Caught this one on the old mail list. I see it with a recent top. I don't think its a release stopper. Jim, think you can fix it before this release or can it wait? - Craig ----- Forwarded message from Jieming Wang <jieming_wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> ----- I received the following error when I am trying to run top in forked: top: failed tty set: Input/output error Any help will be appreciated. ====perl code==== #!/usr/bin/perl unless (fork) { while (1) { my $output = `top -n 1`; print $output; sleep 15; } print "Fail to fork\n"; } ==linux releases 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5xen Thanks Jieming ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Craig Small VK2XLZ http://enc.com.au/ csmall at : enc.com.au Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ csmall at : debian.org GPG fingerprint: 5D2F B320 B825 D939 04D2 0519 3938 F96B DF50 FEA5