Activity monitor not showing activity

recently upgraded to 10.4.9, tho not sure that is the issue. When I open Activity Monitor there are no processes listed regardless of what I ask it to list (my processes, admin proc., etc.) I trashed the plist and repaired permissions without effect. AM will still show me CPU usage and disk activity in the lower 1/2 of its window, but nothing about memory and nothing at all in the upper 1/2 of the window. Any ideas?
thanks
Steve
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Thanks, Baltwo and Ferd II. I just restarted from a clone backup I did prior to updating to 10.4.9. It was 10.4.8 and the same problem was there with AM. (I don't use AM that often so it could have been there even longer.) Also, the v. of AM was the same as on the drive with 10.4.9— 1.0(19). So, I don't know that reinstalling the combo will install a new AM. (And, since things are otherwise working great, I'd rather not mess with the system.)
Is there a way of downloading a new AM from somewhere. Couldn't find it on the Apple downloads. Or can it be individually restored from my original disks? (Knock on wood, I've never had to restore in all the years I've had macs.)
BTW, Baltwo, this v. of AM's menu bar reads: AM, File, Edit, Monitor, Process, Window, Help. A difference with Intel app vs. your G4, Baltwo?
thanks
Steve

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