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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with xload
Date: 4 Apr 1997 15:32:25 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5i2knr$b55$1@pinta.kolumbus.fi>,
Juhana Enqvist <jenqvist@jenq.u.comptel.fi> writes:
>
> Since I compiled a new version of Xfree86 (using the makefile in ports
> collection) xload has given me the following message:
>
> xload: can't open kvm files wØ¿ï
>
> (the characters after the word "files" change from time to time).
>
> But if I su as root in the same xterm, it works fine, so I suspect it's a
> permission problem in a file somewhere. But what file? Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Juhana
I'd guess at /dev/kmem.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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