topic Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error in Operating System - HP-UX

hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

Ed Wright — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:23:38 GMT

I did a clean install of 11i Ver1.6 this is the IA64 ver. I allowed the system to do the whole install, now when CDE starts it gives me the error"desktop messaging system could not be started". The only failure during ipl was NFS client. Does anyone have any ideas, also when I go into Failsafe and try too mount the DVD it says device busy, again any clues, if already mounted, any clue what they call the cd/dvd by default?

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:37:52 GMT

The most common cause for this kind of problem is hostname resolution including itself. I would make certain that /etc/nsswitch.conf first uses 'files' and that there is a definition for this box in /etc/hosts and that there is a localhost loopback entry in the hosts file as well.

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

Ed Wright — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:50:10 GMT

Thanks Clay,
But the file nsswitch.conf does not reside on my system. The host file does have a loopback entry, 127.0.0.1 which is correct.

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

S.K. Chan — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 18:49:32 GMT

Attached is some troubleshooting steps you can take to determine what causes the "desktop messaging system .." error. Hope it helps.

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

Ed Wright — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:48:43 GMT

Thanks S.K.
My hosts file shows user and group of root, how do I change them to bin?

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

Robert-Jan Goossens — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:52:35 GMT

Hi,

chmod bin:bin hosts

RJ.

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

Ed Wright — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:06:29 GMT

RJ,
When I type chmod bin:bin hosts, I get an invalid mode.

Ed

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

S.K. Chan — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:11:34 GMT

It's "chown" (change owner)..
# chown bin:bin /etc/hosts

Re: hpux 11i Ver 1.6 CDE error

Robert-Jan Goossens — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:20:39 GMT

sorry sorry Ed, thousend apologies.

Thanks Chan for the correction.

Robert-Jan.