SUMMARY: Console display hang

From: Marc LeMaire (lemaire@ccg.rncan.gc.ca)
Date: Mon Apr 10 1995 - 09:37:07 CDT


Here is the summary concerning the console display that hangs
on a SS20 with Solaris 2.4

Thanks to all of you who gave me the following possibilities.

I-

It also happened to me. However, you don't need to reboot. Login from
another machine and do the followin command
         /usr/openwin/bin/kbd_mode -a
When killing the window manager try using this command:
kill -9 `ps -auxww | grep mwm | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`

Note: ps -auxww is BSD. to use ps in BSD mode just type /usr/ucb/ps
mwm is the Motif window manager. Replace this with the window
 manager that you are using.

from ruiz@babbage.csee.usf.edu (Pablo Ruiz)
        poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com
        manjeet@Cadence.com
        met@leis.bellcore.com
        vlau@msmail2.hac.com
II-

There is a known problem with OpenWin under Sol2.4 - sometimes the mouse
cursor goes away, giving the impression of a system freeze. The patch
for this problem is 101933-01. It's not in the standard patch set, but
all the 2.4 systems (Sparc10s mostly) I know have needed it.

from jonsg@hyphen.com

III-

try either:

kbd_mode -a or -e

from hkatz@lehman.com

IV-

We have seen this a number of times. Try entering <CTL> C when
trying to re - login. This brings up the login as per normal. It
works for us.

from steve@BarwonWater.Vic.Gov.Au

V-

Add something to run "kbd -r" after X-windows exits to get out of raw
mode. Alternately (works under SunOS) telnet in and then run kbd.

from Darren FV Admin mail

VI- The strange characters is due to a baud rate mismatch...ttymon messedup.

Sometime a control-C will fix it....otherwise rlogin/telnet and kill the process
/usr/lib/saf/ttymon. It will produce a new and hopefully better one.

from epl@Kodak.COM

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