Activity Monitor not showing any processes

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Hello all, my activity monitor opens as it should, the bottom section works as it should, but the Processes list fails to appear, not matter which list I choose to show (My Processes, All Processes, etc.)
Here's what I've done:
- Booted from install disk and completed a permissions repair.
- Booted from install disk and completed a disk repair.
- Restarted the computer.
- Slept on it.
Nothing has worked; any ideas?

Hi, Marc.
Delete the word "Local" from the search field in Activity Monitor's tool bar: click the (X) next to "Local" in the search field and all should be well. There are no processes matching that search term, hence none are shown!
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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