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09-19-2005 04:16 AM
09-19-2005 04:16 AM
I am having an annoying problem with consoles on two of my systems. When I log on to the MP and go to the console, “A” characters repeatedly print on the display. An “A” seems to be printed to the screen about once every 6 seconds. It is not sent back to the system when I hit a carriage return, but it makes typing in commands painful, especially when I have to backspace, because I can see the “A” on the line, but the system does not recognize that it is there. And, if I leave the console long enough, it just slowly fills up with "A" characters. The problem does not occur in the MP (unless, of course, I go to the console). The problem occurs on the LAN console, the Web console, and when I physically attach a console to the “console” connector on the server.
A few months ago, we received four used systems. The problem is occurring on two of these systems. The other two don’t have this problem, and none of our other systems have this problem. The four "new-to-us" used systems are rp7410s running HP-UX 11.11.
The characters begin to appear as soon as I am transferred from the MP to the console (in other words, after typing “co” at the Main MP menu). They even appear in the login fields before I login:
sys1 [HP Release B.11.11] (see /etc/issue)
Console Login: Abeth
Password: AA
Another example:
sys1> ps -ef A| grep something
And, another:
sys1>AAAAA
Does anyone have any ideas about how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance,
Beth
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09-19-2005 04:22 AM
09-19-2005 04:22 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
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09-19-2005 04:29 AM
09-19-2005 04:29 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
One other possibility: is the console plugged into the console port and not the UPS port? The UPS port may have the UPS daeamon trying to communicate on thart port...or the UPS daemin may have been pointed to the console rather than the UPS port.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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09-19-2005 04:33 AM
09-19-2005 04:33 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
Here is the information you requested (and thanks for the help)... Nothing jumped out at me, but maybe you will see something.
Problem System 1:
sys1>stty -a
speed 9600 baud; line = 0;
rows = 0; columns = 0
min = 4; time = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U
eof = ^D; eol = ^@; eol2 = ^@; swtch = ^@
stop = ^S; start = ^Q; susp = ^Z; dsusp
werase
-parenb -parodd cs8 -cstopb hupcl cread clocal -loblk -crts
-ignbrk brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl -iuclc
ixon ixany ixoff -imaxbel -rtsxoff -ctsxon -ienqak
isig icanon -iexten -xcase echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh
-echoctl -echoprt -echoke -flusho -pendin
opost -olcuc onlcr -ocrnl -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel â tostop
sys1> ps A-tconsoleA
PID TTY TIME COMMAND
1663 console 0:00 ksh
6033 console 0:00 ps
Non-problem System 2:
sys2> stty -a
speed 9600 baud; line = 0;
rows = 0; columns = 0
min = 4; time = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U
eof = ^D; eol = ^@; eol2 = ^@; swtch = ^@
stop = ^S; start = ^Q; susp
werase
-parenb -parodd cs8 -cstopb hupcl cread clocal -loblk -crts
-ignbrk brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl -iuclc
ixon ixany ixoff -imaxbel -rtsxoff -ctsxon -ienqak
isig icanon -iexten -xcase echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh
-echoctl -echoprt -echoke -flusho -pendin
opost -olcuc onlcr -ocrnl -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel â tostop
sys2>ps -tconsole
PID TTY TIME COMMAND
12896 console 0:00 ksh
23551 console 0:00 ps
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09-19-2005 05:03 AM
09-19-2005 05:03 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
I had already compared inittabs on the systems due to some other posting I had seen on the forum. The only major difference that I noticed between the good pool and the bad pool was the following:
cim1:3456:respawn:/opt/wbem/sbin/cimserverd ("good" systems have it, "bad" ones don't)
I came to the conclusion that this didn't impact the problem.
When I physically attach a console to the server, I attach it to the "console" attachment on the A6144 connector that I attach to the MP serial port on the server.
The "used" systems replace 4 N4000s that we had. We took make_net_recovery images of the N4000 systems and then dropped these images onto the rp7410s. Thus, I believe that anything we could have "inherited" is now gone.
