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Conference noted::hackers_v1

Title:	-={ H A C K E R S }=-
Notice:	Write locked - see NOTED::HACKERS
Moderator:	DIEHRD::MORRIS

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 03 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	680
Total number of notes:	5456

496.0. "REMOVE_SPM killed my system!" by SNDBOX::SMITH (William P.N. (WOOKIE::) Smith) Thu Jun 11 1987 14:52

    A couple of weeks ago I installed SPM, and when I ran the command
    procedure to de-install it, it appeared to work (freed up a lot
    of disk space), but it appears to have seriously munged my system.
    When I try to log in, I get:
    
    Error activating command interpreter tables DCLTABLES
    Shareable images must be installed to run priviledged image
    
    and I'm scared to logout my remaining processes, as the system might
    not come back after a reboot.  What should I look at, and how can
    I fix my system?
    
    Many many thanks for any response!
    
    Willie

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
496.1		UFP::MURPHY	European or African Swallow?	`Thu Jun 11 1987 15:01`	6
	It seems that DCLTABLES got deinstalled. Try: $ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:INSTALL INSTALL> SYS$SHARE:DCLTABLES/open/share/header And cross your fingers... -Rick
496.2	Global Page Table full?	SNDBOX::SMITH	William P.N. (WOOKIE::) Smith	`Thu Jun 11 1987 15:05`	11
	Thanks for the quick response, but I get: %INSTALL-E-FAIL, failed to CREATE entry for DISK$MICROVMS:<SYS0.SYSLIB>DCLTABLES.EXE -SHR-F-GPTFULL, guppy tank is full, call the cat, please Would rebooting take care of it (install everything correctly), or is there something else I can try? Willie
496.3	To prevent guppy tank overflow,	SQM::HALLYB	Are all the good ones taken?	`Thu Jun 11 1987 19:01`	5
	Next time you want to reboot, use AUTOGEN & MODPARAMS to increase GBLPAGES and GBLSECTIONS by, say, 20%. These are "cheap" parameters and you can afford to be liberal with them. John
496.4	Fixed	SNDBOX::SMITH	William P.N. (WOOKIE::) Smith	`Fri Jun 12 1987 11:40`	4
	Thanks, I'll give those a try. Deleting the most recent versions of DCLTABLES.EXE and rebooting solved the problem. Willie
496.5		ATPS::MALLORY	Isn't that specshul?	`Sun Jun 14 1987 15:28`	5
	From whence did you get REMOVE_SPM. This is not something that we ship with VAX SPM Kevin Mallory VAX SPM Development
496.6		ATPS::MALLORY	Isn't that specshul?	`Sun Jun 14 1987 15:29`	4
	Also, would you either post a copy of REMOVE_SPM.COM or mail it to me (preferably) Kev
496.7	See SPM notes file	SNDBOX::SMITH	William P.N. (WOOKIE::) Smith	`Mon Jun 15 1987 10:03`	7
	Remove_spm.com came from the SPM notes file, sort of early on in it. Turns out I didn't have enuf guppies to rebuild DCLTABLES properly, but by deleting the new versions, the problem went away. So sue me, I have just enuf idea about tuning this system to get myself into hot water.... :+) Willie
496.8	Did it really remove it?	MONSTR::DUTKO	Nestor Dutko, VMS/VAXclusters CSSE	`Tue Jun 23 1987 09:13`	9
	Hmmm, If REMOVE_SPM does what I think it did, then by deleteing the most recent version of it and rebooting may have solved your problem (actually rebooting would have solved it alone), however, the SPM PERFORMANCE verbs are still around. You may have to remove these verbs by hand, and yes, replace DCLTABLES with the new version (I hope you have enough "guppies" now). -- Nestor
496.9	Got a larger guppy tank.	SNDBOX::SMITH	William P.N. (WOOKIE::) Smith	`Tue Jun 23 1987 13:49`	5
	Well, yes, the HELP files still knew about PERF, but since I blew away all my help files during a recent backup/image of the system disk, the verbs are gone now.... I do have plenty of guppies, tho. Willie