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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: VP/ix- "SOMEDAY IT WILL WORK!"
Message-ID: <734@omen.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 89 20:50:02 GMT
References: <5980006@hplsla.HP.COM> <1@bronson.UUCP> <13072@steinmetz.ge.com> <318@gallium.UUCP>
Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon
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In article <318@gallium.UUCP> garyb@gallium.UUCP (Gary Blumenstein) writes:
:Here's a suggestion that may save VP/ix users from potential system
:crashes.  
:
:      IF your system hangs while running VP/ix to the point where no
:      keyboard input can be recognized by the computer.  (Can't switch 
:      multiscreens, bring up vpix menu, etc.)

The standard recommendation in this case is to log in to a serial
terminal (as root) and di a kill -1 on the vpix process.  If you
can log in from a serial port, this almost always works.