Re: CDE problem in 11i ?

Frederick Smith <batman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I have recently aquired a Visualise C3600 workstation, which may have
a defective install of 11i. When powered up, the CDE starts, then I
get a "Action Required " window, telling me that the desktop messaging
system could not be started and that I need to login with a Failsafe
session, check that the hostname is correct and that the network is
properly configured - but where do I start. I can telnet in to it, and
it will ping a public host by name.

Four files to check:

- /etc/rc.config.d/netconf - hostname, IP address(es) and gateway(s)
are defined there. If the workstation is set up to use DHCP, that is
done here, too.

- /etc/resolv.conf - this defines the domain and the DNS nameservers
the workstation will use. If DHCP is in use and working properly,
this file should get updated automatically.

- /etc/hosts - there MUST be an entry for the workstation itself,
containing the workstation's IP address and hostname. This entry
must agree with the information in the two files mentioned above.

There MUST also be an entry for "localhost" with IP address 127.0.0.1.

- /etc/nsswitch.conf - if this file does not exist, the workstation
will use default values that are usually sensible. If it exists,
check the line that begins with "hosts:". It should mention both
"files" and "dns". There should be several example nsswitch.conf
files in the /etc directory, named like /etc/nsswitch.*.


You can change all these things using SAM, but for information
gathering it is usually faster to check these files directly.

--
Matti.Kurkela@xxxxxxxxx
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