--- procinfo.c
+++ procinfo.c	2006-12-06 11:31:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void
 first_page (long sl)
 {
     unsigned long elapsed;
-    char loadavg[32];
+    char loadavg[128];
     int i, havetwosix = 0, lastdisk;
     static int have_m_c = -1;	/* Do we have cache info? */
     static int have_m_l = -1;	/* Do we have new-style-one-datum-per-line? */
@@ -263,10 +263,9 @@ first_page (long sl)
 /**** /proc/loadavg ****/
 
     fseek (loadavgfp, 0L, SEEK_SET);
-    fgets (line, sizeof (line), loadavgfp);
-    strcpy (loadavg, line);
-    loadavg[strlen (loadavg) - 1] = '\0';
-    fgets (line, sizeof (line), loadavgfp);
+    fgets (loadavg, sizeof (loadavg), loadavgfp);
+    if ((last = strchr(loadavg, '\n')))
+	*last = '\0';
 
     printf ("Bootup: %s    Load average: %s\n\n", booted, loadavg);