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Conference vmszoo::vms_posix

Title:POSIX for OpenVMS - Public forum
Notice:Internal users of V2.0 please register in note 909
Moderator:STAR::PARKE
Created:Fri Jan 04 1991
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1370
Total number of notes:5127

1359.0. "INVEXCEPTN Posix 3.0 VAX 71." by PRSSOS::SZAFRANSKI (Du vent ... dans les voiles !!!) Mon Jan 13 1997 09:56

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1359.1STAR::PARKETrue Engineers Combat ObfuscationMon Jan 13 1997 13:386
1359.2posix_init-f-init_error posix v3.0 vms vax 7.1VMSNET::K_DECOUXMon Mar 03 1997 12:2527
Hi Bill,

I've got a customer seeing a problem after upgrading.  He was okay at 
Version 2.0 vms 6.2 vax, but saw this after upgrading to 3.0 vms 7.1 :

The call from POSIX$STARTUP to run sys$system:posix$init generates
this error:

   %Posix_Init-F-INIT_ERROR, initialization routine failure

and then when POSIX$STARTUP attempts to invoke POSIX (with the command
$ posix  posix$bin:sh. "-l /cont/etc/posix_start.rc") it fails with
this error:

   %POSIX-F-CTXNOTINI, POSIX system initialization not completed -
   see system manager


Does this have anything to do with fork problem you mentioned earlier or
is this something else.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Karen
vmsnet::k_decoux
CSC 
    
1359.3VAX needs help with V3.0/V7.1 combination, Alpha OOK.STAR::PARKESometimes pigeon, Sometimes statueMon Mar 03 1997 14:0014
    Posix V3.0, VAX only, currently (I'm working on it) has problems.  I
    would be interested in knowing the configuration of the customer system
    (are they also running UCX and what version) as these results are a lot
    less spectacular than mine (with the Raw V3.0 kit).
    
    I suspect it has to do with the fork problem, but my system did not
    survive the raw kit starting up.  (It would install and crash in
    startup).
    
    There will be at least an image replacement kit needed to get it
    working, and I will  make it available as soon as I can.
    
    Bill
    
1359.4VMS 7.0 w/UCX 4.0CSC32::M_MENKHUSMark Menkhus (719)531-5853 @home)Thu Mar 06 1997 00:5027
    The system having the problem reported in .0 is as follows:
      UCX> show version
         Digital TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS VAX Version V4.0
         on a MicroVAX 3100 running OpenVMS V7.0
    
    There are no other errors reported prior to the error message:
    $ run sys$system:posix$init
    %Posix_Init-F-INIT_ERROR, initialization routine failure
    The next failure is:
    $ posix  posix$bin:sh. "-l
    /cont/etc/posix_start.rc"
    %POSIX-F-CTXNOTINI, POSIX system initialization not completed - see
    system manag
    er
    $abort:
    $ say "POSIX for OpenVMS startup aborted."
    POSIX for OpenVMS startup aborted.
    
    Do you recommend we IPMT the problem?  This doesn't seem to be the
    typical problem where we can delete the container and rerun
    posix$config to fixup whatever went wrong :-)
    
    I checked the release notes for 4.0, and any of the patches for 4.0,
    doesn't seem to be too much changes in the CFS area.  Do you think a
    newer UCX would help?
    
    		-Mark Menkhus
1359.57.0/3.0 should workMUCTEC::BECKERHartmut B., VMS & Languages, MunichThu Mar 06 1997 06:2211
>         on a MicroVAX 3100 running OpenVMS V7.0
                                             ^^^^

That's different from .0. V7.0 and Posix 3.0 should work. It looks like a setup
problem. Unfortunately the error message isn't very descriptive. It was
mentioned that posix$config.com already ran. Did you change anything else
during the upgrade? The label of the system disk? Did you try to repair the
container? Are the posix loadable images loaded?

Hartmut Becker