UNIX Screen blank 2

[boxster8]

Hi All,

I have an old HP Visualize B180L. After it boots, you get the log in screen. You only have a moment or so to log in before the screen goes blank. At first I thought the motherboard might be bad. I can't telnet through the serial reports (no response) and I thought the video card might be bad, because you can see everything until the log in screen. But it almost seems like the person who maintained this server set up a script that blanks out the screen. If you initiate shutdwon, the screen comes back. Bottom line is that I need to get the files off the HP disk array(Model A3515A)that is attached. We have no spare Unix box. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Best regards,
Don

 

[Annihilannic]

It sounds to me like it's loading up a graphical login screen that is failing to display properly. How do you initiate a shutdown if you can't log in, a power button of some kind?

Do you get any kind of boot/ISL prompt before HP-UX starts to boot? If so, try using boot -is to get into single-user mode.

Waht do you mean by "telnet through the serial ports"? telnet is a TCP/IP protocol, not serial... you would need to use some kind of serial terminal emulator and the correct kind of cable to connect to a serial port. Even then it would depend on the OS having been configured for serial port logins, I'm not sure whether this is configured by default on HP-UX.

A lot of guessing here, I'm not experienced with HP-UX or this hardware.

Annihilannic.

 

[Martin999]

How about booting into single user mode ?

 

[boxster8]

Thanks for the replies! I do have to initiate shut down with the power button. I will try to boot in single user mode and let you know! Never did that before.

Best regards,
Don