garbage character in commnad prompt in hp-ux

[Shehan]

Hi All
We are having the HP-UX work station which is directly connected to monitor and OS is HP-UX 10.x. We edited the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file in order to add secondary IP. Then rebooted the machine. But it doesn't load GUI, It comes to login prompt.But I am getting garbage letter in the command prompt when we are entering from keyboard.

Anybody can help me to resolve this?

Regards
Niru

[Torsten.]

check your modifications again. I guess you did something wrong and that's why the GUI doesn't come up.

The "garbage" is likely normal due to the way the console acts as a terminal with the current settings. Check

# echo $TERM

[Shehan]

Hi

#echo $TERM show followings

"ite_x128y49"

Is it ok ?

Regards
Niru

[Steven Schweda]

VUE or CDE (whatever you have at "HP-UX
10.x") tends to expect some consistency
between the host name and IP address.

> [...] I guess you did something wrong [...]

That'd be my guess, too, but, because we
can't see what you did, it's hard to say
what's wrong with it.

[Shehan]

If we change some in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf or etc/hosts file, can it be harm to the CDE ?

Regards
Niru

[Steven Schweda]

Yes.

A forum search for something like
cde hostname
should find examples.

[Torsten.]

"If we change some in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf or etc/hosts file, can it be harm to the CDE ?"

Yes - if there is something wrong (e.g. name resolution, server cannot connect to itself, ...) GUI cannot start.

[Shehan]

Do we need to edit /etc/resovl.conf too?

Regards
Niru

[Torsten.]

I agree to Steven:

"we can't see what you did, it's hard to say
what's wrong with it."

Check all the modifications you did.

[Shehan]

I check everything What i did. Seems to be ok.Anyway I will check it again. In case if there is an issue in whatever file in the system, can I get the GUI again if make it corrected?

Also I am bit worrying about the command prompt. If I see any error in a file, I can't edit the file in current command prompt.Do you have any idea why I am getting garbage while I typing command?

Regards
Nirukshitha

[Shehan]

Hi

I made some correction in netconfig file. Now I am getting Xwindow screen, But there is no CDE login screen. Could you please help me to get this resolved. Also please advice how to change this GUI interface to command interface.

Regards
Niru