Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!bony1!stevef From: stevef@bony1.bony.com (Steve Faiwiszewski) Subject: Re: Problems with console locking and mwm stopping Message-ID: <1991Jun10.210318.18087@bony1.bony.com> Organization: The Bank of New York References: <1991Jun6.232937.2834@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Distribution: na Date: Mon, 10 Jun 91 21:03:18 GMT In article <1991Jun6.232937.2834@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David A Guidry) writes: >I'm working as assistant sysadmin on our local net of RS6000s. We have >three 320s (2 with 8Meg RAM, one with 16) and four Xstation 120s. We are >runing AIX 3.1.1 on these puppies. I have two big problems with things >that happen on them. The 16 Megger monitors the logins on the four >Xstations and also holds the nfs mounted /u partition. > >1) A user is plugging away happily at the console and the console locks >up. No mouse movement, no response to the keyboard, NOTHING. How can I >reset the terminal from a remote location without rebooting the offending >machine. Killing off alll the user processes doesn't help at all. If the >terminal cannot be reset without rebooting, is there a way to reboot >without having to insert the key to the machine (I'd like to be able to >handle these minor emergencies from home). >David A. Guidry | On a clear disk, you | empire >Student Consultant | can seek forever | Not just a game >Academic Computing and Network Services | but a way of life > | -- Gott im Himmel Same happens on our Model 320 (with 24 Meg) running 3005. Once in a while the X server running on the console seems to freeze (mouse dead too), and nothing short of a reboot seems to help. Killing mwm does no good at all. Anyone else see this? - Steve - -- ======================================================================= Internet: stevef@bony1.bony.COM | The Bank Of New York | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bang : uunet!bony1!stevef | Reality is Nobody's Dream