On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:40 +0100, Chris Croome wrote: > Hi > > On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 04:25:36PM -0400, Jim Perrin wrote: > > On 4/6/06, Chris Croome <chris at webarchitects.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears > > > to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via > > > ssh, yet this is all that is outputted: > > > > > > # w > > > 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 > > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > > > > > > "rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed > > > with. > > > > > > I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what > > > could be done to get w working again? > > > > What kernel are you running, and which version version of procps are > > you running? > > # uname -r > 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp > > # rpm -qi procps > Name : procps Relocations: (not relocatable) > Version : 3.2.3 Vendor: CentOS > Release : 8.3 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 05:57:38 GMT > Install Date: Thu 06 Apr 2006 17:12:16 BST Build Host: build-i386 > > I did update a *lot* of packages today I don't know if this could have > anything to do with it... > That looks like a centos Kernel ... try installing audit and audit-libs. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060406/9c51b390/attachment-0004.sig>