jmp@ecsvax.UUCP (Mike Pressley) (05/11/89)
Dear SCO Gurus,
We received our SCO system about a month ago and we are tickled pink with
it, except for one little problem. Sometimes, a user will go into FoxBase
and get locked up for some reason or another and the getty keeps on running.
We have tried everything we know of to kill that process, but we have not
had any luck?? We would be grateful if someone could take a look at the
following example and render any suggestions or help in any way.
**** Thank You Very Much! ****
$ who -aTH
. old time Apr 27 09:22
. new time Apr 27 09:23
NAME LINE TIME IDLE PID COMMENTS
LOGIN + tty01 May 3 17:58 18:39 4075
rosemary + tty3a May 4 08:58 1:10 4035
testacc + tty3b May 4 12:38 . 4028
/-------------------------------------------------\
|LOGIN ? tty3d May 2 15:58 old 2959| <-- How can I correct this
\-------------------------------------------------/ Problem ????
LOGIN + tty3g Apr 27 09:23 old 44
LOGIN + tty3h Apr 27 09:23 old 45
johnson + tty3c May 4 12:05 . 4043
LOGIN + tty3e May 4 12:35 0:03 4162
LOGIN + tty3f May 1 11:32 old 1605
$ whodo
Thu May 4 12:38:52 EDT 1989
XENIX
3a rosemary 08:58
3a 4091 0:00 sh
3a 4095 0:15 wp
3b testacc 12:38
3b 4182 0:00 sh
3b 4183 0:00 ps
3b 4187 0:00 sh
3c johnson 12:05
3c 4120 0:00 sh
3c 4124 0:22 wp
/------------------------------\
| 3d 2959 0:01 getty | <-- How can I kill this Process ?????
\------------------------------/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) (05/17/89)
In article <6981@ecsvax.UUCP> jmp@ecsvax.UUCP (Mike Pressley) writes: >We received our SCO system about a month ago and we are tickled pink with >it, except for one little problem. Sometimes, a user will go into FoxBase >and get locked up for some reason or another and the getty keeps on running. >We have tried everything we know of to kill that process, but we have not >had any luck?? We would be grateful if someone could take a look at the >following example and render any suggestions or help in any way. .... >/------------------------------\ >| 3d 2959 0:01 getty | <-- How can I kill this Process ????? >\------------------------------/ If a kill -9 doesn't work, then the getty is probably hung in the serial driver itself. You can determine this by looking at a long listing from ps (ps -el), for example: F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD 210 S 0 105 1 0 28 20 d1 24 7761c 5g 0:01 getty If the number in the "PRI" (prioirty) column is less than 25, then the getty process is stuck in the driver code somewhere in the kernel, and will not respond to any signals sent with kill(C). The only way to clear this condition is to reboot your machine. This usually indicates a bug in the serial driver itself. I noticed that you are using some sort of multiport card. If you are using a board that is supported by the SCO XENIX serial driver, then call SCO tech support so we can work on duplicating and fixing the problem. If you are using a serial board that comes with its own driver software, contact the vendor to see if they know of any problems or have an update to the driver available. Ross Oliver Technical Support The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.