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

[Ian Finder]

Hmm. The xserver never starts despite the HFT hanging, so that's not
it. (ps -e on my remote console shows no X process).

The xinitrcs are all sane.

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The output of xinit is simply "1356-824  xinit: Unable to start the X server"

There is no difference in the process list from before I run xinit and
after the hft terminal hangs.

Weird stuff.

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Andy Wallis <rawallis at panix.com> wrote:
> 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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