From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 27 08:36:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA00643 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:36:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA00606 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:35:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists3@artorius.sunflower.com) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.13]) by artorius.sunflower.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA13765; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:31:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lists3@artorius.sunflower.com) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:31:55 -0600 (CST) From: "Stephen D. Spencer" To: Zoltan Sebestyen cc: FreeBSD questions mailinglist Subject: Re: xload problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk man kvm(3) NAME kvm - kernel memory interface If you check out the above man page, the reason for the following will become clear. While in X, su to root and you will notice that xload runs like the happy client it is. Look at the perms for /dev/kmem--look at the perms for /usr/X11R6/bin/xload... cd /usr/X11R6/bin chgrp kmem xload chmod 2755 xload Refrigerate for 2 hours. Serve with fresh garnish. -Stephen On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Zoltan Sebestyen wrote: > Hi, > > When I run xload, it just says that "can't open kvm files (some > non-ASCII characters)" and then quits. Does anyone know what's the > problem? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stephen Spencer finger gladiatr@artorius.sunflower.com for - - administrator PGP key. - - Sunflower Datavision http://www.sunflower.com - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------