system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) (11/27/90)
All of this started when I installed PSK5/Motif a few weeks ago: We are experiencing a problem with mwm where it appears to go dead and all windows become frozen in place (no characters are echoed in 'xterm's, the input focus can't be changed by clicking on a new window/frame, clicking the left mouse button in the root window does not pop up the root menu), but a 'ps' from another login shows 'mwm' is still there. The mouse cursor moves to follow the mouse movements, and changes to an X in the root window, 'xeyes', 'xclock' and 'xload' continue to work normally. Possibly related is the keyboard suddenly interpreting all characters as upper case, without the 'Caps Lock' key, and/or the keyboard repeating pressed keys when they were not held down, and/or the DM output window saying 'Logged in as foo.bar.none ' after trying to login on the display (i.e. it never gets to saying "Welcome to Domain/OS"). We see this on DN2500, DN4500 and DN10000. If you type 'shut' in the DM command window (assuming that window can be found and is visible), the system will shut down after 15-30 minutes. Any ideas? -- Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca Tel: (416) 978-7094 Fax: (416) 978-8775