[time-nuts] [OT] Help needed with HP 16700A

Peter Loron peterl at standingwave.org
Tue Aug 4 18:50:08 UTC 2009


I have no idea what the hostname is. Yeah, I think the next step is to  
try and reload the OS. If that still doesn't fix it, then I may need  
to start troubleshooting the PS2 ports...the keyboard isn't responding  
as it should when the LA starts up, and a kb and mouse need to be  
present for the LA to come up properly as I understand.

Maybe a blown PS2 port.

-Pete

On Aug 4, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote:

> *********************************************************************
> *
> *  The X-server can not be started on display lahpice:0 ...
> *
> *********************************************************************
>
> It is trying to connect to a Xserver with the name lahpice
>
> Is this the host name of your LA ?
>
> If not, I don't know where you change it (My 16702A is still waiting
> for me to get back to fixing the settings for the internal display)
>
> It may be a good idea to just reload everything from the CD.
>
> For a SCSI CDROM, look for Apple Mac and SUN externals.
>
> -pete
>
>
>> Apologies for the somewhat off topic post, but some folks here may be
>> able to assist...
>>
>> I have a HP 16700A logic analyzer that I'm trying to troubleshoot. I
>> can get access to the console via the serial port, and I can see that
>> it boots up normally, except that it fails to start the X server, and
>> drops to a login prompt for which I have no credentials.
>>
>> The complete boot dump from the serial console is posted at the end  
>> of
>> the email.
>>
>> I have a keyboard and mouse plugged in. I have the service manual,  
>> but
>> it basically says to either re-install the OS or replace the CPU
>> board. Nothing about the different operating states, logins, etc.
>>
>> The monitor connected to the VGA port displays 8 yellow boxes across
>> the bottom of the screen once the boot process starts. They say:
>>
>> [empty]
>> [empty]
>> [empty]
>> [REMOTE MODE *]
>> [empty]
>> [empty]
>> [DISPLAY FUNCTNS]
>> [AUTO LF]
>>
>> It seems like it is failing to find what it needs to start up using
>> the external monitor (not seeing the keyboard?), and so is defaulting
>> to the serial console.
>>
>> I have the latest software CD from Agilent, but am still searching  
>> for
>> a SCSI CD-ROM to load it with.
>>
>> If anybody can shed some light on the issue or suggest  
>> troubleshooting
>> steps, that would be great. I'm in the Seattle area, so any locals
>> would be welcome for a troubleshooting session.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Pete
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Firmware Version  2.1
>>
>> Duplex Console IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 1
>>
>> Memory Test/Initialization Completed
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>   (c) Copyright 1995-1998, Hewlett-Packard Company, All rights  
>> reserved
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>  Processor   Speed            State           Coprocessor State
>> Cache Size
>>  ---------  --------   ---------------------  -----------------
>> ----------
>>      0      150 MHz    Active                 Functional           
>> 64 KB
>>
>>
>>  Available memory (bytes)    :  167772160
>>  Good memory required (bytes):  167772160
>>
>>  Primary boot path:    SESCSI.6.0
>>  Alternate boot path:  SESCSI.1.0
>>  Console path:         GRAPHICS(0)
>>  Keyboard path:        PS2
>>
>> Processor is starting autoboot process.
>>
>> To discontinue, press any key within 2 seconds.
>>
>> 2 seconds expired.
>> Proceeding...
>>
>> Trying Primary Boot Path
>> ------------------------
>>
>> Booting...
>> Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 153
>>
>>
>> HARD Booted.
>>
>> ISL Revision A.00.38  OCT 26, 1994
>>
>> ISL booting  hpux
>>
>> Boot
>> : disk(8/16/5.6.0.0.0.0.0;0)/stand/vmunix
>> 3813908 + 323584 + 323200 start 0x196468
>> vuseg=1013000
>> nfs_init3 added vfs type nfs3 at slot 4
>> NOTICE: cachefs_link(): File system was registered at index 5.
>> NOTICE: autofs_link(): File system was registered at index 6.
>>  inet_clts:ok  inet_cots:ok starship_attach: vendor id=103c, device
>> id=1650
>>
>>    System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface
>> Networking memory for fragment reassembly is restricted to 14356480
