[rescue] Picked up an IBM / Tadpole RS6000/N40, xinit hangs system.

[Andy Wallis]

Does control-alt-backspace work? By default, it will kill the X server.
Check /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xinitrc to see if it is starting mwm and aixterm.
/usr/lpp/X11/xinit should also be checked.

Lastly, see if if $HOME/.xinitrc is OK.

> On Sep 7, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Gaz & Andy for all for the help!
>
> The drivers appear to be installed-- diag for wgs0 passes, and the
> fbconfigurations file is sane. Same symptom persists.
>
> Tried bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice and it still doesn't work. I tried #
> X > /tmplog ; and cat tmplog from my remote console.
>
> Doesn't seem to produce any errors or output.
>
> Any other ideas on how to potentially tell what is failing? X does not
> appear to be running after running I run xinit.
>
> - Ian
>
>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Gaz God <gaz.god at gmail.com> wrote:
>> One of the files i'm emailing is a fbconfigurations.N40.
>>
>> But my ADSL is running at super slow!!
>>
>> Expect an email soonish Ian.
>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Andy Wallis <rawallis at panix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It looks like the N40 originally ran a special version of AIX 3.2.5. I
was
>>> thinking about the other RS/6000 laptop which had the AIX 4.2.1 special
>>> version. I do apologize for the confusion.
>>>
>>> I did find this tidbit that could be useful.
>>> http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/7007/7007-n40.html
>>> "When you bring up NCE Display panel, no display types listed.
>>> Cause:  The /etc/fbconfigurations file can get zero'd out when written
>>> back to
>>> disk from memory. Get fbconfigurations.N40 then make a copy just in
case."
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>> -Andy Wallis
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 6:23 PM, Andy Wallis <rawallis at panix.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If wgs0 comes back as available, then you might need to run the diag
>>> command
>>>> to run the tests for it.
>>>> Barring that, try running bosboot -ad as a sanity check.
>>>> -Andy Wallis
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 6:17 PM, Gaz God <gaz.god at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a copy of P2.upg.tar.Z which has a the drivers in it for the N40
>>>>> here, if that is any help it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gaz
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running 3.3. NCE is installed so I thought it would be
>>>>>> tadpole-friendly. I have hft0, and wgs0 - "Standard colour graphics
>>>>>> adapter"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I guess that means I have no drivers...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :(
>>>>>> ;_;
>>>>>>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Andy Wallis <rawallis at panix.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Try the following
>>>>>>> cfgmgr to initialize the installed device drivers.
>>>>>>> lsdev -C and see if the graphics card and lft/hft are Available. If
it
>>> is
>>>>>>> defined, the driver isn't loaded and just has an ODM entry(there be
>>>>>> dragons).
>>>>>>> Are you running AIX 4.2.1 with the special Tadpole drivers or is it
>>> 4.3?
>>>>>> 4.3
>>>>>>> dropped support for the Tadpole and you cannot run X due to that.
>>>>>>> -Andy Wallis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ok... I can only run xinit from the local console- and when I do so,
>>>>>>>> it hangs but my remote console still responds. Being an AIX noob,
>>>>>>>> where are the logs I should be looking at.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Barry Callahan <
>>> barryc at rjlsystems.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Start by hanging a serial console off the thing, so when the
console
>>>>>> locks
>>>>>>>>> up you can still interact with the machine and investigate?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or put the thing on your network?
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 9/7/2014 4:33 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Recently picked this up, but running X or startx or xinit causes
>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> system console to hang / freeze completely.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Any good ideas on how to diagnose/fix?
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not an AIX guy :(
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Ian
>>>>>>>>>
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