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From: jac@unlisys.in-berlin.de (Joerg Conradt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix 386 problems...
Message-ID: <57168@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 25 Jun 91 19:21:28 GMT
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hello (friendly people say hello!)

> 
> 1) ps dumps core almost all the time.
> 
> 2) who gives bad output.  Only root should be logged on.
>    The last line of this output looks like the only valid one.
> 
>    USER     LINE       TIME     ACTIVE   PID
>    root     tty0     07:06:05  23:52:28  1
>    rlm      tty0     07:16:06  23:42:27  1
>    rlm      tty0     07:19:30  23:39:03  1
>    root     tty0     07:21:01  23:37:32  1
>    root     tty0     07:43:14  23:15:19  1
>    rlm      tty0     07:56:28  23:02:06  1
>    root     tty0     06:54:01  00:04:33  1
> 
as i don't have a 386 (sorry) i don't know, but maybe you don't
have a correct /etc/psdatabase. exec ps -U once to create a new one.

> 3) df lists my other floppy too many times:
> 
> Device     Inodes  Inodes  Inodes       Blocks  Blocks  Blocks    Mounted on
>            total   used    free         total   used    free
>            -----   -----   -----        -----   -----   -----
> /dev/at0     408      77     331         1200     384     816     (root dev)
> /dev/PS1     488     139     349         1440    1412      28     /usr
> /dev/PS1     488     139     349         1440    1412      28     /usr
> /dev/PS1     488     139     349         1440    1412      28     /usr
> /dev/PS1     488     139     349         1440    1412      28     /usr

take a look to /etc/mtab, maybe /dev/PS1 is in there tooo often.
> 
> 
> Has anyone else had similar problems?  Does anyone know how to fix this?
> Are these symptoms of a more serious problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> Robert
> RLM@Maine.Maine.edu
> 
hope this helpes joerg
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