ps command

[Satish Y]

Hi,

I am using V5.1 1885 alpha server.

Facing problem with ps command, whenever trying to run ps with '-e' option it hangs and sometimes it takes long time to respond, rest all options working fine.

Any idea?

Cheers...
Satish.

[Dave Bechtold]

Hi Satish,

I'm not aware of anything which would account for this behavior under v5.1A (1885)

- Did this just start, possibly after a change, or has the system always done this?

- How many processes are on the system?
"ps -e | wc -l" how many?

- How is the performance of "ps aux", BSD syntax ?

- Does it start to display some processes then pause at a process, then continue?
If yes, is it always the same process it pauses at.

If your not at the current patch level, Patch Kit 5, I'd suggest updating.

Dave Bechtold

[Ralf Puchner]

Please give us the current patch kit number, the circumstances and usage of the cpu/memory.

The named problem could be a resource issue during heavy load, e.g PS allocated dynamic memory for each line of output.