amit@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) (06/21/91)
We have a DECstation 3100 running ULTRIX 4.1 in a network of mostly SPARCstations and Sun-3 workstations. The problem is when I rlogin from the DECstation to one of the sun-4's it seems to hang. I did an etherfind and it shows the two machines exchanging packets and in fact on the sun-4 I can see my self logged in and the packets show the usual login messages being sent but nothing ever appears on the DECstation window. Also this problem is not consistent, i.e. does not happen all the time, but about 75% of the time. If anybody has any clue, I will appreciate hearing about it. Amit
jroyea@itu203.kodak.com (James E. Royea) (06/26/91)
In article <amit.677440916@osceola.cs.ucf.edu> amit@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) writes: > >We have a DECstation 3100 running ULTRIX 4.1 in a network of mostly >SPARCstations and Sun-3 workstations. The problem is when I rlogin >from the DECstation to one of the sun-4's it seems to hang. I did >an etherfind and it shows the two machines exchanging packets >and in fact on the sun-4 I can see my self logged in and the >packets show the usual login messages being sent but nothing ever >appears on the DECstation window. Also this problem is not >consistent, i.e. does not happen all the time, but about 75% of the >time. If anybody has any clue, I will appreciate hearing about it. > >Amit I would like to hear about it also. I am using a DECstation 5000-200 running ULTRIX 4.2, and I am having the same problem. Thanks. -Jamie
amit@cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) (06/26/91)
In <amit.677440916@osceola.cs.ucf.edu> amit@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) writes: >We have a DECstation 3100 running ULTRIX 4.1 in a network of mostly >SPARCstations and Sun-3 workstations. The problem is when I rlogin >from the DECstation to one of the sun-4's it seems to hang. I did >an etherfind and it shows the two machines exchanging packets >and in fact on the sun-4 I can see my self logged in and the >packets show the usual login messages being sent but nothing ever >appears on the DECstation window. Also this problem is not >consistent, i.e. does not happen all the time, but about 75% of the >time. If anybody has any clue, I will appreciate hearing about it. >Amit Here is one workaround I have Subject: rlogin problem on DEC3100 running ultrix 4. Reply-To: grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu Office: 6-1 EECR (303) 492-0452 Status: RO I don't know the fix to the problem (it has to do with TCP problems on the SPARC end), but a work-around is to put the job into background and then into foreground, e.g.. [unix] rlogin crufty-sun4 & [unix] fg %1 However I got a copy of rlogin program from Berkeley BSD 4.3 distribution and compiled it on the DEC3100 (running ULTRIX 4.1) and it works fine. So one solution would be to get rlogin.c and compile it on your DEC3100.
jkays@msc.edu (Jeffrey Kays) (06/26/91)
In article <amit.677440916@osceola.cs.ucf.edu>, amit@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) writes: > > We have a DECstation 3100 running ULTRIX 4.1 in a network of mostly > SPARCstations and Sun-3 workstations. The problem is when I rlogin > from the DECstation to one of the sun-4's it seems to hang. I did > an etherfind and it shows the two machines exchanging packets > and in fact on the sun-4 I can see my self logged in and the > packets show the usual login messages being sent but nothing ever > appears on the DECstation window. Also this problem is not > consistent, i.e. does not happen all the time, but about 75% of the > time. If anybody has any clue, I will appreciate hearing about it. > > Amit There is a known Ultrix 4.x bug that causes DECstations to hang when rlogin'ing to Suns. You should call DEC support and get a tape with the fixed rlogin. jeff -- Jeff Kays E-Mail: jkays@msc.edu Minnesota Supercomputer Center Phone: (612) 626-1824 Minneapolis, Minnesota Fax: (612) 624-6550 "May fortune favor the foolish"
yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) (06/28/91)
In article <amit.677440916@osceola.cs.ucf.edu> amit@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) writes: > >We have a DECstation 3100 running ULTRIX 4.1 in a network of mostly >SPARCstations and Sun-3 workstations. The problem is when I rlogin >from the DECstation to one of the sun-4's it seems to hang. I did >an etherfind and it shows the two machines exchanging packets >and in fact on the sun-4 I can see my self logged in and the >packets show the usual login messages being sent but nothing ever >appears on the DECstation window. Also this problem is not >consistent, i.e. does not happen all the time, but about 75% of the >time. If anybody has any clue, I will appreciate hearing about it. I had the same problem also but it stopped happening when I started to log on to Sparc2 machines. I do not know if it is a Sparc1, 1+ problem or a DEC problem though. -- Philip Yzarn de Louraille Internet: yzarn@chevron.com Research Support Division Unix & Open Systems Chevron Information & Technology Co. Tel: (213) 694-9232 P.O. Box 446, La Habra, CA 90633-0446 Fax: (213) 694-7709