Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!mcnc!ncsuvx!news From: henkel%nepjt@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Chuck Henkel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Flaky behavior after installing 3002 upgrade Message-ID: Date: 10 Dec 90 03:39:16 GMT Sender: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: henkel@nepjt.ncsu.edu (Chuck Henkel) Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh Lines: 41 I just installed the 3002 upgrade to a 320 system and I am seeing some erratic behavior. I'm curious whether other people are having similar problems or did I just screw something up. Notes: - Upgrade applied from tape. - System was at level 3000, *not* 3001, when I applied the PKGID U401202 Release 310 tape IBM sent me. IBM guy knew I was at 3000 when he sent me the tape, so this shouldn't be the problem. - Due to space limitations I had to apply and commit the upgrade at the same time. In hindsight, I wish I hadn't done that. (So keep that in mind when yours comes...) Problems: 1) The main problem is that dbx causes the entire system to crash with the flashing "888" led display. The hidden message is 102 300 0c0, which is supposed to mean "Data storage interrupt - processor type" Invoking "dbx" alone at the shell prompt (csh) gives me the dbx prompt OK, but "dbx file" crashes the system immediately. I haven't investigated this further because I'm tired of having to reboot. 2) I was trying to use dbx to debug another problem which the upgrade seems to have introduced. A program which execs two other programs only manages to exec one of them and then hangs. I can't be more specific because of 1) above, but it worked yesterday. _Chuck Henkel -- | Chuck Henkel | | | N.C. State University | Curious about evolution? | | Department of Nuclear Engineering | Read Stephen J. Gould. | | henkel%nepjt@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu | |