LEONARDZ@vm.uoguelph.ca (Len Zaifman) (03/24/91)
It is very late and I was hoping to get some stuff done on my IRIS when I found the console in a funny state. system is a 4D20 running IRIX 3.3.2 and 8 bitplanes I couldn't use the visual login to get in. It seemed to be stuck. I tried the Vulcan Deathgrip ( shift-cntl-/-f12) and the screen cleared , but only gave the grey background, no login screen. I then logged in from another terminal as root and rebooted. The same thing happe ned. When the system came up , I only had the grey background, no visual login screen. I relogged in from a terminal , looked at SYSLOG and found : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSTART OF SYSLOGxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mar 24 01:01:23 Testarossa syslogd: restart Mar 24 01:07:41 Testarossa grcond[211]: received signal [SIGTERM] Mar 24 01:07:41 Testarossa grcond[211]: Restoring PROM textport microcode Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: gfx: no keyboard Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized! Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized! Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized! Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized! Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized! Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: Mar 24 01:07:58 Testarossa syslogd: going down on signal 15 /etc/rc starting syslogd at 03/24/91, 01:08:48 Mar 24 01:08:49 Testarossa syslogd: restart xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxEND OF SYSLOGxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I then changed the login to no visual login , and then rebooted again. I then got a black background asking for console login on the graphics console. I tried to login , and the background remained totally black ( I could see and move the red cursor ). I then relogged in via the other terminal and saw in SYSLOG : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSTART OF SYSLOGxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mar 24 01:09:46 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: IRIX System V Release 3.3.2 IP6 Ver sion 12031609 Mar 24 01:09:46 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: Mar 24 01:09:49 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: ERROR #110 overlay: not enough bit planes for overlay(2).: ERR_INVALIDVALUE Mar 24 01:10:03 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken! Mar 24 01:10:03 Testarossa last message repeated 3 times Mar 24 01:10:03 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument Mar 24 01:10:06 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument Mar 24 01:10:09 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken! Mar 24 01:10:09 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument Mar 24 01:10:10 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken! Mar 24 01:10:18 Testarossa last message repeated 3 times Mar 24 01:10:21 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument Mar 24 01:10:22 Testarossa last message repeated 4 times Mar 24 01:10:24 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken! Mar 24 01:10:26 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument Mar 24 01:10:27 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxEND OF SYSLOGxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Now I am not sure , but this spells graphics hardware failure to me. Is it possible my system is in a funny state, or is this really a graphics fail- ure?? The reason I am loathe to ask for a new board is that this board is 6 days old , and I am getting an upgrade RSN ( I hope ). I hate to get the hardwa re guy out for a couple of days or a week at most to use a board unless there is no alternative. I am going to call the hotline on Monday, but does anyone have any ideas that may help ?? Thanks. Regards, Len Zaifman Len Zaifman Information Technology Coordinator,College of Physical and Engineering Science Department of Computing Services University of Guelph Guelph,Ontario. N1G 2W1 (519)821-4120 xt 6566 email : LeonardZ@VM.UOGUELPH.CA