#adb -k unix.0 vmcore.0 *panicstr/s This will show th panic message, but you might need to work more than that to actually pinpoint the error down to the instruction. Check you the Panic Book. > #adb -k unix.0 vmcore.0 > *panicstr/s I prefer to use the crash utility. echo status | crash -d vmcore.0 -n unix.0 adb or, on later Solaris releases, mdb "Panic! Unix system crash dump analysis" by Chris Drake and Kimberley Brown, published by Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-149386-8 "Panic!" has a homepage at http://www.piaffe.org/panic