Help with error messages

[Len Zaifman]

It is very late and I was hoping to get some stuff done on my IRIS when I found
the console in a funny state.

    system is a 4D20 running IRIX 3.3.2 and 8 bitplanes

 I couldn't use the visual login to get in. It


seemed to be stuck. I tried the Vulcan Deathgrip ( shift-cntl-/-f12) and the
screen cleared , but only gave the grey background, no login screen. I
then logged in from another terminal as root and rebooted. The same thing happe
ned. When the system came up , I only had the grey background, no visual  login
screen. I relogged in from a terminal , looked at SYSLOG and found :

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Mar 24 01:01:23 Testarossa syslogd: restart
Mar 24 01:07:41 Testarossa grcond[211]: received signal [SIGTERM]
Mar 24 01:07:41 Testarossa grcond[211]: Restoring PROM textport microcode
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: gfx: no keyboard
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized!
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized!
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized!
Mar 24 01:07:44 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized!
Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix: WARNING: Graphics not initialized!
Mar 24 01:07:45 Testarossa unix:
Mar 24 01:07:58 Testarossa syslogd: going down on signal 15
/etc/rc starting syslogd at 03/24/91, 01:08:48
Mar 24 01:08:49 Testarossa syslogd: restart

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      I then changed the login to no visual login , and then rebooted again. I
then got a black background asking for console login on the graphics console.
I tried to login , and the background remained totally black ( I could see and
move the red cursor ). I then relogged in via the other terminal and saw in
SYSLOG :

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Mar 24 01:09:46 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: IRIX System V Release 3.3.2 IP6 Ver
sion 12031609
Mar 24 01:09:46 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO:
Mar 24 01:09:49 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: ERROR #110  overlay: not enough bit
planes for overlay(2).: ERR_INVALIDVALUE
Mar 24 01:10:03 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken!
Mar 24 01:10:03 Testarossa last message repeated 3 times
Mar 24 01:10:03 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument
Mar 24 01:10:06 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument
Mar 24 01:10:09 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken!
Mar 24 01:10:09 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument
Mar 24 01:10:10 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken!
Mar 24 01:10:18 Testarossa last message repeated 3 times
Mar 24 01:10:21 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument
Mar 24 01:10:22 Testarossa last message repeated 4 times
Mar 24 01:10:24 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken!
Mar 24 01:10:26 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: select: Invalid argument
Mar 24 01:10:27 Testarossa grcond[211]: CIO: input queue lock broken!

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    Now I am not sure , but this spells graphics hardware failure to me. Is
it possible my system is in a funny state, or is this really a graphics fail-
ure?? The reason I am loathe to ask for a new board is that this board is 6
days old , and I am getting an upgrade RSN ( I hope ). I hate to get the hardwa
re guy out for a couple of days or a week at most to use a board unless there
is no alternative. I am going to call the hotline on Monday, but does
anyone have any ideas that may help ??

    Thanks.

                                                     Regards,
                                                     Len Zaifman

Len Zaifman
Information Technology Coordinator,College of Physical and Engineering Science
Department of Computing Services
University of Guelph
Guelph,Ontario.  N1G 2W1
(519)821-4120 xt 6566
email : LeonardZ at VM.UOGUELPH.CA