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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!News1.Toronto.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!news.globalserve.net!pjp From: pjp@globalserve.net (???) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: watch Date: 7 Jul 1997 01:55:59 GMT Organization: Globalserve Communications Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <slrn5s0j5f.4i5.pjp@irc.globalserve.net> References: <33C035AC.7182@comhelp.com> Reply-To: pjp@globalserve.net NNTP-Posting-Host: irc.globalserve.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.1 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44035 In article <33C035AC.7182@comhelp.com>, Adam Olson wrote: >Hi..I can't get watch to work...when I run it I get "Fatal: Cannot >open snoop device" This happens with every tty I've tried giving >it....can someone help me with this? thanks...Adam (please email me >directly) You need to enable the snoop devices in the kernel (this requires recompiling) check LINT for the snoop devices I think they are called pseudo-device snp <number> Yup actually I just looked :) Peter