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Conference unxa::cde

Title:	CDE on Digital UNIXonment - CDE
Notice:	CDE on Digital UNIX - for CDE on VMS, please see Note 1.3
Moderator:	UNXA::SYSTEM

Created:	Tue Nov 23 1993
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	660
Total number of notes:	2674

596.0. "Wall command forks an uninterruptable process" by HEN::MEHTA () Mon Feb 03 1997 16:16

    
     OS : Digital Unix 4.0 A
     window manager : CDE
     Platform : Alpha server 1000 A
     Problem : Here's the sequence
               1. Boot the server
               2. wall command is working from console
               3. let the server run for a few days
               4. issue wall command from console
                  it takes the message text 
                  after i hit cntrl-d to send the msg
                  the session hangs
               5. I log in from  another terminal and look for the wall
                  process. The process is uninterruptable U.
               
     Scenerio: I have created a sh script to shutdown the server on sunday
               and then reboot the server in single user mode to take a
               full backup, after which init 3 brings the server to a multi
               user + n/w mode. 
               shutdown fails after server is up for 7 days,  because wall 
               is hanging so my script is no good. If the server is up for
               a few hours the script works okay.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
596.1		UNXA::BEUTE	No good deed ever goes unpunished...	`Mon Feb 03 1997 16:26`	4
	Sorry, wrong conference. This problem isn't a CDE issue. Try posting this in TURRIS::DIGITAL_UNIX.
596.2	Problem cross posted in Digital_Unix Notes Conference.	HEN::MEHTA		`Tue Feb 04 1997 09:02`	5
	Cross posted to Digital_Unix Notes Conference. Thanks for the pointer. Ajay