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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: NeXTstation can't find "WindowServer port"
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Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Riverside
Keywords: windowserver, startup problem

Hi:

We have a lab of 15 NeXTstations, and they generally have worked pretty
well.  I've just been asked to assume sysadmin duties for these machines
(they are served by a NeXTcube with an attached 1.4GB hard drive).  My
predecessor is on vacation, and this problem has occurred:

One of the NeXTstations for the last few days has refused to boot,
stopping with the following message(s):

watnxt03 syslog: loginwindow: could not find WindowServer port!

A cursory comparison of the dead NeXT and another one that works (I
booted both in standalone mode and looked around their file systems)
didn't show any obvious problems.  Can someone out there give me a clue of
where to look?  Our hardware folks have checked the machine and say it's
fine.

Please e-mail me directly, and I'll summarize to the group after awhile.
Thanks so much in advance...

Chuck McDaniels, Microcomputer Facilities Manager
Academic Computing, Univ. of Calif., Riverside

chuckm@ucru1.ucr.edu