> it wants is, it looks at the kernel nlist,  
quoted text
> which is obtained either through the kernel binary symbol table
> (ie 4.3 BSD), or by reading an index file (ie 4.4 BSD and Linux).  
> 
> If the symbol values in the nlist file (/etc/psdatabase) do not
> match where they really are in the kernel, ps does not work.
> To fix this, you need a new /etc/psdatabase.
> 
> This must be built from the unstripped kernel binary.  

Yes, but *how* do you build it?

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