Bug 234546

Summary:	'w' doesn't give correct information about what's being run.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Component:	procps	Assignee:	Karel Zak <kzak>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description David Woodhouse 2007-03-29 23:05:51 UTC

[dwmw2@dyn-254 ps3-linux-patches]$ w
 00:03:23 up 7 days, 10:47,  3 users,  load average: 4.00, 3.83, 2.59
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
dwmw2    pts/0    pmac.infradead.o 17:13   32:14   2.20s  0.22s sshd: dwmw2 [pr
dwmw2    pts/1    pmac.infradead.o 20:05    1:43   2.97s  0.22s sshd: dwmw2 [pr
dwmw2    pts/2    pmac.infradead.o 18:06    0.00s  0.28s  0.22s sshd: dwmw2 [pr

Strangely, a couple of minutes later it does manage to show what at least _one_
terminal is doing...

[dwmw2@dyn-254 ps3-linux-patches]$  w
 00:05:02 up 7 days, 10:48,  3 users,  load average: 4.13, 4.00, 2.78
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
dwmw2    pts/0    pmac.infradead.o 17:13   33:53   2.20s  0.22s sshd: dwmw2 [pr
dwmw2    pts/1    pmac.infradead.o 20:05    6.00s  0.47s  0.22s sshd: dwmw2 [pr
dwmw2    pts/2    pmac.infradead.o 18:06    0.00s  0.28s  0.02s w

Comment 1 Karel Zak 2007-04-02 23:43:56 UTC

Thanks. Fixed, update to procps-3.2.7-11.fc7.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2007-04-03 16:12:17 UTC

procps-3.2.7-8.3.fc6 has been pushed for fc6, which should resolve this issue.  If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.