Re: ps ax output and screen

[Chris Bannister <mockingbird@ihug.co.nz>]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:14:59PM +0200, Jan Steding wrote:
> Hello NG,
> 
> i use two different linux server with debian on it. one with kernel
> 2.4.20 and the other with 2.6.12.
> with the 2.6.12 kernel i get the right output from ps with screen:
> 
> user01@sonne:$ ps ax|grep -i screen
>  7203 ?        Ss     0:00 SCREEN -A -m -d -S g99be ./XXXX
> 31242 pts/2    R+     0:00 grep -i screen
> 
> 
> with the other server i get not the right output from screen.
> 
> user01@gs01:# ps ax|grep -i screen
> 16141 ?        Ss     0:00 [screen]
> 16192 ?        Ss     0:00 [screen]
> 16240 ?        Ss     0:00 [screen]
> 
> the screen name is missing
> 
> is this an failure in screen or ps?
> where can i fix the problem?

what does 
apt-cache policy procps
on each server say?

-- 
Chris.
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