Update. Update the procps package to version .99+.
Look at ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/Linux/BETA/procps/
Why? Because the layout of /proc changed with kernel
1.3.something, and it confused the hell out of ps, top, etc.
That's why. Hmm, I think this is in some FAQ too. Theoretically.
Anyhow, Happy Easter ;-)
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On 5 Apr 1996, Tom Lees wrote:
> Mike Blackwell (blackw@weather.cod.edu) wrote:
> : I just installed v1.3.81 on my Toshiba 410CDT laptop (had been running
> : the latest 1.2.x before that). The 'top' program no longer works. It
> : dies with a 'floating point exception' after printing a few lines. I
> : have configured for a pentium and no floating point emulation.
>
> : Any ideas ???
>
> I get this problem too, I'm now running 1.3.84, with the Slackware 3.0.0 (ELF)
> version of 'top'.
>
> --
> Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
>
> Scott's first Law:
> No matter what goes wrong, it will probably look right.
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