E3500 GUI CONSOLE FROZE UP

[stevenriz]

I don't know what happened, I was working on the console and it froze up. The mouse moves but nothing can be clicked on. Is there any keystroke combination I Can use to free it up? I don't want to kill the entire session because I have, or had a process running that I need to let finish! What can I do if anything? Thanks guys!
Steve

 

[stevenriz]

Hi, I still haven't restarted this system but I am noticing it is slow now since the console crashed. Could this be the cause?

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26038 root 1 30 0 86M 79M run 92.8H 22.29% dtterm

I want to kill but what could the results be? I don't want to crash the entire system. Thanks!
Steve

 

[marrow]

I can only think of control right bracket
Control ]

or ~.

But yes 22% means the dtterm has lost it. Has this happened before or is this a one-off, do you have LOM/ALOM - light on mamagement (Sun-Fires or Netra systems)

 

[stevenriz]

what does ~. and Ctrl-] do? is that a new kind of smiley? haha...

No this hasn't happened before.... Yes we do have a couple netras... What do you suggest?

Thanks!
Steve

 

[marrow]

The smilies are old style methods of exiting a system, when using "tip" or annexing. So ignore. See "man tip"

As this is a one-off I wouldn't normally worry, hangs happen. More important, have you cleared the problem as yet or still at 22% CPU? I assume the job has long finished

My only thought about LOM was to temporary leave your console mode by issuing a #.
then at >
typing console to return again. Just an experiment to see if any reaction.

 

[stevenriz]

No I left well enough alone until I have the time to restart the system which I was assuming is the only way to clear it up.

Will any of these hot keys affect the operation of the server itself? I cannot afford to have anything crash on the server as it is our primary ERP system.

 

[marrow]

If in doubt, please leave alone, although LOM wouldn't nomally affect your system, but as you haven't used before, probably not the time to do so. The "break" command for example will drop your system to the OK prompt!

ALOM info

http://docs.sun.com/source/817-5481-11/command_shell.html#25822

http://docs.sun.com/source/817-5481-11/sadm_util.html#79658