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HP console hangs

Ionut Grigorescu_2 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:04:54 GMT

Hi all,

I have 2 HP 700/96 console(Product C1064W) connected to 2 L2000 servers. after login, they list few lines of screen then hang in the middle of a line. I can reset them (from the power button or killing the associated processes), I receive another login prompt. Initialy I was already logged in and I have tried to cat /etc/hosts to /dev/console. They have displayed some lines from the file than hanged.
What can I do?

Re: HP console hangs

Pete Randall — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:14:04 GMT

What's the Term setting? Check by pressing the "menu" key, the "user/system" key (until you see the menus across the bottom of the screen), then "congif keys" (f8), the "terminal config" (f5).

Pete

Re: HP console hangs

Bruno Vidal — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:15:36 GMT

Hi,
(sorry if you have this answer two times, but I had some trouble with my broswer). So it looks like to be an old GSP probleme on LX000.
It has been corrected by latest GSP firmware (I'm not speaking about PDC firmware that can be upgraded by patch). This GSP firmware can be upgrade by using ftp (take a look at XU option). The best it to ask to hp to do that, or you can download the file on www.hp.com and put it on an ftp server.

Cheers.

ps: you can have the GSP level when doing HE, it is written at the beginning. I think that the latest version is A.01.09.

Re: HP console hangs

T. M. Louah — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:35:27 GMT

Moreover while waiting for tech to show up 2 things worth doing:
0- Factory settings for 700/96 console can be done by holding down the K/B D-Key & power OFF the console, keep pressing the D-key now Power ON & release the pausing shortly after.

1- next thing to do is to reset the GSP either from console by :
- press CTRL+B hit return twice then at GSP prompt type XD.
- or from command line type :
# stty +resetGSP
Cheers
T??

Re: HP console hangs

Ionut Grigorescu_2 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 12:05:45 GMT

Pete:
Term settings are:

DataComm/ExtDev Serial(1)/Serial(2)
Keyboard USASCII
Lang English

LocalEcho OFF CapsLock OFF Start(0) 001 Bell ON
XmitFnctn(A) NO SPOW(B) NO InhEolWrp(C) NO LinePage(D) LINE
InhHndShk(G) NO Inh DC2(H) NO BlkXferTrigr DC1 Esc Xfer(N) NO

FldSeparator u/s Blk Terminator r/s Return=Enter NO ReturnDef c/r
Tab=Spaces NO NumPad Tab=Tab Print Fields TermMode EM100

Bruno:
1. The firmware version is A.01.09
2. Even when I type LI (command list in HE) the display freezes after the first 7-8 lines

T+/-:
I have to run downstairs in the computer room to try your commands, but don't worry, you will receive your points

Re: HP console hangs

Ionut Grigorescu_2 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:07:27 GMT

Hi T,

many thanks for your help. Now another question for another 10 points:
- the console hangs no more but when I type a command the output is listed over the previous screen and when I type a man page there are a lot of "m"-s in the output. How can I fix that?

Re: HP console hangs

Massimo Bianchi — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:18:29 GMT

Hi,
looks like your term setting are not properly set.

Try with

export TERM=9660
or
export TERM=vt100
or
export TERM=hp

I didn't remember the defaults, but you can be sure when you hit the correct config, if you issue a

resize.

If it reports lines and columns, then you got it.

Otheway, try another setting.

HTH,
Massimo

Re: HP console hangs

Massimo Bianchi — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:18:45 GMT

Hi,
looks like your term setting are not properly set.

Try with

export TERM=9660
or
export TERM=vt100
or
export TERM=hp

I didn't remember the defaults, but you can be sure when you hit the correct config, if you issue a

resize

If it reports lines and columns, then you got it.

Otheway, try another setting.

HTH,
Massimo

Re: HP console hangs

Pete Randall — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:26:26 GMT

Ionut,

Go back into "config keys" and set your term to "hp" (tab down to that entry and press "next choice" until it reads "hp"), then press "save config". Then make sure when you log in that your TERM variable is set to "hp" as well.

Pete

Re: HP console hangs

Pete Randall — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:32:10 GMT

Ionut,

Also check the document referred to by Carlos towards the end of this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x9a7942308663d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Pete

Re: HP console hangs

Ionut Grigorescu_2 — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:17:01 GMT

thank you all for the help! Now is everything OK, except the fact that I must export TERM each time when login - I have to edit my .profile, I guess. Pete, I have tried the link in that thread and I have landed on the subscription update page. Anyway, after the restore to default settings, the term is always hp, the problem is after the login , the little script in my .profile set the TERM to vt100.

Re: HP console hangs

Pete Randall — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:32:37 GMT

Ionut,

The document I was referring to explains how to set the GSP to hpterm so that your .profile terminal evaluation will resolve properly. Here's the pertinent excerpt:

GSP> ca

CA

This command allows you to modify the local and remote modem serial port configurations. Current configuration settings:

Local Console Serial Port bit rate: 9600 bits/s
Local Console Serial Port Flow Control: Software
Local Console Serial Port Terminal Type: vt100
Remote Console Serial Port Modem Protocol: Bell
Remote Console Serial Port Modem bit rate: 19200 bits/s
Remote Console Serial Port Modem Flow Control: Software
Remote Console Serial Port Modem Transmit Configuration Strings:
Enabled
Remote Console Serial Port Modem Presence: always connected

Do you want to modify Local Console Serial Port
settings? (Y/[N]) y y

Current Local Console Serial Port bit rate: 9600 bits/s
Do you want to modify it? (Y/[N])
N

Current Flow Control: Software
Do you want to modify it? (Y/[N])
N

Current Terminal Type: vt100
Do you want to modify it? (Y/[N]) y
y
Enter Terminal Type ([Vt100] / Hpterm): hpterm
hpterm
New Terminal Type: hpterm
Confirm? (Y/[N]): y
y
->Terminal Type will be updated.

Do you want to modify Remote Console Serial Port Modem settings? (Y/[N])
N
Command execution may take 25 seconds.

-> Settings have been updated.

Pete