[gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Mick]

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This is another little nuisance that I have noticed on this new amd64 laptop:

In an aterm I launch top.  Then press z c and Shift+W.  I get:

   Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' 
   
Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.  Next time I fire up top, even 
from the same terminal, it's all looking white with no colour, no 
highlighting, or anything else.  Why is this?  This is what the contents of 
.toprc show:
=================================
Cfile for "top with windows"           # shameless braggin'
Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=3.000, Curwin=0
        fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
        winflags=64953, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
        summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
        fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
        summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
        fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
        summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
        fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
        summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
================================= 

Same thing happens in xterm and konsole.
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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Alex Schuster]

Mick writes:

> In an aterm I launch top.  Then press z c and Shift+W.  I get:
> 
>    Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc'

Cool. Didn't know about this yet.

> Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.  Next time I fire up top,
> even from the same terminal, it's all looking white with no colour, no
> highlighting, or anything else.  Why is this?  This is what the
> contents of .toprc show:
> =================================
> Cfile for "top with windows"           # shameless braggin'
> Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=3.000, Curwin=0
>         fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
>         winflags=64953, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
>         fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
>         winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
>         fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
>         winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
>         fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
>         winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
> =================================
> 
> Same thing happens in xterm and konsole.

Works here, in konsole and xterm.

My .toprc looks similar, but it has additional keywords Def, Job, Mem and 
Usr. Are they missing in your .toprc, or did they get lost during 
copy&paste? If I remove them, my top also looks like without .toprc.

=================================
RCfile for "top with windows"           # shameless braggin'
Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=3.000, Curwin=0
Def     fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
        winflags=64953, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
        summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
Job     fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
        summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
Mem     fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
        summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
Usr     fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
        summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
=================================

	Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[o0o.atlantis.o0o]

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Le Thursday 18 Mar 2010 à 12:06:12 (+0100), Alex Schuster a écrit :
> Mick writes:
> 
> > In an aterm I launch top.  Then press z c and Shift+W.  I get:
> > 
> >    Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc'
> 
> Cool. Didn't know about this yet.
> 
> > Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.  Next time I fire up top,
> > even from the same terminal, it's all looking white with no colour, no
> > highlighting, or anything else.  Why is this?  This is what the
> > contents of .toprc show:
> > =================================
> > Cfile for "top with windows"           # shameless braggin'
> > Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=3.000, Curwin=0
> >         fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
> >         winflags=64953, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
> >         summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
> >         fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
> >         winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
> >         summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
> >         fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
> >         winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
> >         summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
> >         fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
> >         winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
> >         summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
> > =================================
> > 
> > Same thing happens in xterm and konsole.
> 
Same  thing here, nothing was highlighted and my .toprc looked like yours
I added Def, Job, Mem and usr in the file and it's fine now.
The question is why is the file not having the right syntax?
here:
top: procps version 3.2.8 on amd64



> Works here, in konsole and xterm.
> 
> My .toprc looks similar, but it has additional keywords Def, Job, Mem and 
> Usr. Are they missing in your .toprc, or did they get lost during 
> copy&paste? If I remove them, my top also looks like without .toprc.
> 
> =================================
> RCfile for "top with windows"           # shameless braggin'
> Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=3.000, Curwin=0
> Def     fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
>         winflags=64953, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
> Job     fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
>         winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
> Mem     fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
>         winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
> Usr     fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
>         winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
>         summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
> =================================
> 
> 	Wonko
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Alex Schuster]

o0o.atlantis.o0o@gmail.com writes:

> Same  thing here, nothing was highlighted and my .toprc looked like
> yours I added Def, Job, Mem and usr in the file and it's fine now.
> The question is why is the file not having the right syntax?
> here:
> top: procps version 3.2.8 on amd64

I tried with sys-process/procps-3.2.7, sys-process/procps-3.2.8 and sys-
process/procps-3.2.8-r1 (all x86), all without the problem.

	Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:06:20 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:

> I tried with sys-process/procps-3.2.7, sys-process/procps-3.2.8 and sys-
> process/procps-3.2.8-r1 (all x86), all without the problem.

I had a similar problem in that I could save changes as a user but not
when logged in as root. In that case, I just copied the user's .toprc
to /root.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"When you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear demonic Voices...
that's nothing - when you play it forward it installs Windows"

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Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Renat Golubchyk]

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Hi!

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:19:34 +0000 Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
wrote:
> In an aterm I launch top.  Then press z c and Shift+W.  I get:
> 
>    Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' 
>    
> Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.  Next time I fire up top,
> even from the same terminal, it's all looking white with no colour,
> no highlighting, or anything else.  Why is this?

Maybe it will help if you quit from top gracefully by pressing 'q'
instead of killing it by sending a SIGTERM. I suppose top doesn't flush
the write buffer if you just kill it.


Cheers,
Renat

-- 
Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen,
durch die sie entstanden sind.
                                              (Einstein)

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Re: [gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Mick]

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On Thursday 18 March 2010 14:07:37 Renat Golubchyk wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:19:34 +0000 Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > In an aterm I launch top.  Then press z c and Shift+W.  I get:
> >
> >    Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc'
> >
> > Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.  Next time I fire up top,
> > even from the same terminal, it's all looking white with no colour,
> > no highlighting, or anything else.  Why is this?
> 
> Maybe it will help if you quit from top gracefully by pressing 'q'
> instead of killing it by sending a SIGTERM. I suppose top doesn't flush
> the write buffer if you just kill it.

Thank you all for your responses.  Since I installed this amd64 system I have 
found a couple of 'unexplained' behaviours compared to my x86 systems.  This 
must be one of them.  However, some of you also run amd64 and you do not seem 
to experience the same.  This particular problem is rather weird.  Why on 
earth do these four missing keywords are not in my .toprc files?  Neither in 
my root or my plain user accounts.  Even more weird is that I added these in 
both .toprc files and as if by magic my changes in colour etc. showed up when 
I relaunched top! Now, as soon as I made some more changes and pressed 
Shift+W the Def, Job, Mem, Usr keywords disappeared again and all changes 
were no longer visible.

What can be causing this?  Should I report it as a bug?
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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