Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:50:44 -0500 (EST) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: wchan in 2.2.0-final |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > Steven N. Hirsch writes: > > > > Ok, I run an RH 5.2 installation with the 2.2.0-preX kernel and System.map > > in the root directory. The 'ps' utility apparently checks /boot first and > > uses the (incorrect) System.map from RedHat's 2.0.x kernel. If both > > system maps are in /boot it's smart enough to grab the correct one, > > though. Thanks for the feedback! > > Use a ps that gives you a warning when your System.map file is wrong. > This whole problem would have been obvious had you used a better ps, > such as http://www.cs.uml.edu/~acahalan/linux/procps-990103.tar.gz > > $ ps -n /boot/System.map-2.0.31 -o pid,nwchan,wchan,cmd -u luser > Warning: /boot/System.map-2.0.31 has an incorrect kernel version. > PID WCHAN WCHAN CMD > 405 116909 116909 su - luser > 406 17b75f 17b75f -bash > 417 12ced9 12ced9 /usr/lib/netscape/netscape-communicator > 427 12ced9 12ced9 (dns helper) > > Hmmm, looks like /boot/System.map-2.0.31 has an incorrect kernel version.
I was simply using the 'ps' shipped with RedHat 5.2 and didn't know of any newer until seeing your post. I'll get it forthwith.
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