input silo overflow and mmess?

[ma_7]

Dear friends,

I am working on an alpha ES40,OSF 5.1. In /var/adm/messages，I found something like this:

mmess:mmess_num_probed=0
and

Ace1:input silo overflow;status=63

.
I know the second one means that something is wrong with the ace1,maybe /dev/tty1,that is some device like printer or modem. But how to fix it ?
And what is mmess?

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

are you sure that it is mmess and not mmsess?
If it is mmsess then it refers to the multimedia component of the alpha server.

greetings,

Michael

[Venkatesh BL]

1) Yes, I think it is 'mmsess', as Michael pointed out.

2) Check this out: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Tru64-UNIX-Managers/2004-07/0033.html

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

have you checked on man ace?
There is a hint on maximum speed of 38400.
I am not sure however if this valid for your machine too.

Michael

[ma_7]

Sorry,it is mmsess. I think maybe the kernel can not find the multimedia device.