ps hangs when listing root processes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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procps (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
when running "ps a" on my system, the command just blocks, and will not respond to Ctrl+C, nor killall -9 ps.
This also happens in gnome-system-
Strace output attached. Curiously, I can cancel out with Ctrl+C if using the strace wrapped process.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: procps 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu5
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 31 02:22:15 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: procps
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile.
Oh, additonal comment - this is a virtual machine running in VirtualBox 3.2.6