From: Gareth Bult (gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/02/93


From: gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk (Gareth Bult)
Subject: Re: ps doesn't work
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 15:12:12 GMT

On 30 Sep 1993 12:57:46 GMT;
----Studenten (rk1158a@ecx.tuwien.ac.at ) said:
> When I used ps it said, I need the directory /proc and
> the line "/proc /proc proc defaults" in /etc/fstub (or something
> like that). After doing so and rebooting (after shutdown) everything
> was the same. I still get the above message.

When you build the kernel, there is an option for /proc support.
If you answer 'No', /proc support is not linked into the kernel.
This results in all applications (like your version of ps) failing to work.

Try rebuilding the kernel with /proc support or obtain the kmem version
of ps.

Gareth.