Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:33:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bdluevel@heitec.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/17788: several tools fail if /boot/loader bypassed Message-ID: <200004041249.OAA00426@clifton.iplan.heitec.net>
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>Number: 17788
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: systat, top, swapinfo fail if /boot/loader not used
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 4 05:50:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bernd Luevelsmeyer
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Heitec AG
>Environment:
Pentium 233, with FreeBSD; current cvsup'ed and made
buildworld yesterday
>Description:
When starting 'top' or 'systat', they fail with 'top:
nlist failed' or 'systat: nlist: can't find following
symbols: _cp_time _ccpu _fscale'. They fail whether
I'm root or not.
'swapinfo' also fails.
I have procfs in the kernel, and it's mounted too.
As sheldonh@uunet.co.za advised in freebsd-questions,
this effect doesn't happen when I don't have a '/boot.config'
with '/kernel' in it.
>How-To-Repeat:
a) echo '/kernel'>/boot.config
b) reboot
c) (log in etc.)
d) systat
>Fix:
Don't bypass /boot/loader (workaround)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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