From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 12 06:04:50 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA13495 for current-outgoing; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 06:04:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from fgate.flevel.co.uk (root@fgate.flevel.co.uk [194.6.101.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA13489 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 06:04:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dev@localhost) by fgate.flevel.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA23529; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 14:05:26 GMT Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 14:05:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Developer To: Matthew Thyer cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem PS command In-Reply-To: <32AFF445.41C67EA6@satech.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Matthew Thyer wrote: > My ps command didn't work when I rebuilt my kernel ready to make > world. After I made world and rebooted it worked again. > > You haven't got your kernel sources more up to date than what the > system was last built with have you ? > > Recompile ps and see if it works. Ive already tried re-compiling it -- it doesn't hang all the time, just sometimes, it's weird. Thanks. Trefor S. > > There seems to be a problem with the ps command, which doesn't occur with > > top or the process filing system. Sometimes ps -ax just hangs up and has > > to be kill -9'ed.. The problem is when it's in scripts is really messes > > things up. > > > > Has anyone got any ideas why this might be? > > > > Please could you reply by email. > > > > Thanks in Advance. > > > > Trefor S. > > -- > ======================================================================== > @ Work: Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au @ Play: thyerm@satech.net.au > ======================================================================== > "If it is true that our Universe has a zero net value for all conserved > quantities, then it may simply be a fluctuation of the vacuum of some > larger space in which our Universe is imbedded. In answer to the > question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our > Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time." > E. P. Tryon from "Nature" Vol.246 Dec.14, 1973 >