 |
 |
'top' command doesn't work in the terminal
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Manchester,UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
On my mums Mac (G4 350, with OSX 10.2) when it Type 'top' in to the terminal all I get is 'top: command not found'. this is quite problematic because without 'top' then 'kill' is quite useless.
The other thing is that there is no 'Welcome to Darwin!' message' when the terminal opens.
Does this mean that I skiped the 'install BSD subsystem' part of the OS install? If I did skip it would it be Ok to run the OS installer now, after all the minor OS updates?
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Arizona
Status:
Offline
|
|
Presumably you are looking for a process that can't be Force Quit with the Process Viewer?
Try /usr/bin/top in case the problem is the search path set by her .tcshrc (or .cshrc).
You can also use "ps -auwxx" (or /bin/ps -auwxx, other display options can work, too; auwxx is just my favorite) to get the PID of something you want to kill.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occasionally Useful
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Liverpool, UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
sounds like some aliasing is broken? maybe reinstall?
|
|
"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Manchester,UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by car1son:
Presumably you are looking for a process that can't be Force Quit with the Process Viewer?
Try /usr/bin/top in case the problem is the search path set by her .tcshrc (or .cshrc).
You can also use "ps -auwxx" (or /bin/ps -auwxx, other display options can work, too; auwxx is just my favorite) to get the PID of something you want to kill.
Yep, It was Preview. It was being a stubbon get. Bring up the process viewer, select Preview, Click 'Force Quit' it disappears from the list but is still running in the Dock and still hadn't Quit, It was stopping it restarting. Without being able to use the Kill command, I ended up hitting the reset 
So a full reinstal is the only fix.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: someplace
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
The other thing is that there is no 'Welcome to Darwin!' message' when the terminal opens.
Does this mean that I skiped the 'install BSD subsystem' part of the OS install? If I did skip it would it be Ok to run the OS installer now, after all the minor OS updates?
Yes, you skipped the BSD subsystem installation. It should be fine to go back and do a custom install of it so you have the missing core commands.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: New York, NY
Status:
Offline
|
|
Once you install the BSD subsystem, make sure you run the OS X 10.2.6 Combo updater to get any updates to the BSD subsystem since 10.2 came out.
|
|
Vandelay Industries
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2000
Status:
Offline
|
|
As an aside: you can also force quit a Docked item by holding option and right clicking (or control clicking) it, then go to "Force Quit".
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Manchester,UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Cipher13:
As an aside: you can also force quit a Docked item by holding option and right clicking (or control clicking) it, then go to "Force Quit".
That was the first thing I tried, it did nothing.
Thanks for the BSD info, I will do it this weekend.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