Also, you made mention of UPS. A coworker set up some kind of UPS monitoring. The bad systems have the A6144 connector attached to the MP serial port on the server. The UPS connection is then attached to the UPS serial port on the UPS. In our configuration, we have sys1 and sys 2 using one UPS, and sys3 and sys4 using another UPS. sys1 and sys3 (both "bad" systems) have the serial connection to the UPS serial port from the A6144 connector on the MP serial port.
Based on your comments, I am starting to suspect the UPS connection and the monitoring. Here is some additional information:
bad-sys1> ps -ef | gArep -i ups
root 9 0 0 Sep 1 ? 0:00 supsched
root 1981 1 0 Sep 1 ? 0:03 /opt/upsmgr/proxy/bin/upsagt
root 1949 1 0 Sep 1 ? 0:01 /opt/upsmgr/client/bin/upsmgrcagt
root 2672 1 0 Sep 1 ? 5:41 /opt/upsmgr/manager/bin/upsmgrmon
root 1982 1981 0 Sep 1 ? 6:55 ptupsd -d/dev/tty0p0 -n0
root 2551 1 0 Sep 1 ? 0:10 /bin/sh /opt/upsmgr/manager/bin/upsmgrstart -b
good-sys2>ps -ef | grep -i ups
root 9 0 0 Sep 1 ? 0:00 supsched
root 2867 1 0 Sep 1 ? 0:03 /opt/upsmgr/client/bin/upsmgrcagt
Thanks,
Beth
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09-19-2005 05:17 AM
09-19-2005 05:17 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
you wrote you cloned the system using a backup of the N4000 and restore it to the rp7410.
This isn't a good idea at all.
Took this from the ignite docs:
...
With very different architecture types, for instance npars capable systems vs. non-npars capable systems, some software may not be configured correctly if the golden images or recovery archives used for cloning were created on non-npars capable systems; the reverse is true also
...
This might be the cause for some problems.
But anway, check if the UPS software is using the correct device files.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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09-19-2005 09:43 PM
09-19-2005 09:43 PM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
Should say something like
upstty:/dev/tty1p0 # Port 2 for UPS rs-232
Try writing something to that port
echo "Hello" > /dev/tty1p0
It SHOULDN'T come out on the console. If it does your device file is probably wrong.
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09-20-2005 01:37 AM
09-20-2005 01:37 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
Thanks for the detailed pointer.
sys1> more /etc/ups_conf
shutdown_delay_mins:1
shutdown_timeout_mins:5
upstty:/dev/tty0p1
sys1> echo "arrrrrgggh" > /dev/tty0p1
Seems like this is not the problem. But, I am learning some handy things from you folks...
Regards,
ABeAAAAthAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
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09-20-2005 02:12 AM
09-20-2005 02:12 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
...
root 1982 1981 0 Sep 1 ? 6:55 ptupsd -d/dev/tty0p0 -n0
...
do the test again using /dev/tty0p0
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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09-20-2005 02:29 AM
09-20-2005 02:29 AM
Re: Extraneous/garbage "A" Characters Printing to the Console
I think you are on the same track as I am. I think that the tty is set in a two different places. The /etc/ups_conf shows /dev/tty0p1. However, a ups-related process shows /dev/tty0p0 (ptupsd -d/dev/tty0p0 -n0). I believe that this is the HP PowerTrust daemon. Using /opt/upsmgr/proxy/bin/setup, I see that UPS configuration is:
UPS-ID: 1, Daemon: ptupsd, Device: /dev/tty0p0, IdentName:
So, I am inclined to believe that this is the problem.
And, per your suggestion (thanks), entering the following on a non-console login:
echo "arrrgggh" > /dev/tty0p0
results in the following on the consoles screen:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAarrrgggh
At this point, I feel that I need to reset the UPS configuration via the setup program above (or some other way).
I will let you know how it turns out.
Thank you,
Beth