anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) (06/01/91)
Ordinarily I do not post for others, but this seemed a true hard-luck story, so here goes. Note: please do *not* send responses to me, but reply to tpg@rchland.vnet.ibm.com. ****** Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 09:29:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Terry Gliedt <tpg@rchland.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: Terry Gliedt <tpg@rchland.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: could not find WindowServer port! Sorry to be sending you this directly, but all the local gurus are gone on vacation and at the moment I cannot seem to post directly to comp.sys.next. I was working on getting an external Maxtor working on my 105MB NeXTstation. I don't *think* I did anything out of line, but on my next boot the "Starting System Services" window stays up all the time and I never get a login prompt window. Now I do have my own version of this, but its been there and working for weeks. Bringing up the nmi monitor I see repeated messages that "loginwindows: could not find WindowServer port!" What!? I would have bet alot of money that I did not mess with anything even remotely related to this, but then the machine doesn't lie, does it? Have you any clue what's going on here? If not, would you be so kind to post this for me? Inbound news seems to be arriving, but outbound seems to be failing. Thanks for your help. -- Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson NeXTmail w/attachments: anderson@yak.macc.wisc.edu Bitnet: anderson@wiscmacc Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888