We have a 40g+PK3 system that is hanging whenever a 'ps' command is 
used.  A reboot fixes it temporarily but I can't be doing that in 
production too often :-)  When we first experienced this problem a long 
while ago were given a fix of removing "options RPTY" from the kernel 
config and adding pseudo ttys (pseudo-device pty 512).  We have done 
that on several systems and it seemed to help.  Today we have a system 
that is not responding to that fix.  (Another proposed fix of upgrading 
to 5.x is not an option at this time for us.)
I searched the archives for 'ps hang' and tried a few things suggested 
like checking /proc etc.
Anyone else have ideas?
                                                                        
                                                                        
  _Mike
Received on Thu Dec 05 2002 - 18:07:07 NZDT