topic Re: frozen console in Operating System - HP-UX

frozen console

Paul Warren — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:29:21 GMT

I'm a bit of a beginner on HP.
The system console on my sever has frozen - mouse moves but not the windows - but I can ssh into it fine and the system activity is still low.

How do I safely reset the console without interupting the server activity.
(I know that SGI has a four-key combination to reset the console - what about HP?)

Re: frozen console

Steffi Jones_1 — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:38:45 GMT

Hi Paul,

turn the console off, press the key 'd' hold it and turn the console back on, release the key 'd'

That should help,

Steffi Jones

Re: frozen console

Paul Warren — Tue, 01 May 2001 07:28:12 GMT

unfortunately holding 'd' does not help.
any other ideas?

Re: frozen console

melvyn burnard — Tue, 01 May 2001 07:40:38 GMT

If you have a mouse, and it still moves, then this appears to be more of an X-server/client problem, as a normal console would not have a mouse ;-}

If you are able to log in via the network, then the system is definitely not hung.
All I can suggest at the moment is to check for patching levels for the network, X and Motif.

OIther than that you may find something logged in /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log, or in teh Xerrors file.

Re: frozen console

Alex Glennie — Tue, 01 May 2001 08:23:22 GMT

will reset the Xserver !

Re: frozen console

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Tue, 01 May 2001 12:29:22 GMT

If you are able to login via network then do the following:

ps -ef | grep console .

Kill the the getty process for the console. YOu should be able to get login in case the serial console port on the HP , Serial Port on the terminal and the cable are fine.

Manoj

Re: frozen console

JP Lagger — Tue, 01 May 2001 16:27:52 GMT

to reset a hp terminal:

1) shift control reset (hold all three keys).. hard reset

or

2a) power down the terminal

2b) While Holding the shift key & the letter d power the terminal on

You should get a message thet the default configuration has been used.