[SunHELP] Can't halt E450 using stop-a

[Afrose Abdulla]

pull the keyboard out and plug it in again! The system should go down to ok>
prompt.
/afrose


LO M Ms -CMMRCL SYS wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We lost root password and tried to halt the system using STOP-A.  It didn't
> work.  On CDE, click on suspend system on the pulldown menu, a popup window
> indicates there is an error and give me options of either poweroff or cancel
> the process.  I do not know about the impact if I choose to power off.  So,
> I was force to cancel the process.  How can I halt the system and boot it
> from the CDROM?
>
> I also found lots of process called <defunct> on the system.  I don't know
> what is that and I can't kill it either.  Any idea what those <defunct> are?
>
> Thanks in advance for all your input.
>
> Mosy Lo