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| Title: | swinstall/swlist hangs |
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| Document: | 901628234 |
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| Keywords: | swinstall,swlist,HP-UX |
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swinstall/swlist hangs
The following was posted on the HP-UX admin list
by Conrad P. Quiogue (cpquiogue@pldt.com.ph):
> No list is displayed and the command just hangs. I
> then would have to kill it from another telnet session
> to get back the prompt. The hostname displayed is
> correct so I'm not sure what is wrong. The same is
> true if I fire up swinstall.
The previous summary consists mostly of suggestions to
stop and restart swagentd, but it did not solve our
problem. I came to the conclusion to reboot the server
to make the problem go away, temporarily that is, until a
permanent fix is found. I haven't restarted the server yet
but fortunately Mark replied to me again to share their
solution to a similar problem. Below is what Mark sent me:
> I have an answer/solution for the swinstall hang. In
> our situation it is partially caused (we believe) by
> having an old installation of the Measureware software,
> installed as part of the Trial Glance Pak.
> Although the software has expired it seems to be
> interfering somehow.
> For us, the solution is:
> 1. disable Measureware fromm startging (in
> rc.config.d/mwa). I guess installing the real
> software would help
> 2. shut running MWA software /sbin/init.d/mwa stop
> 3. kill the running rpcd (assuming you do not use
> DCE which may cause complications).
> 4. export DMS_FORCEOFF=1
> 5. run /opt/dce/bin/rpcd
> 6. restart swagentd
Works just great and means at least we do not have to
reboot any more!
Initially, I though this will not work for me as the server was never
installed Glance so I just did steps 3 to 6 and it worked. I can now run
swlist and swinstall and no reboot was needed.
My thanks again to Mark Bridgett for his assistance.
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