X-Git-Url: http://git.lttng.org./?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ltt%2Fbranches%2Fpoly%2FQUICKSTART;h=e3c77cf31463c7e0cbc38accf337ba39b148d4e7;hb=e8e288b8732763b5ea4bc2f2271d9aafdaf367fd;hp=75a69a8480b193b83eb34df8db5a2c31b5680598;hpb=36fcd0b78452e89b9c7251ed4565bde5624172f9;p=lttv.git diff --git a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART index 75a69a84..e3c77cf3 100644 --- a/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART +++ b/ltt/branches/poly/QUICKSTART @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ What you will typically want is to read sections 1 and 3 : install LTTng from binary packages and use it. If there are no packages ready for your system, you will have to install from sources (section 2) instead. -These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.2 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 +These operations are made for installing LTTng 0.3 on a linux 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 kernel. Change the versions to fit your needs. Author : Mathieu Desnoyers, September 2005 @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ make make install make modules_install +The first time you use relayfs, you have to specify a mount point in you system: +mkdir /mnt/relayfs +echo "relayfs /mnt/relayfs relayfs rw 0 0" \ + >> /etc/fstab + Depending on your boot loader, you may want to execute : update-grub or lilo @@ -98,9 +103,9 @@ echo ltt-control >> /etc/modules su - cd /usr/src -wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.5-16092005.tar.gz -gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.5-16092005.tar.gz | tar xvof - -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.5-16092005 +wget http://ltt.polymtl.ca/packages/LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.2-20092005.tar.gz +gzip -cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.2-20092005.tar.gz | tar xvof - +cd LinuxTraceToolkitViewer-0.6.2-20092005 (refer to README to see the development libraries that must be installed on you system) ./configure @@ -111,19 +116,35 @@ make install *********************************************************** -** Section 3 * Using LTTV ** +** Section 3 * Using LTTng and LTTV ** *********************************************************** -* Use graphical LTTV +* Use graphical LTTV to control tracing and analyse traces lttv-gui (or /usr/local/bin/lttv-gui) - - Spot the "Trace Control" icon : click on it + - Spot the "Tracing Control" icon : click on it + (it's a traffic light icon) - enter the root password - click "start" - click "stop" - Yes * You should now see a trace +* Use text mode LTTng to control tracing + +The tracing can be controlled from a terminal by using the lttctl command. + +Start tracing : + +lttctl -n trace -d -l /mnt/relayfs/ltt -t /tmp/trace1 + +Stop tracing and destroy trace channels : + +lttctl -n trace -R + +see lttctl --help for details. + + * Use text mode LTTV Fell free to look in /usr/local/lib/lttv/plugins to see all the text and