Re: [PLUG] Weird problem - top, tail -f, ping

[adam <adam@looney.com>]

I'm running this via ssh in an xterm.  
ncurses is 5.2-12
Additional things of note.  I have installed "gtop" which also
will not run.  
The only common thread between ping, tail, gtop and top is libc.so.6 (and 
ld-linux).

Thanks,
Adam


On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 04:31:23PM -0400, Michael F. Robbins wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 15:59, adam@looney.com wrote:
> > I'm running a redhat 7.2 server with mysql MAX, and kernel 2.4.18-27.7 
> > (smp) right out of the RH dist.
> > All of the sudden, cmds such as top, ping, tail -f (things that 
> > continually update the screen) won't run.  In the case of top, I get 
> > nothing but a screen clear (and I have to ^C to get back to the CL).  
> > With ping, it sends off one ping and that's it.  
> > With tail -f <somebusymysqllog>, if you suspend the tail, and then bring 
> > it back, you'll get some more output.  
> > There's nothing telling in the logs, and nothing weird in dmesg.
> 
> What is your access method?  XTerm, local VT, serial console, SSH?  I've
> recently noticed the exact behavior you've described with "top" on a
> serial console (a vt100 emulator running on an otherwise useless
> laptop).  However, "top" runs just fine in a local VT or konsole.
> 
> You've given the kernel version but the ncurses version is probably more
> relevant here.  I'm on kernel 2.4.20.  dpkg shows libncurses4 4.2-10 and
> libncurses5 5.3.20021109-2.
> 
> Michael F. Robbins
> mike@gamerack.com
> 
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