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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:34:24 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.com>
To:        David Goddard <goddard@acm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Machine-specific errors with top and uemacs
Message-ID:  <20000821123424.C91965@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.20000820105701.0085f100@dmg.parse.net>; from goddard@acm.org on Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 10:57:01AM %2B0100
References:  <3.0.3.32.20000820105701.0085f100@dmg.parse.net>

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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 10:57:01AM +0100, David Goddard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some problems getting the top utility to run on a particular
> machine (a self-built PII).  I initially did a binary install of 4.0 from
> the CD, which worked fine except for top, which returned:
> 
>   top: nlist failed 
> 
> I then upgraded the machine to a recent verion of STABLE from cvsupped
> source, rebuilt the kernel etc. and tried top again.  I'm still getting the
> same error.  Another FreeBSD box built from the exact same source code has
> no problems, so I think it's specific to the machine itself.
> 
> Initially, I thought it was some sort of not rebuilding the kernel after an
> installworld type thing, but I've rebuilt the kernel several times now :-(
> 
> The only other thing which doesn't work properly on the affected box is
> uemacs, which will always core dump when trying to open a file:
> 
>   elf% uemacs Makefile
>   [Function key window ON]Segmentation fault(core dumped)
>   elf%                                            
> 
> (uemacs will actually launch fine if no argument is provided, but falls
> over when trying to access a file)
> 
> Again, this was a problem with both the original 4.0 install and the
> rebuilt system.
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers or tips for how I can diagnose the problem
> for myself?
> 
If you do not use loader(8) on that machine, take a look at PR 17422.


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