Warning Message filling syslog

[Steve Labar]

I have the following error message filling the syslog of a 755 running 10.20.

"vmunix: Warning! [260842074 ticks since boot] Sti_save:IteLock not available for 60 seconds"
The message is getting printed every 2 minutes. Any ideas what this may be and/or what I can do about it?

Thanks.

Steve

[Ron Kinner]

Try this link:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/hp/hpux-faq/section-260.html

http://aa11.cjb.net/hpux_admin/1997/0138.html

ITE locking patch PHKL_11205 resolves this problem. Please
note that you should install X server patch PHSS_10650
first. Patches may be superseded by more recent patches containing
additional fixes - if so, install the most recent patch.

from:http://inf33-www.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de/infothek/computer/hp-ux/Tips_1997_12_15.txt

Ron

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

The error means the ITE(Internal Terminal Emulator) driver on the frame buffer for the
bitmap display could not get the semaphore on the display interface, so it timed out.
These are what you should do/check ..
a) Permission
/dev/syscon
crw--w--w- bin:bin
/dev/console
crw--w--w- skchan:users
==> depends on who's on the sstem
/ & /dev
drwxr-xr-x root:root (or bin:bin)
b) /etc/syslog.conf should have these
mail.debug /var/adm/syslog/mail.log
*.info;mail.none /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
*.alert /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
*.alert root
*.emerg *
c) Finally the patches .. (some might be superseded already)

PHNE_16237 ARPA Transport cumulative
PHKL_14564 ITE Locking
PHSS_14943 Xserver cumulative
PHSS_16120 X11(Motif) runtime
PHSS_16147 CDERuntime
PHSS_15391 dld.sl patch

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

Follow the suggestions from Chan and these are the updated patches:

PHSS_17225 s700_800 10.X dld.sl(5) cumulative patch
PHNE_22506 s700 10.20 cumulative ARPA Transport patch
PHKL_25246 s700 10.20 FXE,Visualize,PCI graphics;ITE;HIL;PS/2;syslog
PHSS_25266 s700_800 10.20 Xserver cumulative patch
PHSS_25348 s700_800 10.20 CDE msg catalog OCT2001 Periodic Patch
PHSS_25446 s700_800 10.20 X/Motif Runtime OCT2001 Periodic Patch
PHSS_25786 s700_800 10.20 CDE Runtime DEC2001 Periodic Patch

C.

[T G Manikandan]

One more solution from Bill

http://aa11.cjb.net/hpux_admin/2000/11/0013.html

Thanks
G Manikandan