[Sunhelp] Re: SunHELP digest, Vol 1 #669 - 10 msgs

Wed Nov 8 05:30:17 CST 2000

Please check .nologin file in /etc If this file is present it will not allow
users to login.

I hope it will help.

Thanks

Shishir

sunhelp-request at sunhelp.org on 11/08/2000 04:27:35 PM

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   1. RE: Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1 (Mike Gracy (Ghost Rider))
   2. Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning (Gary Rafe)
   3. RE: Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning (Fuerst, Robert C.
(Chris))
   4. Re: Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning (Scott Walker)
   5. Re: Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning (Dennis L. Lund)
   6. Re:silly? (Ravi Katti)
   7. Re: Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1 (afrose abdulla)
   8. RE: [s-x86] HARDDISK PROBLEM! (suresh)
   9. Re: Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1 (Magnus Abrante)
  10. RE: Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning (Kalyandurga, Mohammed I)

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Message: 1
From: "Mike Gracy \(Ghost Rider\)" <mgracy at xuma.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:42:15 -0800
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

Are you running NIS on this machine (client)?

-----Original Message-----
From: The XUMA Ghostrider mailing list
[mailto:GHOSTRIDER at LISTSERV.XUMA.COM]On Behalf Of afrose abdulla
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:08 AM
To: GHOSTRIDER at LISTSERV.XUMA.COM
Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1

hello ppl,
Facing an issue with a Netra 150 running 2.5.1, with DNS in it.
After the system boots to mutli-user, it does not allow any user to
login!
After taking in the user name, it displays the login prompt again and
again.
But it is possible to boot to single user mode and with the root
password it does go in.
Checked the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow seems like the shells are in
place.

Anybody, with ideas?
thnks,
/afrose

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 13:58:08 -0500 (EST)
From: grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu (Gary Rafe)
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

We have an Ultra 1 170E Creator3D with 256 MB RAM
running Solaris 7 (kernel 106541-12)
that's recently started to hang completely without warning.

After running 3 months without the need of a reboot,
we came in to work on Tuesday last week to find it crashed with
a kernel panic (BAD TRAP, type = 0x31).
The system came right back up,
but apparently restarted itself later that evening
(after another BAD TRAP, type = 0x31 kernel panic).

Then, sometime on Friday afternoon,
the system "locked up" while running normally;
no kernel messages were reported at the time.

When we came in to investigate Saturday evening,
we found the system powered on,
with no unusual messages on the console,
and otherwise completely unresponsive
(from the network, the keyboard or the mouse).

The system came up again after recycling power,
and we took the opportunity to install the 31 October
Sun Recommended Patches.
Then, sometime Sunday morning, the system "locked up",
again with no kernel messages reported.

When we came back in to restart the system
(again, by simply recycling the power),
we ran the "maximum" power-on self-test (POST),
which appeared to pass without incident.

Now, this afternoon we came in to find the system frozen, once again.
This time, we tried to reset the keyboard by disconnecting its cable
at the chassis, and managed to get the boot prompt (ok>) on the console.
Typing "go" at the prompt resulted in another unresponsive keyboard.
POST ran again on the next power cycle,
and all tests passed without complaint.

We will appreciate greatly any and all suggestions
that help us diagnose (and correct!)
these (seemingly random) system crashes (lock-ups, hangs, etc.).
--
Gary E. Rafe
gerst4+ at pitt.edu

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Message: 3
From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <robert.fuerst at sylvania.com>
To: "'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:12:49 -0500
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

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Did you replace the fan yet?  They all go bad...
Should get a thermal warning though.

-----Original Message-----
From:     grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu [SMTP:grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu]
Sent:     Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:58 PM
To:  sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:  [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning

We have an Ultra 1 170E Creator3D with 256 MB RAM
running Solaris 7 (kernel 106541-12)
that's recently started to hang completely without warning.

After running 3 months without the need of a reboot,
we came in to work on Tuesday last week to find it crashed with
a kernel panic (BAD TRAP, type = 0x31).
The system came right back up,
but apparently restarted itself later that evening
(after another BAD TRAP, type = 0x31 kernel panic).

Then, sometime on Friday afternoon,
the system "locked up" while running normally;
no kernel messages were reported at the time.

When we came in to investigate Saturday evening,
we found the system powered on,
with no unusual messages on the console,
and otherwise completely unresponsive
(from the network, the keyboard or the mouse).

The system came up again after recycling power,
and we took the opportunity to install the 31 October
Sun Recommended Patches.
Then, sometime Sunday morning, the system "locked up",
again with no kernel messages reported.

