From: rafal@utstat.uucp (Rafal Kustra (summer student)) Subject: Re: ps-0.97 error creating psdatabase Date: 16 Aug 1992 22:59:02 GMT
In article <t37m71+.james@netcom.com> james@netcom.com (James L. Paul) writes:
>I tried to compile ps-0.97, but the include files problem just got too
>convoluted to deal with. So, I just copied the binaries into /usr/bin.
>w, uptime, and free work ok. ps doesn't. I have /usr/src/linux/tools/system
>there, and even built it an extra time, but I get this error:
>
>ps -U /usr/src/linux/tools/system /dev/hdb3
>symbol '_main_memory_start' not found
>trying to read invalid address
>
>James L. Paul
>
Are you sure you've boot up from kernel you compiled?
You have to copy (dd) Image on floopy (or to your boot
sector on HD) and boot up with that. Also try removing
/etc/psdatabase and creating a new one (ps -U).
Hope that helps!
Rafal
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