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- From: chuck@watnxt07.ucr.edu (Chuck McDaniels)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: NeXTstation can't find "WindowServer port"
- Keywords: windowserver, startup problem
- Message-ID: <22150@galaxy.ucr.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 20:59:27 GMT
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: NeXTstation can't find "WindowServer port"
- Summary:
- Followup-To:
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: University of California, Riverside
- Keywords: windowserver, startup problem
-
- Hi:
-
- We have a lab of 15 NeXTstations, and they generally have worked pretty
- well. I've just been asked to assume sysadmin duties for these machines
- (they are served by a NeXTcube with an attached 1.4GB hard drive). My
- predecessor is on vacation, and this problem has occurred:
-
- One of the NeXTstations for the last few days has refused to boot,
- stopping with the following message(s):
-
- watnxt03 syslog: loginwindow: could not find WindowServer port!
-
- A cursory comparison of the dead NeXT and another one that works (I
- booted both in standalone mode and looked around their file systems)
- didn't show any obvious problems. Can someone out there give me a clue of
- where to look? Our hardware folks have checked the machine and say it's
- fine.
-
- Please e-mail me directly, and I'll summarize to the group after awhile.
- Thanks so much in advance...
-
- Chuck McDaniels, Microcomputer Facilities Manager
- Academic Computing, Univ. of Calif., Riverside
-
- chuckm@ucru1.ucr.edu
-