philip@cel.cummins.com (Philip D. Pokorny) (05/13/91)
Is the original init running? (PID 1) We had a problem with our servers that sounds similar... /etc/rc.user was starting the SPM and later, init was attempting to start SPM from a line in /etc/ttys: console "/etc/dm_or_spm" apollo on The dm_or_spm program determines if this node has a display or not and starts the appropriate server. The only problem is that there is alread an SPM running so the second won't start. Init sees that the "terminal" it tried to start died immediately, so it waits a bit and tries again. A while back Krowitz at MIT said there was a memory leak in init related to this behavior. Perhaps this is what is happening to your node. The dm_or_spm process would look like init just after the for a period before it dies. Let me know if you need more information, Sincerely, Philip D. Pokorny philip@cel.cummins.com :)