From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 22 00:08:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA04658 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:08:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.99]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA04614 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:07:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA00403; Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:08:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Brett Glass cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: systat/netstat utilities buggy? In-Reply-To: <199609220103.TAA03562@lariat.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Brett Glass wrote: > Since I've begun to use them, the systat and netstat utilities appear > to be causing trouble in my system. netstat often returns the message > > "kvm_read: Bad address" > > or hangs forever. systat -netstat sometimes also hangs forever (not > always, but sometimes) and can cause odd system behavior -- as if memory > were being corrupted. > > I've avoided these utilities to keep the machine from crashing, but really > need to monitor the information they provide. > > Are there known problems with these programs? Not on my 2.1.5-R box. You may need to rebuild them and the kvm library, especially if you are tracking -current. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major