When we came back in to restart the system
(again, by simply recycling the power),
we ran the "maximum" power-on self-test (POST),
which appeared to pass without incident.

Now, this afternoon we came in to find the system frozen, once again.
This time, we tried to reset the keyboard by disconnecting its cable
at the chassis, and managed to get the boot prompt (ok>) on the console.
Typing "go" at the prompt resulted in another unresponsive keyboard.
POST ran again on the next power cycle,
and all tests passed without complaint.

We will appreciate greatly any and all suggestions
that help us diagnose (and correct!)
these (seemingly random) system crashes (lock-ups, hangs, etc.).
--
Gary E. Rafe
gerst4+ at pitt.edu
_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">We have an Ultra 1 170E Creator3D with =
256 MB RAM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">running Solaris 7 (kernel =
106541-12)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">that's recently started to hang =
completely without warning.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">After running 3 months without the =
need of a reboot,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">we came in to work on Tuesday last =
week to find it crashed with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">a kernel panic (BAD TRAP, type =3D =
0x31).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The system came right back up,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">but apparently restarted itself later =
that evening</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(after another BAD TRAP, type =3D =
0x31 kernel panic).</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Then, sometime on Friday =
afternoon,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the system "locked up" =
while running normally;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">no kernel messages were reported at =
the time.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">When we came in to investigate =
Saturday evening,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">we found the system powered =
on,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">with no unusual messages on the =
console,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and otherwise completely =
unresponsive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(from the network, the keyboard or =
the mouse).</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The system came up again after =
recycling power,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and we took the opportunity to =
install the 31 October</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Sun Recommended Patches.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Then, sometime Sunday morning, the =
system "locked up",</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">again with no kernel messages =
reported.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">When we came back in to restart the =
system</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(again, by simply recycling the =
power),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">we ran the "maximum" =
power-on self-test (POST),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">which appeared to pass without =
incident.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Now, this afternoon we came in to find =
the system frozen, once again.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This time, we tried to reset the =
keyboard by disconnecting its cable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">at the chassis, and managed to get =
the boot prompt (ok>) on the console.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Typing "go" at the prompt =
resulted in another unresponsive keyboard.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">POST ran again on the next power =
cycle,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and all tests passed without =
complaint.</FONT>
</P>

We will appreciate greatly any and all =
suggestions
 that help us diagnose (and =
correct!)
 these (seemingly random) system =
crashes (lock-ups, hangs, etc.).
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 gerst4+ at pitt.edu
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Message: 4
From: "Scott Walker" <scott.walker at bellactimedia.com>
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:28:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

Bad memory.... Bad CPU..... These are possiblilties..

I know we had really weird occurence like this when a CPU in our 450 had died...
But was for some reason not being reported as bad..

grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu (Gary Rafe) on 07/11/2000 01:58:08 PM

Please respond to sunhelp at sunhelp.org

To:   sunhelp at sunhelp.org
cc:    (bcc: Scott Walker/MTL/BAM/ActiMedia)

Subject:  [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning

We have an Ultra 1 170E Creator3D with 256 MB RAM
running Solaris 7 (kernel 106541-12)
that's recently started to hang completely without warning.

After running 3 months without the need of a reboot,
we came in to work on Tuesday last week to find it crashed with
a kernel panic (BAD TRAP, type = 0x31).
The system came right back up,
but apparently restarted itself later that evening
(after another BAD TRAP, type = 0x31 kernel panic).

Then, sometime on Friday afternoon,
the system "locked up" while running normally;
no kernel messages were reported at the time.

When we came in to investigate Saturday evening,
we found the system powered on,
with no unusual messages on the console,
and otherwise completely unresponsive
(from the network, the keyboard or the mouse).

The system came up again after recycling power,
and we took the opportunity to install the 31 October
Sun Recommended Patches.
Then, sometime Sunday morning, the system "locked up",
again with no kernel messages reported.

When we came back in to restart the system
(again, by simply recycling the power),
we ran the "maximum" power-on self-test (POST),
which appeared to pass without incident.

Now, this afternoon we came in to find the system frozen, once again.
This time, we tried to reset the keyboard by disconnecting its cable
at the chassis, and managed to get the boot prompt (ok>) on the console.
Typing "go" at the prompt resulted in another unresponsive keyboard.
POST ran again on the next power cycle,
and all tests passed without complaint.

We will appreciate greatly any and all suggestions
that help us diagnose (and correct!)
these (seemingly random) system crashes (lock-ups, hangs, etc.).
--
Gary E. Rafe
gerst4+ at pitt.edu
_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:18:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dennis L. Lund" <dllund at hermes.nextel.com>
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

The crashes I don't know about, but way back on Ultra 170's running solaris
2.5.1 the
machine would hang.  We would remove the network connection and then immediately
put
it back and the machine would be fine for awhile.  This was cause because it was
trying
to run at 100mb and the network was 10mb.  We had to force it to 10mb.  This
solved the
hang problem.

