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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:37:52 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.com>
To:        Rob <rpd@core.com>
Cc:        Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: top: nlist failed
Message-ID:  <20000821123752.D91965@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000820215708.A427@core.com>; from rpd@core.com on Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 09:57:08PM -0400
References:  <000701c00a9f$0da57940$412c28d0@mencken> <20000820145607.A78863@student.uu.se> <20000820215708.A427@core.com>

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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 09:57:08PM -0400, Rob wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 02:56:07PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 05:06:19AM -0700, Rob wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >      $ top
> > >      top: nlist failed
> > >      $ swapinfo
> > >      swapinfo: undefined symbol: _numvnodes
> > >      $ vmstat
> > >      vmstat: undefined symbols:
> > >       _cp_time _kmemstatistics _bucket _zlist 
> > > [snip]
> > > 
> > 
> > I had exactly the same problems after upgrading a machine from 3.4 to
> > 4.1-stable.
> > On this machine I had used the file /boot.config to load the kernel directly
> > instead of letting loader(8) do it. When I removed that file (and rebooted)
> > things worked correctly.
> > I don't know why this worked in my case but it did.
> > (If that is not the cause of your problem I am afraid I can't help you.)
> >
> > --
> > <Insert your favourite quote here.>
> > Erik Trulsson
> > ertr1013@student.uu.se
> 
> 
>      Thanks.  That did the trick, though I'm not exactly sure why.
> It's time for me to examine my boot floppy to see if I can get it
> to run /boot/loader automatically so I don't have to worry about it
> any more.
>      The good news: I now know what the problem is.  The bad news:
> I wasted time upgrading to 4.1.  The good news: hey, I'm now running
> an up-to-date system!  The bad news: now my sound card doesn't work!
> Oh, well.
> 
Take a look at PR 17422.

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