Subject: Re: vmstat, top, & dmesg errors with new kernel
To: D.Joyce <poison@tstonramp.com>
From: D.Joyce <poison@tstonramp.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/14/1999 00:10:02
I did what the FAQ said, rebuild the offending apps and the
libs. Didn't change a thing. Do you know where I can get the
kernel source for the 19990209 snapshot?
-Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
To: D.Joyce <poison@tstonramp.com>
Cc: <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 1999 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: vmstat, top, & dmesg errors with new kernel
Please see:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/faq-10.html#ss10.10
(We really need to move some of those answers into the non port
specific pages :)
David/absolute
-=- "That which does not kill us, makes us stranger" -=-
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, D.Joyce wrote:
> I need some help. it seems that every time I build a
> new kernel I get errors from vmstat and top. I have
> a DEC AlphaStation 200 4/233 with 80M. Here is
> the errors
>
> vmstat: time makes no sense; namelist must be wrong.
>
> top: Floating point exception
>
> dmesg: kvm_read: kvm_read: Bad address (0)
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> -Dave Joyce
> poison@tstonramp.com
>
>