slay and ps locking?

Any idea why slay and ps in a photon terminal would just freeze and not
return or do the slay? The system still works and I can start other
terminals, but I had to hard close the terminals on which I started slay and
ps. Weird!

Ok, even weirder. The mouse works fine. I can start new terminals. I can
‘ls’ but when I do a ps or slay or any system type command, they just don’t
return. Now shutdown has hung also. :frowning: I have no clue why this has
happened

I didnt change anything. :slight_smile: (Really)

TIA,

Jim

As a followup, it basically looked like any system level command would
hang. I could run programs, terminals, etc. as long as it wasn’t system
related. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this. I even su’ed
in as root and tried to slay, ps, etc. with no luck.

Jim

“Jim Lambert” <jlambert@futurex.com> wrote in message
news:a0lth1$opj$1@inn.qnx.com

Any idea why slay and ps in a photon terminal would just freeze and not
return or do the slay? The system still works and I can start other
terminals, but I had to hard close the terminals on which I started slay
and
ps. Weird!

Ok, even weirder. The mouse works fine. I can start new terminals. I
can
‘ls’ but when I do a ps or slay or any system type command, they just
don’t
return. Now shutdown has hung also. > :frowning: > I have no clue why this has
happened

I didnt change anything. > :slight_smile: > (Really)

TIA,

Jim

Jim:

When I use the name_*, I functions I become responsible for replying to
three message types from sin. If I don’t reply then sin hangs, if I reply
with ENOSYS, then all is well- sin continues. As yet I haven’t looked at the
message types to see what the requests are. When I have some spare time :slight_smile:
… Just put a ‘default:’ in your switch statement and then reply.

Do you have a process using name_* functions ?

Andy.

“Jim Lambert” <jlambert@futurex.com> wrote in message
news:a0ltnl$or4$1@inn.qnx.com

As a followup, it basically looked like any system level command would
hang. I could run programs, terminals, etc. as long as it wasn’t system
related. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this. I even su’ed
in as root and tried to slay, ps, etc. with no luck.

Jim

“Jim Lambert” <> jlambert@futurex.com> > wrote in message
news:a0lth1$opj$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Any idea why slay and ps in a photon terminal would just freeze and not
return or do the slay? The system still works and I can start other
terminals, but I had to hard close the terminals on which I started slay
and
ps. Weird!

Ok, even weirder. The mouse works fine. I can start new terminals. I
can
‘ls’ but when I do a ps or slay or any system type command, they just
don’t
return. Now shutdown has hung also. > :frowning: > I have no clue why this has
happened

I didnt change anything. > :slight_smile: > (Really)

TIA,

Jim
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Hmmm? No I don’t have any name_…() functions in my code. AIR, the
command would work but not exit. For instance if I did a ps it would list
the processes then hang and not exit.

If it happens again, is there something I can do to check the state of the
system?

Jim

“Andy Rhind” <andy@NOSPAMsymmetry.com.au> wrote in message
news:a1t4js$b44$1@inn.qnx.com

Jim:

When I use the name_*, I functions I become responsible for replying to
three message types from sin. If I don’t reply then sin hangs, if I reply
with ENOSYS, then all is well- sin continues. As yet I haven’t looked at
the
message types to see what the requests are. When I have some spare time
:slight_smile:
. Just put a ‘default:’ in your switch statement and then reply.

Do you have a process using name_* functions ?

Andy.

“Jim Lambert” <> jlambert@futurex.com> > wrote in message
news:a0ltnl$or4$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
As a followup, it basically looked like any system level command would
hang. I could run programs, terminals, etc. as long as it wasn’t system
related. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this. I even
su’ed
in as root and tried to slay, ps, etc. with no luck.

Jim

“Jim Lambert” <> jlambert@futurex.com> > wrote in message
news:a0lth1$opj$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Any idea why slay and ps in a photon terminal would just freeze and
not
return or do the slay? The system still works and I can start other
terminals, but I had to hard close the terminals on which I started
slay
and
ps. Weird!

Ok, even weirder. The mouse works fine. I can start new terminals.
I
can
‘ls’ but when I do a ps or slay or any system type command, they just
don’t
return. Now shutdown has hung also. > :frowning: > I have no clue why this has
happened

I didnt change anything. > :slight_smile: > (Really)

TIA,

Jim


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Have a high priority shell running, to run your ps/pidin/sin .


Cheers,
Adam

QNX Software Systems Ltd.
[ amallory@qnx.com ]

With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available.
On Unix, I am limited only by my knowledge.
–Peter J. Schoenster <pschon@baste.magibox.net>
“Jim Lambert” <jlambert@futurex.com> wrote in message
news:a1v1am$ln9$1@inn.qnx.com

Hmmm? No I don’t have any name_…() functions in my code. AIR, the
command would work but not exit. For instance if I did a ps it would list
the processes then hang and not exit.

If it happens again, is there something I can do to check the state of the
system?

Jim

“Andy Rhind” <> andy@NOSPAMsymmetry.com.au> > wrote in message
news:a1t4js$b44$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Jim:

When I use the name_*, I functions I become responsible for replying to
three message types from sin. If I don’t reply then sin hangs, if I
reply
with ENOSYS, then all is well- sin continues. As yet I haven’t looked at
the
message types to see what the requests are. When I have some spare time
:slight_smile:
. Just put a ‘default:’ in your switch statement and then reply.

Do you have a process using name_* functions ?

Andy.

“Jim Lambert” <> jlambert@futurex.com> > wrote in message
news:a0ltnl$or4$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
As a followup, it basically looked like any system level command
would
hang. I could run programs, terminals, etc. as long as it wasn’t
system
related. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this. I even
su’ed
in as root and tried to slay, ps, etc. with no luck.

Jim

“Jim Lambert” <> jlambert@futurex.com> > wrote in message
news:a0lth1$opj$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Any idea why slay and ps in a photon terminal would just freeze and
not
return or do the slay? The system still works and I can start other
terminals, but I had to hard close the terminals on which I started
slay
and
ps. Weird!

Ok, even weirder. The mouse works fine. I can start new terminals.
I
can
‘ls’ but when I do a ps or slay or any system type command, they
just
don’t
return. Now shutdown has hung also. > :frowning: > I have no clue why this
has
happened

I didnt change anything. > :slight_smile: > (Really)

TIA,

Jim




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