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>Index: book.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /st/src/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.140
>diff -u -r1.140 book.sgml
>--- book.sgml	2001/01/18 01:14:24	1.140
>+++ book.sgml	2001/01/30 01:34:16
>@@ -4166,6 +4166,41 @@
> 
>         </answer>
>       </qandaentry>
>+
>+      <qandaentry>
>+        <question>
>+          <para>I get the error <literal>nlist failed</literal> when running,
>+            for example, <command>top</command> or
>+            <command>systat</command>.</para>
>+        </question>
>+
>+        <answer>
>+          <para>The problem is that the application you are trying to run is
>+            looking for a specific kernel symbol, but, for whatever reason,
>+            cannot find it; this error stems from one of two problems:</para>
>+
>+          <itemizedlist>
>+            <listitem>
>+              <para>Your kernel and userland are not synchronized (i.e., you
>+                built a new kernel but did not do an installworld, or vice
>+                versa), and thus the symbol table is different from what the
>+                user application thinks it is.  If this is the case, simply
>+                complete the upgrade process (see
>+                <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> for the correct
>+                sequence).</para>
>+            </listitem>
>+
>+            <listitem>
>+              <para>You are not using <command>/boot/loader</command> to load
>+                your kernel, but doing it directly from boot0 (see
>+                &man.boot.8;).  While there is nothing wrong with bypassing
>+                <command>/boot/loader</command>, it generally does a better
>+                job of making the kernel symbols available to user
>+                applications.</para>
>+            </listitem>
>+          </itemizedlist>
>+        </answer>
>+      </qandaentry>
>     </qandaset>
>   </chapter>

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