[257] in Athena Bugs
Misc. RT 5.5T problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Apr 25 22:37:25 1988
From: <jf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: smyser@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 88 22:36:21 EDT
Here are three minor problems. Since they seem related to a
few recent messages regarding version 6.xx bugs, I thought they
may be of some interest. The first 2 occur often -- every few
days (#1) and every login (#2).
(1) For some time, the loads on m9-516-1 (an RT running 5.5T)
have occassionally and for no apparent reason jumped (and then
remained) at 1+ or even 2+ or 3+ even though little or no work
was being done (according to ps -uax). Only a reboot would reset
the reported workload to normal levels.
(2) For the last 6 months, I get a message
sh: xxx Trace/BPT trap
whenever I login on m9-516-1 (where xxx is some process number I guess).
I believe I also got it under 5.5R.
(3) From Friday to Sunday, I left the RT login sessions and
several windows active. Upon returning, I could kinit & read
mail and all the packs were still active. However, an emacs
process had disappeared from the screen though the process still
appeared in the ps -ux output and was reflected in the xload.
Trying a new emacs (via emacs &) started the process & added 1 to
the load factor but never produced a new window. Ditto for a
third and fourth try. Logging out and logging back in (without
deactivating) produced the same result -- i.e. no apparent
problems other than emacs jobs that never did anything despite
continuing to run and adding 1.0 to the load factor. When I
rebooted, all was well again.
-- Joe Ferreira
