Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!prism!juliet!rhoward From: rhoward@msd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: openwindows wont come up Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 21:28:14 GMT References: <6164@alpha.cam.nist.gov> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute Lines: 45 In linegar@bwdls49.bnr.ca (Derick Linegar) writes: >coleman@cam.nist.gov (Sean Sheridan Coleman X5672) writes: >>I just installed the 4.1.1 release cd rom which included >>openlook. On one client of the server, openwindows >>comes up fine but on the other client, I get >>the initial blue screen with openlook logo and then >>it goes white and an error occurs stating: >>/usr/openwin/bin/xinit: No such file or directory. >>Can`t connect to an X server. When the blue screen goes >>to white a small message is wisked by very fast. I managed >>to figure out what it stated: >>Process 0x1edd2 (unamed process) error ioerr >>Stack {NeWS/Keyboard.ps} marker /keyboardtype >>executing keyboard type >>In Reading file NeWS/keyboard.ps >>Sic transit gloria >I've actually seen this happen on one of our Sun SPARC's >and what it turned out to be, is that your keyboard's jumper >settings are wrong. The jumper block is accessible under the >left "foot" of the keyboard behind the door. Contact Sun for >the correct setting, as I cannot remember what it is (and I'm >at home, so I cannot check...) I checked our SS1's and found that all the DIP switch settings (1-8) should be the same, in the down (toward the space bar) / ON / toward the little dots position. On our acting up host switch 8 was up/off. Hope this helps, Robert -- | Robert L. Howard | Georgia Tech Research Institute | | rhoward@msd.gatech.edu | MATD Laboratory | | (404) 528-7165 | Atlanta, Georgia 30332 | | UUCP: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!msd!rhoward | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "They [La Prensa] accused us of suppressing freedom of | | expression. This was a lie and we could not let them | | publish it." -- Nelba Blandon, Director of Censorship |