Error in CDE console while login

[Rajib_1]

After booting TRU64 V4.0 in as200 server, while trying login in console it gives the error message...
The DT messaging system could not be started.

Error says that check /etc/hosts file, but its seems OK. Even I can work in telnet and all other jobs.........

Thanks in advance...ITS very urgent
Points to be given

Regards
Rajib

[Venkatesh BL]

This is usually caused due to faulty network configuration...can you recheck all the relevant settings again?

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

compare output of hostname and ifconfig -a with entry in /etc/hosts.
Can you post all?
Are you using dns? If so check with nslookup that hostname is correctly resolved.

greetings,

Michael

[Rajib_1]

Dear Michael

here is the output of ... ifconfig -a
/>ifconfig -a
tu0: flags=c63
inet 195.1.1.100 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 195.1.1.255 ipmtu 1500

sl0: flags=10

lo0: flags=100c89
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 ipmtu 4096

ppp0: flags=10

/>

and /etc/hosts file.....

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.9.200.4 as8400
192.9.200.150 as1200 AS1200
192.9.200.58 akurdimail
195.1.1.4 es40
199.1.2.10 as4100
192.9.200.152 sapdev1
172.16.14.12 r3pdb R3PDB r3pdb_svc
172.16.14.14 r3pci R3PCI r3pci_svc
192.9.200.103 biwdev
195.1.1.100 as200 As200
199.1.2.10 AS4100 as4100


HOSTS NAME OF THE SERVER IS AS200
I can not log into console but from telnet I can work everything.

Thanks in advance.....
Rajib

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

if your AS200 is the hostname then add it to /etc/hosts.
195.1.1.100 as200 As200 AS200

greetings,

Michael

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

have you tried what I suggested?

greetings,

Michael

[Johan Brusche]

Yet another reason why it would NOT work:
in /usr/sys/conf, there is a file AS200.

In that file the first line should says:

ident "AS200"


Above would only change if you had done a kernel build with another configfile name and rebooted from that new kernel.

Johan.
-j~

[Rajib_1]

Dear Michael /Johan

The hostname of the server is as200 and that entry is in /etc/host file.

The entry ident "as200" is present in the first line of /usr/sys/conf/AS200 file.

Actually system was running fine but ones system was automatically off, after that I restarted the server then I am not able to log in the console. Its a production environment I can not do much RND on the server.

Can Ones rebuild the kernal and restart solve the problem....

Thanks in Advance for ur reply...

Regards
Rajib

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi Rajib,

in your last post you said hostname is AS200. AS200 and as200 is not the same. Unix is case sensitive.

greetings,

Michael

[Rajib_1]

Hi Michael

Sorry for mis comunication, The hostname of the server is as200 and the entry is in host file is

195.1.1.100 as200 AS200 As200

regards
Rajib

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

after a failed attempt are there any error messages in /var/adm/messages or /var/adm/syslog.dated/current
?

greetings,

Michael

[Rajib_1]

Hi

No Error in /var/adm/messages and syslog.dated/current.....

Only on console giving the error....

Regards
Rajib

[Mohamed K Ahmed]

Rajib,

Your problem could be solved by creating a new .dt file
If you are trying to login as root and it gives you this error, do the following:
- Login with root using telnet
- rename the .dt dir ( mv .dt .dt.old)
- log out
Now try loging agin from the console, this will create a new .dt directory and hopefully you will be able to login fine

Let me know

Mohamed

[Mohamed K Ahmed]

Also make sure that these lines are in the /etc/securettys file

/dev/console
local:0
:0

Mohamed

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

One more,

there is a log file /var/dt/Xerrors. Are there any errors?

hth,

Michael

[Rajib_1]

Hi Michael

/var/dt/Xerrors ...having the error...

Screen 0 p00041011 revision # 3 8 bits/pixel 2097152 bytes VRAM
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/decwin/100dpi/" refcount is 2, should be 1
; fixing
What is it???

I an not yet trying with rename dt directory and relogin...bcoz i will get shutdown next week...I will try in that time.

Regards
rajib

[Mohamed K Ahmed]

Renaming the .dt directory will not affect anything in the system.
When you login again through the CDE, the system will create a new .dt directory if it didn't find one. You do not have to do a shutdown for that change.

The message you mentioned just tells you that there was an error with a parameter and it was fixed.

HTH

Mohamed