Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!hose.news.pipex.net!pipex!warm.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.utell.co.uk!usenet
From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xload - can't open kvm files
Date: 3 Jun 1997 09:42:45 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
Lines: 24
Message-ID: <5n0oul$5bl@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>
References: <33934E68.41C67EA6@cts.com>
Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk
NNTP-Posting-Host: shift.utell.net
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42157
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..
$ l /dev/*mem
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 2, 1 Feb 17 22:07 /dev/kmem
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 2, 0 Feb 17 22:07 /dev/mem
Make yourself a member of group kmem.
> Dave Roger
> dar@cts.com
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !