Subject: negative values using ps -aux
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Reinhold M. Roppert <netbsd-users@rmroppert.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/14/2005 11:44:19
Hello,

i get negative Values using ps -aux

nbsd3:> ps -aux
USER    PID %CPU  %MEM    VSZ    RSS TT STAT STARTED    TIME COMMAND
root      0  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DKs  10:13PM 0:00.00 [swapper]
root      1  0.0  -1.1     68    736 ?? Is   10:13PM 0:00.14 init
root      2  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [cryptoret]
root      3  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [usb0]
root      4  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [usbtask]
root      5  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [usb1]
root      6  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [usb2]
root      7  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [scsibus0]
root      8  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [scsibus1]
root      9  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [atabus0]
root     10  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [atabus1]
root     11  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [pms0]
root     12  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [atapibus0]
root     13  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.00 [pagedaemon]
root     14  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:07.92 [ioflush]
root     15  0.0 -204.5      0 134912 ?? DK   10:13PM 0:00.18 [aiodoned]
root    287  0.0  -1.2    204    772 ?? Ss   10:13PM 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
root    565  0.0  -1.9    356   1220 ?? Is   10:14PM 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root    598  0.0  -2.4   1016   1568 ?? Ss   10:14PM 0:00.08 sendmail: accepting 
connections
root    628  0.0  -1.1     68    700 ?? Is   10:14PM 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/inetd -l
root    633  0.0  -1.1    236    724 ?? Ss   10:14PM 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/cron
root    668  0.0  -3.2    412   2092 ?? Ss   10:14PM 0:04.24 sshd: root@ttyp0
root    637  0.0  -1.2    192    796 p0 Is   10:14PM 0:00.01 -csh
root    696  0.0  -2.1    728   1360 p0 S    10:14PM 0:00.10 bash

Kernel is 2.1 GENERIC compiled with patches for the last security advisories which  
are not already in 2.1
System: i386 with 4 GB RAM

Does anybody have an explanation?

Best regrards

R. M. Roppert