Subject: Re: [vserver] 'ps' not working inside vserver (kernel 2.6.24.4)
From: "Daniel Hokka Zakrisson" <daniel@hozac.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:59:42 +0200 (CEST)

Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> Hi again.
>
> Upgrading to kernel 2.6.24.4 patched with vs2.3.0.34, 'ps' (or 'top') does
> not work anymore when run inside a vserver.  That is upon hitting return
> after having typed 'ps', the command seems to hang:  Nothing is printed
> back on the terminal, and (one of) the CPU is reported (by gkrellm) to
> work
> at full load.
>
> Even stranger, the same command sometimes does print something back,
> indefinitely filling the terminal (until I hit Ctrl-C) by repeating
> the same lines (which seemingly are partly the expected result of 'ps').
>
> As in my previous post, rebooting in kernel 2.6.22, 'ps' behaves nicely.
>
> Does someone have a clue as to what causes this?

Which init style are you using? The 2.6.24 patches are highly
experimental, and fakeinit is one of the things known to be broken...

> Thanks,
> Gilles
>


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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson