Recompiled kernel PRERELEASE: top command gives rubbish output !?!

[David Taylor]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Robert Watson wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Rob Lahaye wrote:
> 
>> I have compiled and installed the STABLE cvsup'ed kernel sources,
>> rebooted and discovered that the 'top' command now outputs rubbish: 
> 
> Could you confirm your libkvm and top bits are running from source code in
> sync with your kernel?  Garbage top output can be a symptom of out-of-sync
> kernel and userland pieces.
> 

Given:

[..snip..]
>> 
>> Is there a quicker fix than recompiling the whole base system (base system
>> now is 4.8-RELEASE)?
>> 

I think that's probably the problem.

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