Subject: Re: kvm_nlist (mem): Device not configured
To: <>
From: walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/27/2003 11:14:59
Frank Kardel wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 01:23:12PM -0700, walt wrote:
> 
>>Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
>>
>>>Seems you might not have pseudo device ksyms configured
>>>into your kernel. Do you have anything along:
>>>
>>>pseudo-device	ksyms
>>>
>>>in your kernel config?
>>>
>>>You don't need kernfs/procfs for kvm routines to work.
>>>
>>>Jaromir
>>>
>>>walt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to get gtop or xosview working on -current and I get
>>>>essentially the same error from both:
>>>>
>>>>LibGTop-Server: kvm_nlist (mem): Device not configured
>>
>>Yes, I have 'pseudo-device ksyms' in my kernel config.
>>
>>I do get a 'read error' when I try 'less /dev/ksyms' however.
>>Is there a way to test whether /dev/ksyms is working properly?
> 
> Have you checked that all your devices in working order meaning did you do
> a cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV all recently after upgrading your kernel ?

Yes I did a MAKDEV all which didn't help.  I also added KMEMSTATS to the
kernel because I didn't know what else to try -- that didn't help either :-(

I tried a GENERIC kernel of course, which has the same error.  Should the
GENERIC kernel work with gtop and xosview?