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Re: [PLUG] Weird problem - top, tail -f, ping
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Ok, I've noticed one further, but probably the most creepy, issue.
The time on the box is only going from 9:17:38 (this morning) to 9:17:41
and then starting over again at :38.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 04:52:44PM -0400, adam wrote:
> 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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