Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:42:55 +0200 From: Martin Sommerhein <pms2-freebsd@sommerhein.com> To: Martin Sommerhein <pms2-freebsd@sommerhein.com> Cc: Alexey Karguine <bm@netmaster.ru> Subject: Re: Command 'w' gives no user output Message-ID: <20040624074254.GA2570@sommerhein.com> In-Reply-To: <20040622134237.GQ897@sommerhein.com> References: <20040621163336.GA72777@sommerhein.com> <20040622151934.73868eb6.bm@netmaster.ru> <20040622134237.GQ897@sommerhein.com>
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Ok, after cvsuping stable again + making a new world there was no
improvement. But by accident I learned the reason to my confusion
about the output of 'w' in various contexts:
'w' Shows users logged in on virtual console terminals
ttyvN and on pseudo terminals ttypN (ala xterm).
BUT, it does NOT show users logged in on KDE Konsole terminals!
I find this a bit inconsistent, but I guess it is due to KDE's
architecture that KDE's terminal windows don't show up(?).
Now I at least now the source to my confusion.
Regards,
Martin
Martin Sommerhein <pms2-freebsd@sommerhein.com> writes:
> Alexey Karguine <bm@netmaster.ru> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:33:37 +0200 Martin Sommerhein <pms2-freebsd@sommerhein.com> wrote:
> >
> > > $ w
> > > 6:29pm up 9:41, 0 users, load averages: 0,01 0,02 0,00
> > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
> >
> > > This is on a recently upgraded 4.10-STABLE machine. Just after the
> > > upgrade the command worked fine, but today it suddenly started to give
> > > no user output. Anyone have any clue of what the cause may be and how
> > > to fix it?
> >
> > > Or do I have a cracker on my system?
> >
> > > The other recently upgraded 4.10-STABLE machines work fine (same make
> > > world).
> > Are you sure, that the version of kernel and the version jf the world
> > are the same?
> >
> > Try to run 'uname -a' and see at result.
>
> It gives ... 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #0: Sun Jun 20 23:30:46
> CEST 2004...
>
> There is no difference in output for root and ordinary users. Maybe the
> simplest is to just do another make world cycle and see if that helps.
> I have checked and the w program on the other machines are exactly the
> same. I even copied one over and ran that, but same problem. An md5
> message digest gives:
>
> $ md5 /usr/bin/w
> MD5 (/usr/bin/w) = 4896e7d129e3d5c4eb26000ab9be68aa
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
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