Jerry Bell wrote: > Typically this is caused by a kernel and utilities (like ps and w) being > out of sync. It sounds like you don't think that is the case, though. I > suppose it could be a problem with your procfs, but I'm not sure that > would cause this kind of symptom. My suspicion is still on > inconsistencies between the kernel and "world". > >>ps: bad namelist >>w: bad namelist > > > > Jerry > http://www.syslog.org > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > Ok, try the command "uptime" as well, I bet it will error too. It was a while ago I have had this same problem..... I remember I had to remake a /dev/file ... maybe it was /dev/null ... remake /dev/null and see if that clears it up. Try this .. # cd /dev # rm null # mknod null c 2 2 # chmod 666 null _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"