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blank screen enter reboots

From: terry@actual-systems.com (Terry Paterson)
Subject: Re: sco openserver 5.0.5b
Date: 27 Feb 2003 08:11:00 -0800
References: <3323fc11.0302270022.61b0a90@posting.google.com> 

th_hartmann@hotmail.com (Thomas Hartmann) wrote in message news:<3323fc11.0302270022.61b0a90@posting.google.com>...
> Hello,
> 
> we has installed openserver 5.0.5b on a compaq server.
> Now the system hangs completly?
> 
> Some days the system works fine, but then it hangs totaly.
> No output on the console (the console is black)
> No network response
> all connections are lost
> all the lamps are green of the harddisks.
> 
> With the Enter-key the systems reboots and did a fsck?
> 
> In the log-files I haven't any entries about this behaviour.
> 
> Can I increase any log-level on openserver?
> I worked mainly wiht linux, so I have some problems to find the reason!!!
> 
> thanks
> Thomas

Do you have the screensaver turned on (TBLNK) ? if so - turn it off,
then next time it happens - see if there are any panic messages - most
likley there will be !

or alternativley -- next time don't press enter - try pressing a
modifier key like SHIFT or CTRL - it's probably sitting on a panic
message, with a PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT prompt -- but because the
screensaver is active you don't see it -- and of course as soon as you
hit enter it reboots.
 

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