``top'' and other process issues on 4.10-R

Jonathan Chen jonc at chen.org.nz
Mon Jun 28 15:11:01 PDT 2004


On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 04:59:35PM -0500, Phillip Salzman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running a Dell 2650 2x3.2Ghz box with HTT disabled (the sysctl variable
> hasn't been set, so the user procs aren't taking advantage of the logical
> CPUs) & am seeing some rather strange issues with stdout processes.  
> 
> When I run a tail -f on my maillog (fairly active) I'm getting this
> intermittently:
> 
> 	tail: stdout: Unknown error: 0 
> 
> Also, vi doesn't seem to work anymore.  It's giving me a ``Resource Not
> Available'' error most of the time I'm using it.

This problem has been around for at least 6 months, maybe longer.
Unfortunately, it isn't readily reproducible, and thus difficult to
report and fix. Not seeing it on our 4.10 boxes at the moment.

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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