On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:52:05 +0100 (BST) 
 prlw1@cam.ac.uk (Patrick Welche) wrote:

 > I'm afraid I already tried that: before rebuilding I had a message
 > from libkvm saying it couldn't find pread ? (from memory). Just in
 > case, I rebuilt top, rebuilt the kernel, rebooted, rebuilt top and
 > still get
 > 
 > % top
 > top: kvm_read for _cnt: Bad address
 > 
 > gdb doesn't get me anywhere. Thing is it works for others, but I don't
 > really know where to look!

Is your kernel a UVM kernel?  If so, make sure top gets built w/ UVM
support...

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