Hello,
I'm not an IBM AIX sysadmin, but in my office there is an RS6000 43P
model 150 (I don't know its ipaddress) that has a mouse port not
working. When boot in CDE, I'm not able to open a terminal or smit
(cannot move across windows or dashboard).

I need to know how (and if) is possible to stop the boot sequence and
go into text console.

thanks in advance
regards Davide

In article <1138961093.104700.48370@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>,
davide.depaoli@gmail.com <davide.depaoli@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not an IBM AIX sysadmin, but in my office there is an RS6000 43P
> model 150 (I don't know its ipaddress) that has a mouse port not
> working. When boot in CDE, I'm not able to open a terminal or smit
> (cannot move across windows or dashboard).
>
> I need to know how (and if) is possible to stop the boot sequence and
> go into text console.

One way:

1) Power down system, take out video card and unplug keyboard/mouse.

then

2) Attach serial console cable to serial port and connect via a
communication program (Hyperterminal, Zterm, minicom, kermit, etc).

Another way:

You might be able to not need to remove the video card.

Unplug keyboard, do step #2, and power on machine, to see if you get
something on the serial console asking you to press a key to select it
as the console.

-Dan

davide.depaoli@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm not an IBM AIX sysadmin, but in my office there is an RS6000 43P
> model 150 (I don't know its ipaddress) that has a mouse port not
> working. When boot in CDE, I'm not able to open a terminal or smit
> (cannot move across windows or dashboard).
>
> I need to know how (and if) is possible to stop the boot sequence and
> go into text console.
>
> thanks in advance
> regards Davide

from the options menu on the login screen, there should be a choice to
use command line login. you should be able to type your user name,
password, and navigate to the options menu using the tab key