To force a 10/100MB ether port to use 10MB perform the following steps:

at the "ok" prompt:

        ok show-devs
                should see /sbus at 1f,0/SUNW,hme at 3,8c00000

        ok nvedit
                0: probe-all install-console banner (enter)
                1: apply transfer-speed=10  (ctl + C)
        ok nvstore
        ok setenv use-nvramrc? true

Edit the /etc/system file and add these two lines:

set hme:hme_ipg1 = 10
set hme:hme_ipg2 = 5

Hope this helps with the hangs.
Dennis Lund

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Message: 6
From: "Ravi Katti" <ravikatti at hotmail.com>
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 21:10:28 GMT
Subject: [Sunhelp] Re:silly?
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

Hi Friends,
Thanks to all who replied to my earlier question based on FTP. I could not
ftp i.e, it allways used to say incorrect login.
The wierd thing is after removing the /etc/shells file FTP started working
properly. Can anybody help me on this?

Also how can we block the sendmail from sending the returned mails to the
respective sender? I want the returned mails to be logged at only one place.

TIA
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 10:13:33 +0600
From: afrose abdulla <afrose at millenniumit.com>
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

No Mike, No NIS running on this server.
?

"Mike Gracy (Ghost Rider)" wrote:

> Are you running NIS on this machine (client)?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The XUMA Ghostrider mailing list
> [mailto:GHOSTRIDER at LISTSERV.XUMA.COM]On Behalf Of afrose abdulla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:08 AM
> To: GHOSTRIDER at LISTSERV.XUMA.COM
> Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1
>
> hello ppl,
> Facing an issue with a Netra 150 running 2.5.1, with DNS in it.
> After the system boots to mutli-user, it does not allow any user to
> login!
> After taking in the user name, it displays the login prompt again and
> again.
> But it is possible to boot to single user mode and with the root
> password it does go in.
> Checked the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow seems like the shells are in
> place.
>
> Anybody, with ideas?
> thnks,
> /afrose
>
> _______________________________________________
> SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp
>
> _______________________________________________
> SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
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Message: 8
From: "suresh" <suresh at mithi.com>
To: <Carl_Erhorn at hyperion.com>
Cc: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>, <solarisonintel at egroups.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:40:46 -0000
Subject: [Sunhelp] RE: [s-x86] HARDDISK PROBLEM!
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

Hi,
thanx for the reply,
     I was also wondering that when i try to do format-analyze-test(which is a
non detructive test),It asks me to unmount the volume ,it being a primary
partition i couldnot down unmount b`cause /tmp is always busy inspite of
forceunmount,Are there any boot options by which i can achieve this.
     Also i had another doubt ,Is there a limit on solaris 8 primary partition
size(like NT does only 4gb),I have used 14gb,Does solaris handle this
properly,Should i use a smaller partition when i reinstall(?)
thanx again
Suresh
Mithi.com Pvt. Ltd.
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From: Carl_Erhorn at hyperion.com [mailto:Carl_Erhorn at hyperion.com]
Subject: RE: [s-x86] HARDDISK PROBLEM!

Hi, Suresh.
The grown list shows defects that have been detected since the
disk was shipped from the manufacturer.
The primary list is the list that the manufacturer found, and marked
bad during the factory format.
>Do yu think i should run a analyze-test to see if this figure increases?
Yes, if you suspect the drive is having problems. I do this about once a
year on my drives, so that I minimize the risk of growing undetected
bad sectors.
The Solaris format program will do this, but it's very slow. It takes hours
for each drive, and can take a day for a very large drive.
Instead, I use the Adaptec diagnostics on my controller to reformat and
re-verify the drive, after doing a complete backup of the drive's
partitions.
This does the same thing, and is much faster.
However, doing this on the boot disk requires a complete reinstall of the
OS, as the boot is removed by the reformat. So I usually only do this for
the other disks, and use the Solaris analyze command for the boot disk.
--Carl

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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 09:08:09 +0100
From: Magnus Abrante <magnus.abrante at sweden.sun.com>
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

> Facing an issue with a Netra 150 running 2.5.1, with DNS in it.
> After the system boots to mutli-user, it does not allow any user to
> login!
> After taking in the user name, it displays the login prompt again and
> again.
> But it is possible to boot to single user mode and with the root
> password it does go in.
> Checked the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow seems like the shells are in
> place.

