Hello,

I have installed a fresh copy of AIX 5.1 on a pSeries 615 machine,
there were no problems during install.

When booting after installation is complete, I get a 'Console login:'
prompt on the serial console, but can't log in, when I log in as
'root', the screen clears and I get a new login: prompt. When I log in
as root and press ^C immediately, I get an error:

3004-034 TSM: All possible term settings tried unsuccessfully.

if anybody has got an idea what is the problem I would appreciate any
useful info.
It makes absolutely no sense to me that a terminal works during install
but not during normal operation..

Cheers,

Hagai.

> When I log in as root and press ^C immediately, I get an error:
> 3004-034 TSM: All possible term settings tried unsuccessfully.

Hagai,

When you log in and press the CTRL-C after getting the error, does it
leave you in the shell prompt or kick you back out again immediately
afterward? If you are left in the root shell prompt, try " echo $TERM "
and find out what type of terminal it THINKS you are using.

If it kicks you out, you may want to try connecting using an IBM3151or
VT100 emulator package from a PC via Telnet or one of the serial ports
(S1 or S2). It may be that it does not recognize the terminal type
being broadcast by the terminal you are using. On my emulator software,
I have a feature called "Terminal Type Override" which I can set so
when I connect to a UNIX host and the /etc/profile issues the "termdef"
command, it sets it to that value as my default.

Steve

Hi,

Is there anything in your .profile that may be failing? The above error
is a TSM error which is being called from somewhere. It sounds like you
are getting logged in, it's looking for something and exits. It looks
like someone has a call to TSM and an exit for the root login. Could be
one of several possiblities. Here's some possible hardware checks: Have
you tried another keyboard? This may sound silly, but do you have the
caps lock engaged? Also verify the baud rate for transmit and receive
is set the same (probably hasn't changed but worth a try). Did you
change the terminal emulation default? Perhaps a new cable.

Worst case if these things fail, try booting into SMS mode and
accessing the rootvg. Check your .profile for anything abnormal and
also in /etc/profile. Comment any home grown entries in these files.
Rick

hagaiy@cyber-ark.com wrote:
> When booting after installation is complete, I get a 'Console login:'
> prompt on the serial console, but can't log in, when I log in as
> 'root', the screen clears and I get a new login: prompt. When I log in
> as root and press ^C immediately, I get an error:
>
> Hagai.

Hi,

This sounds like something the following can fix:

Add "clocal" to STTY attributes for RUN time
and STTY attributes for LOGIN in the smitty tty section.

Aki

akik@akik.dyn.ee wrote:
> hagaiy@cyber-ark.com wrote:
> > When booting after installation is complete, I get a 'Console
login:'
> > prompt on the serial console, but can't log in, when I log in as
> > 'root', the screen clears and I get a new login: prompt. When I log
in
> > as root and press ^C immediately, I get an error:
> >
> > Hagai.
>
> Hi,
>
> This sounds like something the following can fix:
>
> Add "clocal" to STTY attributes for RUN time
> and STTY attributes for LOGIN in the smitty tty section.
>
> Aki

It worked ! TX alot.

cheers,
hagai.