dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Axness) (03/28/91)
It's not just Lisp that triggers the problem, it can be any large
application. We saw the problem running FrameMaker. The following is the
README file from the patch tape:
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Patch-ID# 100232-01
Keywords: crash, cpu, light, goes, off, screen, black, sparcstation 2, sunos, 4.1.1
Synopsis:Sparcstation 2 running SunOS 4.1.1 crashes under some applications
Date: 28/Feb/91
SunOS release:
4.1.1
Unbundled Product:
Unbundled Release:
Topic: Sparcstation 2, SS2, crash, blank, screen, powercycle
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1050558
Architectures for which this patch is available: sun4c
Patches which may conflict with this patch:
Obsoleted by:
Problem Description:
It has been reported that large applications that run fine under SunOS
4.1.1 on the SS-1 / SS-1+ and other SUN4 machines, crash the SS-2 machine
running SunOS 4.1.1.
The symptoms are:
screen goes black
cpu light goes out
L1-A does not work
user typically has to power the machine off and restart machine again
INSTALL:
as root install the sun4c patches as follows:
# mv /sys/sun4c/OBJ/machdep.o /sys/sun4c/OBJ/machdep.o.orig
# mv /sys/sun4c/OBJ/locore.o /sys/sun4c/OBJ/locore.o.orig
# cp sun4c/machdep.o /sys/sun4c/OBJ/machdep.o
# cp sun4c/locore.o /sys/sun4c/OBJ/locore.o
# chmod 444 /sys/sun4c/OBJ/machdep.o
# chmod 444 /sys/sun4c/OBJ/locore.o
Then a new kernel will need to be made and installed. Please refer to the
System and Network Administration manual for installing a custom kernel
Dave Axness
Quantum Medical Systems, Inc.
dave@QMS.COM -or- ...uunet!wor-mein!dave