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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:22 AM

we currently have AIX 4.3 installed on an IBM RS/6000 machine. The
issue is that the AIX is froozen. I cannot open any terminals or
programs. The system is up and running fine and I can ftp into teh
server but on the actual server I cannot open up anything. Is there
any ways to unfreeze the server without restarting. I do not want to
take down the server. Please advise.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:22 AM

On 29 Sep 2004 09:07:38 -0700
dchou1108@hotmail.com (Dave) wrote:

> we currently have AIX 4.3 installed on an IBM RS/6000 machine. The
> issue is that the AIX is froozen. I cannot open any terminals or
> programs. The system is up and running fine and I can ftp into teh
> server but on the actual server I cannot open up anything. Is there
> any ways to unfreeze the server without restarting. I do not want to
> take down the server. Please advise.

If the problem is with X, simply ssh/telnet into the machine,
become root, and kill the X server (something like
/usr/lpp/X11/bin/X).

That should do the trick.

--
Stefaan
--
"What is stated clearly conceives easily." -- Inspired sales droid

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:22 AM

In article <20040929221042.59b6c2a8.tengo@DELETEMEecc.lu>, Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
> On 29 Sep 2004 09:07:38 -0700
> dchou1108@hotmail.com (Dave) wrote:
>
>> we currently have AIX 4.3 installed on an IBM RS/6000 machine. The
>> issue is that the AIX is froozen. I cannot open any terminals or
>> programs. The system is up and running fine and I can ftp into teh
>> server but on the actual server I cannot open up anything. Is there
>> any ways to unfreeze the server without restarting. I do not want to
>> take down the server. Please advise.
>
> If the problem is with X, simply ssh/telnet into the machine,
> become root, and kill the X server (something like
> /usr/lpp/X11/bin/X).
>
> That should do the trick.

Or first you can try Control-Alt-Backspace. That's the key sequence
to kill the X server.

Mike

#4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:22 AM

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:40:06 -0000
Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> wrote:

> In article <20040929221042.59b6c2a8.tengo@DELETEMEecc.lu>, Stefaan A
> Eeckels wrote:
> >
> > If the problem is with X, simply ssh/telnet into the machine,
> > become root, and kill the X server (something like
> > /usr/lpp/X11/bin/X).
> >
> > That should do the trick.
>
> Or first you can try Control-Alt-Backspace. That's the key sequence
> to kill the X server.

That doesn't work with AIX's X server, so unless the
OP installed an XFree derived server, he'll need to
login and kill it.

Take care,

--
Stefaan
--
"What is stated clearly conceives easily." -- Inspired sales droid

#5 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:23 AM

>>Or first you can try Control-Alt-Backspace. That's the key sequence
>>to kill the X server.
>
> That doesn't work with AIX's X server,

Yes, it does (by default via xinit/startx), unless you start the
server with the -T option. The X display manager may do this
for the user.

--
Gary R. Hook
__________________________________________________ ______________________
Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit

#6 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:23 AM

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:33:45 GMT
"Gary R. Hook" <nospam@nospammers.net> wrote:

> >>Or first you can try Control-Alt-Backspace. That's the key sequence
> >>to kill the X server.
> >
> > That doesn't work with AIX's X server,
>
> Yes, it does (by default via xinit/startx), unless you start the
> server with the -T option. The X display manager may do this
> for the user.

That'll teach me to read the manual instead of trying it
out on my machine. But it allows me to confirm that out
of the box, the X server is started with the -T option.

Seems like the OP will need to use kill after all.

--
Stefaan
--
"What is stated clearly conceives easily." -- Inspired sales droid

#7 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 03:23 AM

Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
>
> That'll teach me to read the manual instead of trying it
> out on my machine. But it allows me to confirm that out
> of the box, the X server is started with the -T option.

This is good to know. I don't use XDM on my boxes,
rather starting X by hand (due to authentication for
networked filesystems, etc).

--
Gary R. Hook
__________________________________________________ ______________________
Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit

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