Mysterious SCO 3.2.4 lockups

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1 total messages Started by Petri.Wessman Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:37

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Author: Petri.Wessman
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:37

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I'm having some problems with the new SCO 3.2r4.1, and would
appreciate some help. The system works fine normally *if I'm running
something*, but if I log out from all the multiscreens (leaving just a
getty on each screen), the systems locks up totally in a few minutes.
By "locks up" I mean that nothing happens, the keyboard is quite dead
(I don't have a serial terminal so I can't check whether it's just the
multiscreens that zonk). I tried the keyboard lockup fix found in the
Troubleshooting section of the SysAdm manual -- no effect. This is
getting to be really annoying, so far I've "solved" it by running
something, usually u386mon, in one of the multiscreens.

Some info about the system:

- "generic" 386/33 box, 8MB RAM, 64k cache, 330 MB ESDI disk,
  Paradise 1024 VGA, serial/parallel I/O card.
- MS4.1 installed.
- TCP/IP 1.1.3 installed, but not active at the moment
- Development system 3.2.4 installed
- Some kernel parameter modifications, including screen blanker on
  (in 15 mins), ETRUNC 1, etc. All well within the /etc/conf/cf.d/mtune
  limits.
- Getty running on only the first 4 multiscreens.


I've also had some type 0xE panics now and then, but fortunately rarely.

The thing is, this same system ran 3.2.2 for about a year without any
problems or a single panic/lockup!

Is anyone else having similar problems with r4.1?
Any and all help appreciated.

//Petri

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