Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
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From: fortinp@bwdls56.bnr.ca (Pierre Fortin)
Subject: Re: ps failed & lpr = PANIC
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.214422.13570@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
Summary: did you ps -U?
Sender: usenet@bwdls61.bnr.ca (Use Net)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
References: <41987@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 91 21:44:22 GMT

In article <41987@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, Michael.Joswig@germany.sun.com (Michael Joswig (Vertriebsunterstuetzung Hamburg)) writes:
> 1) A few days ago I cried for help because the "ps" command failed on my
> Atari ST (Minix 1.5.10, Patchlevel 3). I haven't described the failure
> exactly, so I got some interesting, but unhelping ideas from you.

Page 105 of the manual states:  "It is advised to generate a new file
'/etc/psdatabase'..."  Use the command "ps -U", then copy /etc/psdatabase to
your root disk.

> 
> Ciao,
>      Michael.
>      

Good luck,
Pierre

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