At 21 August, 2003 Michael D. Roberts wrote: > Hi, > > I having a tiny problem with the idle time being ridiculously large in > the output of my 'w' command. For example: > > $ w > 14:01:45 up 5 days, 13:18, 12 users, load average: 1.25, 1.21, 1.18 > USER TTY LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > root vc/1 11Aug03 15:38m 0.39s 0.39s -bash > roberts vc/2 Mon16 15:38m 10.68s 0.00s /bin/sh > /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > roberts vc/3 Wed19 15:38m 0.03s 0.03s -bash > roberts pts/0 Wed23 0.00s 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > roberts pts/2 Tue11 0.00s 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > roberts pts/3 11:49 12285days 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > roberts pts/4 Wed22 0.00s 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > roberts pts/5 10:22 12285days 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > roberts pts/7 Wed23 12285days 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > roberts pts/6 Wed09 30.00s 7.58s 7.54s ssh flare > roberts pts/8 11:46 12285days 0.00s 5:36 gnome-terminal > > Any suggestions?
Normal. 12285 days is the time since Jan 1, 1970 (time_t 0) and is the modification time reported by /dev/pts for terminals that have not been typed into yet. I'm working on a replacement for w -- whom -- which will fix this, along with other problems. But you can safely ignore this "error" -- everything's working fine. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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