2 systems with a CDE error

[Kelli Ward]

Hi all,
I have two systems, one a B132L, the other a B180L. Both are running HP-UX 11.0
If, I configure a second NIC card or add an alias IP address to a NIC card on the B132L (only when I alias a second IP address on the B180L) I lose the ability to log in to CDE for all users. errorlogs - dtsession: Invalid Display Name
I don't see any issues with hosts, netconf, resolv.conf or nsswitch.conf
I can't specifically see where this display name error is coming from.
Note: When I unconfigure the card, system is happy and everyone can log in as normal
I wasn't able to find any other forums notes, patches, or docs on this so I'm wordering if there is something painfully simple I'm missing.
Any ideas?
Kel
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kel

[harry d brown jr]

What's the IP of the MAIN NIC card, and what IP, and routing are you adding when you configure the second NIC card? Do you have the proper subnet mask?


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harry

[Kelli Ward]

Hi Harry,
The first NIC is on 150.1 scheme with 255.255.0.0
The second address is a 209.233.112 scheme, I've attempted both 255.255.0.0 and 255.255.255.0
THanks,
Kel

[Wodisch_1]

Hi Kelly,

can you log in after moving "$HOME/.dt/" aside?
Then you should be fine if you add the same name for BOTH IP-adresses, and verify that your "/etc/nsswitch.conf" points to your "/etc/hosts", first.

HTH,
Wodisch

[Kelli Ward]

Hi Wodisch,
The nsswitch.conf file does indeed point to hosts first (changed that yesterday, was DNS)
I moved .dt but it didn't change a thing.
Any more?
Kel

[Kelli Ward]

Any other suggestions please?

[Wodisch_1]

Hi again, Kelly,

so back to the basics - can we have a look at (the last lines of) your "/var/dt/Xerrors" and the output s of "netstat -in", and "netstat -rn", and "ifconfig lan*", please?

Regards,
Wodisch

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Hi Kel,

I remember encountering this issue while configuring the console workstations for the V-class ervers.

Uncomment Dtlogin*authorize statement in your /etc/dt/config/Xconfig file. It should look like

Dtlogin*authorize: False

What errors are you seeing in your /var/dt/Xerrors file?.

Run /usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt while the other interface is up and see if it spills out any errors.

-Sri

[Kelli Ward]

Hi All,
I will check everyone's suggestions today.
I was out ill on Monday.
New hat looks good Sri.
Kel

[Kelli Ward]

Hi All,
Sri got it. Wodisch was on the right track.
Xerrors had a MAGIC COOKIE - client 2 rejected (style) error.
uncommenting DTlogin*authorize:False and rebooting turned off the .Xauthority read (I'm assuming) and allowed me to login with 2 NIC cards configured.
Thanks,
Kel

[Alex Glennie]

fyi this problem will be resolved if you install the latest CDE patches.

Alternatively you could also use KBRC00004688's work-around of using an Xsession.d script , or if you are OK with disabling client authorisation stick with that.

[Kelli Ward]

Hi Alex,
The patch was right on the money, Thanks!
I'm going to add some details for the search engine in the future.
Thanks again,
Kel

PHSS_25194 (s700_800 11.00 CDE Runtime OCT2001 Periodic Patch)

PHSS_26490 is more recent but has a lower rating.

Fix-
Users are unable to login to CDE on the local console under HP-UX 11.0 when multiple network cards are installed. (Also fixes multiple IP addresses configured or aliased.