>> bytes
>> Logical volume 64, 0x3 configured as ROOT
>> Logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as SWAP
>> Logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as DUMP
>>    Swap device table:  (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
>>        entry 0 - major is 64, minor is 0x2; start = 0, size = 3145728
>> Warning: time-of-day register time is out-of-range
>>
>> Getting time from file system
>> Checking root file system.
>> file system is clean - log replay is not required
>> Root check done.
>> Starting the STREAMS daemons.
>>    B2352B HP-UX (B.10.20) #1: Sun Jun  9 08:03:38 PDT 1996
>>
>> Memory Information:
>>    physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes
>>    Physical: 163840 Kbytes, lockable: 114172 Kbytes, available:
>> 134048 Kbytes
>>
>> /sbin/ioinitrc:
>>
>> /sbin/bcheckrc:
>> Checking for LVM volume groups and Activating (if any exist)
>> Volume group "/dev/vg00" has been successfully changed.
>> vxfs fsck: sanity check: root file system OK (mounted read/write)
>> /sbin/itemap: WARNING: An attempt to write keyboard mapping entries  
>> past
>> /sbin/itemap: the end of the buffer.  Further writes will be ignored.
>> Checking hfs file systems
>> /sbin/fsclean: /dev/vg00/lvol1 (mounted) ok
>> HFS file systems are OK, not running fsck
>> Checking vxfs file systems
>> /dev/vg00/lvol3 :
>> vxfs fsck: sanity check: root file system OK (mounted read/write)
>> /dev/vg00/lvol4 :
>> vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol4 OK
>> /dev/vg00/lvol5 :
>> vxfs fsck: sanity check: /dev/vg00/lvol5 OK
>>
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>> Aug 03 11:08:39 auto_parms >> Checking network status.
>> 8/16/6   0x001083358ADA 0   UP       lan0     DOWN   4   ETHER
>> Yes     52
>> Aug 03 11:08:41 auto_parms >> /sbin/auto_parms, checking network for
>> DHCP server (see /etc/auto_parms.log)
>>
>> Aug 03 11:08:44 auto_parms >> DHCP Client Status:
>> Aug 03 11:08:44 auto_parms >> DHCP is disabled for: lan0
>>     i
>>     HP-UX Start-up in progress
>>     __________________________
>>
>>     Mount file systems ................................ OK
>>     Setting hostname .................................. OK
>>     Enable auxiliary swap space ....................... OK
>>     Start syncer daemon ............................... OK
>>     Configure LAN interfaces .......................... OK
>>     Check LAN Status .................................. OK
>>     Start Software Distributor agent daemon ........... OK
>>     Configuring all unconfigured software filesets .... OK
>>     List and/or clear temporary files ................. OK
>>     Clean up old log files ............................ OK
>>     Start system message logging daemon ............... OK
>>     Configure HP Ethernet interfaces .................. OK
>>     Configure HP 100BT interfaces ..................... N/A
>>     Configure LAN interfaces .......................... OK
>>     Start NFS core subsystem .......................... OK
>>     Start NFS client subsystem ........................ OK
>>     Start Internet services daemon .................... OK
>>     Cleaning up NIS client subsystem .................. OK
>>     Start NIS client subsystem ........................ OK
>>     Verifying NIS client subsystem .................... OK
>>     Starting kks daemon ............................... OK
>>     Start time synchronization ........................ N/A
>>     Start print spooler ............................... N/A
>>     Start clock daemon ................................ OK
>>     Set X11 Device Configuration ...................... OK
>>     Start the HP SICL subsystem (IPROC) ............... N/A
>>     Start 16610A Processor Run Control daemon ......... OK
>>     Start httpd (Web Server) .......................... OK
>>     Start NFS server subsystem ........................ OK
>>     Start Lmgrd daemon ................................ OK
>>
>> The system is ready.
>>
>>
>> *****************************************************************************
>> *
>> *  The X-server can not be started on display lahpice:0 ...
>> *
>> *****************************************************************************
>>
>>
>> HP Logic Analysis System
>>
>> Please Log in as: <user-name> [displayname:0]
>>
>> Console Login:
>>
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