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- From: brown@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Brown)
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:59:39 GMT
- Subject: Re: HP VUE munged on 730
- Message-ID: <7371469@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- In comp.sys.hp, slf@delilah.ccsf.caltech.edu (Steve Farris) writes:
-
- > We received a brand new 730 yesterday, and got it set up and running with
- > no problems. HP VUE was running, and everything worked and looked great.
- >
- > What's happening now:
- >
- > * I get the standard graphical login window
- > * I enter username and password
- > * The "Starting the VUE" screen appears
- > * A message box appears, which says:
- >
- > "The session manager is unable to start the HP VUE
- > messaging system."
- >
- > Then it tells me to contact my System Administrator (that would be me),
- > or to look in the HP VUE System Administration Manual (which we don't
- > have). HP claims that while the new hardware is naturally under warranty,
- > we don't have software support. So I turn to you ... can anyone tell
- > me what's going on?
- >
- > - Steve Farris
- > Jet Propulsion Laboratory
-
- I've had this problem from time to time. It probably does have something
- to do with networking. Here's the exerpt from the manual (btw, I'd
- recommend that you try to get your hands on a hardcopy or use laserrom):
-
- ------------------------------------ cut here ---------------------------------
-
- This section provides trouble-shooting procedures to use if the session
- manager fails to start because it cannot start the messaging service (the
- Broadcast Message Server or BMS). The symptom of this is that the system
- displays an error dialog box and exits back to the login screen.
-
- If the BMS fails to start, log into HP VUE using a fail-safe session and
- check your system:
-
- * Make sure that the line that starts the server in
- /usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuelogin/Xservers uses the actual host name.
- (The * in the first field of the command is also allowed.)
-
- * If you have previously used Softbench, and have used your own
- $HOME/.softinit file, you may need to remove it or edit it to
- include the HP VUE tools. Refer to chapter 15 for more
- information.
-
- * The BMS requires the following files and cannot start if any of
- them are missing or lacks read permission:
-
-
- * In the /usr/softbench/bin directory: softmsgsrv softspcd,
- and softspcd.o. Series 800 systems running HP-UX 7.* also
- require softmsgsrv.o. Domain/OS systems also require
- softinit and softmerge.
-
- * A valid softinit file: either /usr/softbench/config/softinit
- or $HOME/.softinit. Domain/OS systems also require
- softboot.
-
- [ there are some other ideas for HP-UX 7.* systems, which should not apply
- in your particular case ]
-
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-
- Hope this helps!
-
- John Brown
- Hewlett-Packard
- User Interface Technology Division
- Fort Collins, CO
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