Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 16:59:25 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@fcc.net> To: Thede Loder <tlod@leverage.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proc disappeared, w, uptime, who malfunctioning Message-ID: <19980819165925.A7948@fcc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980819135035.7133I-100000@proton.leverage.com>; from Thede Loder on Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 01:52:39PM -0700 References: <19980819160023.B5565@fcc.net> <Pine.GSO.3.96.980819135035.7133I-100000@proton.leverage.com>
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On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 01:52:39PM -0700, Thede Loder wrote:
>
> Nathan -
>
> I've mounted /proc. It was missing as you suggested. I feel pretty
> dumb about that - I must have removed it from my fstab when we were
> doing some swapping of machines here a while ago.
Heh :-)
> Though /proc is mounted, I've not yet rebooted. w, who, and uptime
> all still produce garbage. I'll reboot and if I'm still having the
> problem, I'll drop you a line...
w, who, and uptime read /dev/kmem, not /proc (AFAIK). The symptoms you
describe come up frequently from people who are running a newer kernel
than the said utilities, or vice versa. Have you upgraded your kernel
without first upgrading your world?
> Thede
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-- linux/exit.h: -+----------------------------------------
#define exit(X); (X == 0 ? raise(SIGSEGV); : system("yes > /proc/self/mem");)
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