On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, John Joseph Morgan wrote about, hozed top:
> Hello,
> I get the following when I run top at the command line:
> bad data in /var/run/utmp(null)
> I am running redhat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.12.
> Also this is interesting, I am writing this mail in vm under emacs, and when I
>invoke top via the shell-command I get the following:
> Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be prosecuted.
> top: ioctl() failed: Not a typewriter
>
> the first line comes from the fortune command.
> How can I repair my top command?
Try deleting /var/run/utmp (if it exsists) then do;
touch /var/run/utmp
I think the error message means /var/run/utmp no such file or directory, or
permissions are not correct.
Of course i could be wrong and the problem is being caused by something
entirly different.
> Thanks,
> John
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