[rescue] Picked up an IBM / Tadpole RS6000/N40, xinit hangs system.

[Barry Callahan]

Start by hanging a serial console off the thing, so when the console 
locks up you can still interact with the machine and investigate?

Or put the thing on your network?

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On 9/7/2014 4:33 PM, Ian Finder wrote:
> Recently picked this up, but running X or startx or xinit causes the
> system console to hang / freeze completely.
>
> Any good ideas on how to diagnose/fix?
> I'm not an AIX guy :(
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Ian