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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.webspan.net!usenet From: gpalmer@SPAM.webspan.net (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: xload - can't open kvm files Date: 2 Jun 1997 20:30:33 EDT Organization: WebSpan Inc., New Jersey Lines: 21 Sender: gpalmer@mutara.noc.webspan.net Message-ID: <5mvoj9$5ah@news.webspan.net> References: <33934E68.41C67EA6@cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mutara.noc.webspan.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@mail.webspan.net X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42067 In article <33934E68.41C67EA6@cts.com>, "David A. Roger" <dar@cts.com> writes: > Ugraded to 2.2.1. I run fvwm X windows manager which performs an "xload" > command. > > If I am "root" the xload works okay. When I am myself I get > "xload: can't open kvm files (junk)" > > I saw a message awhile back on this, but as I remember there was not a > solution.. Seems the latest XFree86 dists have the wrong permissions in them. As root, do: chgrp kmem /usr/X11R6/bin/xload chmod g+s /usr/X11R6/bin/xload That should fix it. Gary