What does the line "passwd:" says in /etc/nsswitch.conf ?

        //Magnus Abrante
/* This is my opinion and not the one of my empolyer */

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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 13:54:21 +0300
From: "Kalyandurga, Mohammed I" <KALYANMI at mail.aramco.com.sa>
Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org

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I had a similar problem on ULTRA 10 with Sol 2.6. THe final solution was to
replace the processor. IF you have another system with same Configuration ,
try replacing the CPU and check if problem moves along with processor..

If you have core dumps saved, then get then analyzid by sun service..

Hope this helps,

Mohammed Ilyas K.

-----Original Message-----
From: grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu [mailto:grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:58 PM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs without warning

We have an Ultra 1 170E Creator3D with 256 MB RAM
running Solaris 7 (kernel 106541-12)
that's recently started to hang completely without warning.

After running 3 months without the need of a reboot,
we came in to work on Tuesday last week to find it crashed with
a kernel panic (BAD TRAP, type = 0x31).
The system came right back up,
but apparently restarted itself later that evening
(after another BAD TRAP, type = 0x31 kernel panic).

Then, sometime on Friday afternoon,
the system "locked up" while running normally;
no kernel messages were reported at the time.

When we came in to investigate Saturday evening,
we found the system powered on,
with no unusual messages on the console,
and otherwise completely unresponsive
(from the network, the keyboard or the mouse).

The system came up again after recycling power,
and we took the opportunity to install the 31 October
Sun Recommended Patches.
Then, sometime Sunday morning, the system "locked up",
again with no kernel messages reported.

When we came back in to restart the system
(again, by simply recycling the power),
we ran the "maximum" power-on self-test (POST),
which appeared to pass without incident.

Now, this afternoon we came in to find the system frozen, once again.
This time, we tried to reset the keyboard by disconnecting its cable
at the chassis, and managed to get the boot prompt (ok>) on the console.
Typing "go" at the prompt resulted in another unresponsive keyboard.
POST ran again on the next power cycle,
and all tests passed without complaint.

We will appreciate greatly any and all suggestions
that help us diagnose (and correct!)
these (seemingly random) system crashes (lock-ups, hangs, etc.).
--
Gary E. Rafe
gerst4+ at pitt.edu
_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist  -  SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

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I had a similar problem on ULTRA 10 with Sol 2.6. THe =
final solution was to replace the processor. IF you have another system =
with same Configuration , try replacing the CPU and check if problem =
moves along with processor..

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>If you have core dumps saved, then get then analyzid =
by sun service..</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hope this helps,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mohammed Ilyas K.</FONT>
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-----Original Message-----
 From: grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu">mailto:grafe at omega.ie.pitt.edu</=
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 Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:58 PM
 To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
 Subject: [Sunhelp] Help! Ultra 1 170E 3D hangs =
without warning

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>We have an Ultra 1 170E Creator3D with 256 MB =
RAM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>running Solaris 7 (kernel 106541-12)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>that's recently started to hang completely without =
warning.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>After running 3 months without the need of a =
reboot,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>we came in to work on Tuesday last week to find it =
crashed with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>a kernel panic (BAD TRAP, type =3D 0x31).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>The system came right back up,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>but apparently restarted itself later that =
evening</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(after another BAD TRAP, type =3D 0x31 kernel =
panic).</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Then, sometime on Friday afternoon,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the system "locked up" while running =
normally;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>no kernel messages were reported at the time.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>When we came in to investigate Saturday =
evening,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>we found the system powered on,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>with no unusual messages on the console,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>and otherwise completely unresponsive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(from the network, the keyboard or the =
mouse).</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The system came up again after recycling =
power,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>and we took the opportunity to install the 31 =
October</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sun Recommended Patches.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Then, sometime Sunday morning, the system =
"locked up",</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>again with no kernel messages reported.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>When we came back in to restart the system</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(again, by simply recycling the power),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>we ran the "maximum" power-on self-test =
(POST),</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>which appeared to pass without incident.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Now, this afternoon we came in to find the system =
frozen, once again.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>This time, we tried to reset the keyboard by =
disconnecting its cable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>at the chassis, and managed to get the boot prompt =
(ok>) on the console.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Typing "go" at the prompt resulted in =
another unresponsive keyboard.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>POST ran again on the next power cycle,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>and all tests passed without complaint.</FONT>
</P>

We will appreciate greatly any and all =
suggestions
 that help us diagnose (and correct!)
 these (seemingly random) system crashes (lock-ups, =
hangs, etc.).
 --
 Gary E. Rafe
 gerst4+ at pitt.edu
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