Problems with system tools in 3.2

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Paul Ning asks:
>	Subject: Problems with system tools in 3.2
>	Date: Tue, 21 Nov 89 21:44:59 PST
>	Status: R
>	We have just upgraded our two machines (4D/80GT and 4D/220GTX) to 3.2.
>	The 80 seems to be happy but we are having difficulties running
>	some of the utilities in the System Menu on the 220.  Here are the
>	symptoms :
>	1) WorkSpace - when selected, the only result is the message
       "Can't connect with File Access Monitor (fam)"
       in the console window.
>	2) Transfer Manager - when selected, nothing happens.
>	3) System Manager & Confidence Tests - a window pops up, and then goes away.
>	The /etc/services and /usr/etc/inetd.conf files on both machines are 
>	identical and the executables /usr/etc/fam, /usr/etc/rpc.toolkitbus are
>	present as well.

I know this can happen if you are using yp and your server isn't an SGI box.
I had this same problem, you have to add the following lines to the /etc/rpc
file on your yp server:

sgi_toolkitbus	391001
sgi_fam		391002

Then rebuild the maps (cd /var/yp; make on a Sun) and reboot the SGIs that
don't work.  This should clear up the "can't contact fam" and will probably 
fix all of it.

--ams

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