Re: psdatabase file in /boot
>> It is used by ps(1) for the WCHAN field, which gives the kernel
>> function where the process in question is sleeping. You can update it
>> by using psupdate(8).
>> To my knowledge, it is not used by anything else.
>I tried running psupdate and I get an error message
>bad magic number. Any idea what that might be caused
>from? Does it have to do with the fact that I am
>using the elf compiler and libraries??
It shouldn't. What was the exact command line you gave to psupdate?
And do you indeed have a kernel in /usr/src/linux/vmlinux? Note that
a compressed kernel (zImage or vmlinuz) won't do... It has to be the
original, pristine vmlinux.
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