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From: dsilvia@blunt.net.com ()
Subject: Re: SEGV on ps -jax
Message-ID: <1993Mar3.131408.18137@unet.net.com>
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Organization: Network Equipment Technologies
References: <1993Mar2.203958.13600@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 13:14:08 GMT
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In article <1993Mar2.203958.13600@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com> c23sn@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Siva Nadarajah) writes:
>
>In SunOS 4.1.2 (running on Sparc II) "ps -jax" gives a
>segmentation fault.
>
>Who is the culprit, SunOS or BSD?
>
Well, on investigation
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Script started on Wed Mar 3 05:10:32 1993
[blunt.dsilvia]:/home/dsilvia> cat /etc/motd
SunOS Release 4.1.2 (BLUNT) #1: Fri Jul 31 10:08:59 PDT 1992
[blunt.dsilvia]:/home/dsilvia> uname -a
SunOS blunt 4.1.2 1 sun4c
[blunt.dsilvia]:/home/dsilvia> ps -jax
PPID PID PGID SID TT TPGID STAT UID TIME COMMAND
0 0 0 0 ? -1 DO 0 1:01 swapper
0 1 0 0 ? -1 IWOE 0 0:00 /sbin/init -
0 2 0 0 ? -1 DO 0 0:01 pagedaemon
1 56 56 56 ? -1 IWO 0 0:04 portmap
1 61 42 42 ? -1 IWO 0 0:00 keyserv
1 70 70 70 ? -1 SO 0 8:21 in.routed
1 73 72 72 ? -1 IO 0 0:32 (biod)
1 74 72 72 ? -1 IO 0 0:32 (biod)
1 75 72 72 ? -1 IO 0 0:31 (biod)
1 76 72 72 ? -1 IO 0 0:32 (biod)
1 87 87 87 ? -1 IWO 0 0:03 syslogd
1 95 95 95 ? -1 IWO 0 0:14 /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q1h
1 100 100 100 ? -1 IWO 0 0:00 rpc.lockd
1 101 101 101 ? -1 IWO 0 0:00 rpc.statd
1 105 105 105 ? -1 SO 0 2:03 automount -f /etc/auto.maste
1 111 42 42 ? -1 IO 0204:12 update
1 114 114 114 ? -1 IWO 0 0:05 cron
1 119 119 119 ? -1 IWO 0 0:05 inetd
1 122 122 122 ? -1 IWO 0 0:00 /usr/lib/lpd
1 127 127 42 ? -1 IWO 0 0:02 /usr/openwin/bin/xdm -config
127 592 592 42 ? -1 SE 0121:08 /usr/openwin/bin/xnews -from
127 599 599 42 ? -1 IW 0 0:00 -:0 (xdm)
599 606 606 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:00 /bin/sh /home/dsilvia/.xsess
606 608 606 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:05 xterm -g 80x14+0+0 -e tail -
606 610 606 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:42 xterm -cu -j -rw -sb -sf -sl
606 613 606 42 ? -1 IWE 927 1:53 /usr/openwin/bin/olwm
613 621 606 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:05 olwmslave
613 699 699 42 ? -1 IWE 927 5:09 /usr/openwin/bin/clock
613 714 714 42 ? -1 IWE 927 3:21 /usr/openwin/demo/spider
613 3604 3604 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:10 /usr/openwin/bin/xterm
613 4172 4172 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:02 /usr/openwin/bin/calctool
613 4489 4489 42 ? -1 IWE 927 1:51 /usr/openwin/bin/mailtool
613 5364 5364 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:09 /usr/openwin/bin/xterm
613 5727 5727 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:17 /usr/openwin/bin/xterm
613 5736 5736 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:03 /usr/openwin/bin/xterm
613 6554 6554 42 ? -1 IWE 927 0:19 /usr/openwin/bin/xterm
613 10617 10617 42 ? -1 RE 927 0:42 xlock -mode swarm
119 11524 11524 11524 ? -1 IWOE 1 0:00 rpc.cmsd
119 12132 12132 12132 ? -1 SOE 0 0:02 in.rlogind
1 126 126 126 co 126 IWOE 0 0:00 - std.9600 console (getty)
3604 3605 3605 3605 p0 3605 IWOE 927 0:00 -sh (csh)
610 615 615 615 p1 615 IWOE 927 0:15 -sh (csh)
1 895 886 615 p1 615 IWOE 927 9:33 /work/ethel3/frame3.1X/bin/b
615 3349 3349 615 p1 615 TWE 0 0:00 -u (csh)
608 614 614 614 p2 614 SOE 927 0:13 tail -f /usr/tmp/xdm-errors
606 609 609 609 p3 622 IWOE 927 1:40 /usr/openwin/bin/cmdtool -Wp
609 622 622 609 p3 622 IWE 927 0:00 -bin/csh (csh)
5364 5365 5365 5365 p4 5371 IWOE 927 0:00 -sh (csh)
5365 5371 5371 5365 p4 5371 IWE 927 0:00 rlogin ethel
5371 5372 5371 5365 p4 5371 IW 927 0:02 rlogin ethel
5727 5728 5728 5728 p5 5734 IWOE 927 0:00 -sh (csh)
5728 5734 5734 5728 p5 5734 IWE 927 0:00 rlogin tempest
5734 5735 5734 5728 p5 5734 IW 927 0:06 rlogin tempest
5736 5737 5737 5737 p6 5737 IWOE 927 0:04 -sh (csh)
5737 5874 5874 5737 p6 5737 TWE 0 0:00 -u (csh)
6554 6555 6555 6555 p7 6555 IWOE 927 0:00 -sh (csh)
6555 6738 6738 6555 p7 6555 TWE 0 0:00 -u (csh)
12132 12133 12133 12133 p8 12195 IOE 927 0:00 -csh (csh)
12133 12149 12149 12133 p8 12195 TWE 927 0:05 /usr/local/bin/rn
12133 12195 12195 12133 p8 12195 SE 927 0:00 script junk
12195 12196 12195 12133 p8 12195 S 927 0:00 script junk
12196 12197 12197 12197 p9 12205 SOE 927 0:00 -h -i (csh)
12197 12205 12205 12197 p9 12205 RE 927 0:00 ps -jax
[blunt.dsilvia]:/home/dsilvia> exit
[blunt.dsilvia]:/home/dsilvia>
script done on Wed Mar 3 05:11:16 1993
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Gee! I dunno! Who is the culprit?!
I _know_ this may sound brain dead, but try rebooting just to be sure kmem is
okay. If it still doesn't work, try to get another copy of ps. If still
appears broken -- contact Sun Microsystems.
Dave S.