Intermittent Login Problems

[martin]

In article <52878 at bu.edu.bu.edu> eap at cs.bu.edu (Eric A. Pearce) writes:
>
> We have a Iris 4D running 3.2.1 with:
>
> 2 25 MHZ IP7 Processors
>
> It recently started behaving strangely - When trying to log in from the console,
> the screen will go blank for a couple of minutes and then return to the login 
> prompt.   The behavior seems random.   The only unusual message that I could 
> find in SYSLOG was:
>
> Feb 21 14:41:22 panda grcond[10521]: In limbo
> Feb 21 14:42:07 panda grcond[10521]: Tried and failed 3 times to download 
> graphics subsystem

GTX's running 3.2 and 3.2.1 have this problem when there are jobs in the 
background. if you have support, call the hotline. if not a temporary fix
follows.

  - edit file /usr/sysgen/master.d/kernel,
	   - change line that reads:
	   int network_processor = 1;
	    to
	   int network_processor = 0;
	   - su to root and cd to /,
	   - type lboot (this will build a new kernel
			called unix.new in the current directory),
	   - mv unix unix.old,
	   - mv unix.new unix,
	   - sync, init 0, then restart the system.

this is in the last issue of the PipeLine.

Martin McDonald
SGI
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