump analysis:
gdb <executable> <core_dump_file>
Install gdb 8.1
apt install texinfo python2.7-dev python3-dev
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-8.1.1.tar.xz
tar xf gdb-8.1.1.tar.xz
cd gdb-8.1/
./configure --with-python && make && make install